Urban Land Markets and Land Price Changes: A Study in the Third World Context

Focusing on urban housing problems in Third World cities, this text examines urban land markets at both macro and micro-levels. It is primarily concerned with the trends, determinants and implications of residential real land price changes in the growing metropolitan city of Lucknow - the capital of Uttar Pradesh State, India. The book makes use of four sources of data on land price changes in 14 peripheral urban settlements (colonies) in Lucknow city, and concludes by examining the different ways in which different income groups adapt to rising real land prices in Lucknow city. In addition it presents policy recommendations and suggested areas of future research for the reader.