Studies and research in spontaneous housing : annotated bibliography

search of the literature on unregulated or spontaneous housing (SH). Selection for inclusion in the bibliography was made on the basis of a study"s currency (all but two items were completed in the 1980"s); direct analysis of the shelter, finance, and urban issues affecting SH; and usefulness to analysts and program managers. The bibliography is divided into the following categories: (1) resource mobilization practices and credit mechanisms; (2) building materials and construction practices; (3) land tenure and registration; (4) the role of renters; (5) community participation in upgrading sites and services projects; (6) the squatter invasion and the development process; (7) employment and income formation patterns of residents of SH communities; (8) the impact of access to infrastructure on SH investment and development; (9) how low-income housing and SH markets function at specific sites; (10) an overview of SH (definition, operating characteristics, participants, lessons learned, etc.); and (11) the design and evaluation of housing projects with spontaneous components. Studies that are felt to be particularly important are marked with an asterisk, and a list of sources is annexed. (Author abstract, modified)