Water access disparity in Mumbai, India: Using spatial and structural attributes as formal conditionalities

Tenure inequality, public facilities and housing prices: Evidence from Shenzhen, China

“…Given the current function of informal housing in large cities and the high demolition costs of these illegal buildings (Lin and Lin, 2023), our findings suggest that the quantity and quality of public facilities provision near informal settlements should be improved to achieve the sustainable development in informal settlements and a win-win situation for both formal and informal housing (Wang, 2023). The absence of adequate infrastructure and public facilities in informal settlements is widely recognized as a prevalent issue in cities of developing countries with substantial informal settlement populations (Snyder et al, 2014; Wagle, 2022). Therefore, it is important to dismantle the institutional barriers that prevent owners of informal housing from accessing public facilities, instead of directly denying them these choices through institutional instrument (Chen and Yeh, 2019; Huang and Yao, 2023).…”

“…Informal housing is typically located in peripheral urban areas without adequate infrastructure and facilities compared with formal housing areas (Durst and Wegmann, 2017). Moreover, owners of informal housing may face institutional barriers as well when accessing public facilities (Wagle, 2022). Therefore, the two downsides of the SPRH—the poor provision of public facilities and the uncertainties in access public facilities borne by SPRH buyers—may lead to a decrease in public facilities capitalization of the SPRH.…”