RESEARCH ON HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR LOW INCOME POPULATION: The case of self-help housing and urban self-management in Lima, Peru

Self-help housing that has been introduced in many schemes as a solution to assist self-builders in construction of their own dwellings and urban self-management, which is acknowledged as successful participatory development established in Peru, are both recognized internationally despite of having aspects of success and failure as aided schemes for the low-income population implemented in other developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to evaluate self-help housing and urban self-management by first defining different types of housing and urban improvement process with flow-charts showing urban process and housing solution, then summarize main findings through physical condition, impacts and side effect of three project areas in Lima.