The Routledge Handbook of Land Questions

The Routledge Handbook of Land Questions provides a comprehensive and internationally comparative exploration of the social, political, economic and environmental questions surrounding land.

Bringing together contributions from countries across the Global South and Global North, the Handbook explores how land is owned, governed, accessed, used and contested under different institutional, historical and geographical conditions. Chapters examine the enduring and emerging land questions relating to climate change and disasters, equality and inclusion, informality and tenure, urban development and housing, and commodification and financialisation. Combining conceptual insights with detailed empirical analyses, the collection reveals how laws, policies, markets and power relations shape the distribution of land, property rights and development opportunities. The Handbook also demonstrates how land questions intersect with some of the most pressing contemporary challenges, including housing affordability, displacement, environmental degradation and social injustice.

The Routledge Handbook of Land Questions is an essential reference for researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners working on wide range of issues concerning land policy, urban and regional planning, human geography, development studies, property, housing and environmental governance.