Feeling and thinking: Quantifying the relationship between perceived tenure security and housing improvement in an informal neighbourhood in Buenos Aires

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

“…Based on Figure 2, the development of indicators that measure spatial justice follows its conceptualisation with consideration to the existing indicators and the connection to the three elements of tenure security, which are discussed in the reviewed literature [39,[106][107][108]. Perceived security relates to individuals' perceptions on the likelihoods of eviction or loss of their property rights, especially within informal or customary tenure systems.…”

Housing in Chinese Urban Villages: The Dwellers, Conditions and Tenancy Informality

“…He advocated the legalization of land titles or land titling programmes, which should give formal property rights to residents. His view is supported by international development agencies such as the World Bank (Mooya & Cloete, 2007;van Gelder, 2007). However, criticism doubts the importance of formal titling, as housing sales without formal titles are common in developing countries (Gilbert, 2002).…”

Land titling, perceived tenure security, and housing consolidation in the kampongs of Bandung, Indonesia

“…Yet, people have been found to improve their houses also in spite of not having legal title (Gilbert, 1994;Van Gelder, 2007;Varley, 1987). Legality of tenure may therefore not be a necessary precondition for establishing security of tenure, as security depends less on the exact legal status and more on occupants' perceptions of the probability of eviction and demolition (e.g.…”