UN-Habitat’s research shows that a total of 227 million people in the world have moved out of slum conditions since 2000. However, the absolute number of slum dwellers has actually increased from 776.7 million in 2000 to some 827.6 million in 2010.

Countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region were the first in the developing world to go through rapid urbanisation. Today, the region is the second most urbanised region in the world.

This handbook identifies recent innovations at the global level in the field of land management and pinpoints land tenure trends. It shows how governments, including local government and other stakeholders, are coming to grips with implementing the land related principles enshrined in the Habitat Agenda at a practical level in the cities and towns.

The report is an account of a sensitization and awareness creation workshop organized for English Speaking African Parliamentarians between 30 April and 2 May 2002 in Nairobi Kenya. The Coalition of African Organizations for Food Security and Sustainable Development (COASAD) organized the workshop in collaboration with UN-HABITAT.

This volume is a compilation of innovations in local governance and decentralization process drawn from the experience of workshops held in each of the three East African region namely; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

The publication provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the current Land Information Service (LIS) and develops three alternatives for the computerization of LIS in the Kenyan institutional context.

This publication promotes the facilitation of property rights and tenure security to all segments of the population through effective and efficient planning and management of land.