High rates of
urbanization have outgrown the management capabilities of
cities in the developing world. The existing formal urban planning standards and tenure
regulations have in most cases proven inappropriate to meet the challenges.
Informal and often illegal urbanization processes are bypassing formal
planning regulations and creating parallel structures in order to tackle their existential
problems.
The need for better and more flexible land management is obvious.
Minimum requirements for the growing sector of urban agriculture and the strengthening of
urban/rural linkages are examples for new development goals and appropriate land
management.
