Housing and the Future of Rural Land-Based Commons
The land dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of massive, rapid, and diffuse urbanization.
Land conversion for urban uses in the global south
Dates: 2020 - 2021
This collective research focuses on the modalities of land use conversion in the Global South in relation to urbanization. The aim is, on the one hand, to identify and classify the conversion processes, the exits from agricultural use or the entry into the urban market on a macro scale and, on the other hand, to document the modalities of action and their effects on the basis of specific case studies.
Land-based commons for housing in the Global South
Dates: 2017 - 2020
To what extent can the “commons” approach contribute to the renewal of housing policies and programs? What is the feedback from the field of collective, cooperative, or commoning housing projects in Global South's cities?
Based on the notion of “commons”, this research scrutinizes forms of land tenure that are alternative to private ownership and guarantee land security in precarious neighborhoods.
