The Right to the City: An International Perspective

Yves Cabannes is professor and Chair of Development Planning at the Development Planning Unit, University College London. For several years he was the convener of the UN-Habitat Advisory Group on Forced Evictions. His experience with issues related to public and low income housing began in the mid-1970s, then continued in Brazil where he worked at the end of the 1980s, in the aftermath of the dictatorship. Today he is one of the top specialists on issues related to the right to the city and urban social movements.