Dedication

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-x

List of Figures and Tables

pp xi-xii

Notes on Contributors

pp xiii-xviii

Foreword

pp xix-xx

Preface

pp xxi-xxii

1 - Introduction: Self-Building as a Right to the City

pp 1-20

Part I - The changing décor of governance

pp 21-22

2 - The Institutionalisation of Self-Build Governance: Exemplifying Governance Relationships in São Paulo/Brazil/Latin America

pp 23-42

3 - Contested Governance of Housing for Low-and Middle-Income Groups in European City-Regions: the Pivotal Role of Commissioning

pp 43-56

4 - Self-Building in Contested Spaces: Livelihoods and Productivity Challenges of the Urban Poor in Africa

pp 57-76

Part II - Changing Housing Regimes

pp 77-78

5 - My House, My Life Programme – Entities: Two Self-Management Experiences in the City of São Paulo

pp 79-100

6 - The Solano Trindade Housing Occupation as an Urban Self-Management Project in Metropolitan Rio De Janeiro

pp 101-120

7 - Self-Management and the Production of Habitat: A Case Study of the Alianza Solidaria Housing Cooperative in Quito

pp 121-142

8 - Residents’ Experiences of Self-Build Housing

pp 143-166

9 - Residential Experiences in Times of Shifting Housing Regimes in Istanbul

pp 167-190

10 - The Experience of an African City: Urban Areas in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

pp 191-208

11 - The Implications of Self-Build for the Social and Spatial Shape of City-Regions: Exemplifying the Cases of São Paulo and Amsterdam

pp 209-228

12 - From Neighbourhood Self-Organisation to City Building: The Case of Bathore, Kamëz (Albania)

pp 229-244

13 - Conclusion: The Normalisation of Moral Ownership

pp 245-268

Index

pp 269-274