affordable land and housing in asia - International Union of Tenants

LIST OF FIGURESFigure 1: A woman prepares a meal at her home in Haveli, Pakistan 1Figure 2:Asia comprises countries from Turkey across to Japan, fromMongolia down to Indonesia 2Figure 3: Growth in total urban population by region between 1950-2010,Figure 4:Figure 5:Figure 6:Figure 7:and projections for 2010-2050. The growth in Asia’s total urbanpopulation is considerable especially relative to other regions 3Singapore: a global leader in successfully addressing affordable housingat a large scale 4Urbanisation trends in Asian regions 1950-2010, and projections for2010-2050 5Total population growth in Asian regions 1950-2010, andprojections for 2010-2050 7High-rise multi-household housing sits in stark contrast to low-risewooden dwellings in Penang, Malaysia 8Figure 8: Basic components of housing affordability 11Figure 9: Slum housing in South Asia 14Figure 10: Incremental house construction, Afghanistan 17Figure 11: Housing reconstruction in Banda Ache, Indonesia 18Figure 12: Urban population and slum proportion in Asian countries in 2001 20Figure 13: Dense, low-rise informal slum housing in Nepal 23Figure 14: House price/rent-to-income ratios for selected Asian capital cities 24Figure 15:House-price-to-income ratio compared with house rent-to-incomeratio in selected Asian cities 25Figure 16: The contrasting order of development in the formal and informal sectors 26Figure 17:Eighty per cent of the population in Afghanistan cannot afford topurchase even the cheapest new low-cost house 26Figure 18: Dwelling types in selected cities 27Figure 19:Figure 20:Housing and urban development in Bogra, BangladeshTraditional, labour intensive building material production techniquesare still widely used throughout Asia, such as this example from a village inNorthern NepalFigure 21: Housing construction in Sapa, Vietnam 31Figure 22: The continuum of land rights 32Figure 23: Housing in Afghanistan in varying states of construction 35Figure 24: The high-rise housing landscape of Hong Kong 44Figure 25: Incremental house construction and improvement in Colombo, Sri Lanka 46Figure 26:Infrastructure improvement as part of a wider slum upgradingprogramme in India 47Figure 27: Women at Land Share Site 3, Borei Keila, Cambodia 48AFFORDABLE LAND and HOUSING IN Asiaxi