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- Part IV: Transport, density, urban planning and urban form - Introduction - Bruce W. Ferguson - Urba land markets and urban land development an examination of three Brazilian cities: Brasilia, Curitiba and Recife M. V. Serra, David E. Dowall, Diana Motta, and Michael Donovan - Agglomeration and urban productivity: implications for the appraisal of transport investment - Daniel J. Graham - Impact of transport infrastructure and services on urban poverty and land development: a case study - Colombo, Siri Lanka - Amal S. Kumarage - Interpretation of population density gradients: a Brazilian perspective - Paulo Coelho Avila, and Paul Irving Mandell - In San Jose, Costa Rica, effective metropolitan planning and selective infrastructure investment can improve the quality of life for the poor - Rosendo Pujol - Part V: Housing markets and programs - Introduction - Bruce W. Ferguson - Seeking better policies or just giving up responsibility? the decentralization of Argentina's national housing fund (FONAVI) - Cecilia Zanetta - The challenges of state-municipality partnerships in self-help housing programs: assessment of a large-scale intervention in the state of Sao Paulo-Brazil - Carolina Moretti Fonseca, Eduardo Trani, and Tania Wakisaka - Affordable housing needs assessment methodoly: The adaptation of the florida model to Brazil - Joseli Macedo, Diep Nguyen, William J. O'Dell, Marc T. Smith, M. V. Serra, George A. da Guia, Maria da Piedade Morais, Luiz Alexandre R. Paixao, Paulo A. Rego, and Santiago F. Varella - Squatters no more: singapore social housing - Belinda Yuen - Commons and anticommons: role of the state in the housing market - Jieming Zhu - Part VI: Development on the urban fringe and the city center, and the environment - Introduction - Bruce W. Ferguson - Post Modern urbanization and the vulnerability of the poor - Jelena Pantelic, Bogdan Srdanovic, and Marjorie Greene - Cities with suburbs: evidence from India - Kala Seetharam Sridhar - Urban sprawl, land markets and environment degradation in Sao Paulo, Brazil - Haroldo Torres, Humberto Alves and Maria Aparecida de Oliveira - Private residential investment growth: implications on municipal revenues and socio-economic indicadors: the case of the municipality of pilar - Cynthia Goytia - Urban development in developing coutries - Anamaria de Aragao Costa Martins - Vacant areas in guadalajara, Mexico: a profile of property and owners - Adriana Fausto Brito