Considers nature of interest in land: types of land ownership systems – freehold, communal, leasehold and others. Land use policies. Methods of accessing and allocating rural and urban land for various development programmes/projects: housing, community utilities and facilities. Types of land ownership documents, land conveyancing and implications for rural and urban development financing. Urban slums and squatter systems: origins, political economy; methods of intervention and their effects. Land administration laws, regulations, institutions and linkages, stakeholders.
