Land Management and Informal Settlement Regularisation

Land Management and Informal Settlement Regularisation (LMISR)

The course will enable you to understand the underlying causes of informal occupation of land and slum formation, to acquire knowledge and skills to develop upgrading strategies to improve slums, and to formulate policies that create options to prevent new slum formation.

The course is intensive in nature and innovative, demanding a proactive attitude from participants. They are engaged in a number of specially designed learning environments that comprise lectures, practical exercises, case study analysis, role-playing games, video films discussions and controversial policy debates. The course draws from lessons learned through international experience and stimulates creative thinking as participants are exposed to contexts from a wide variety of countries.

This course is designed specifically for those involved with land and housing policies, and those facing the challenges of providing shelter for the poor in cities in developing countries and countries in transition. This course responds to the UN Millennium Development Goal 7 Target 11, which advocates improved living conditions for 100 million slum dwellers up to the year 2020.   

Partner organisation
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA
Since 2004. the Lincoln Institute has collaborated with IHS on urban land issues. Master-level and short-term international courses ion land policy and management are held jointly.
www.lincolninst.edu

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For further information on the course and application procedure, please contact the course manager Mr. Carlos Morales-Schechinger (c.morales@ihs.nl) or IHS Marketing and Communication, Mr. Yicheng Guo (y.guo @ihs.nl).

Thursday, 20 May 2010