Count Me In: Surveying for tenure security and urban land management

This book is about involving and engaging urban poor communities in one of the first steps of any participatory planning or upgrading initiative: conducting “participatory enumerations” – a surveying method to gain better knowledge of the needs and priorities of the community. Instead of a “how-to” manual, many of which already exist, this book looks at how participatory enumerations can contribute to increased security of tenure, more inclusive urban management, more sustainable land management and more transparent land information systems. This initiative is part of UN-HABITAT’s “living practices” approach to develop pro-poor approaches, tools and methods that contribute to improving tenure security in urban areas. This having been said, the methods described in this publication can also be used in peri-urban and rural settlements.

Author(s): UN-HABITAT

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