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Evaluating the effectiveness of the regulatory framework in providing planned land in urban areas: The case of Dar es Salaam city 20,000 plots project, Tanzania
Mwiga, Brighton Gerson (2011) Evaluating the effectiveness of the regulatory framework in providing planned land in urban areas: The case of Dar es Salaam city 20,000 plots project, Tanzania.
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| Abstract: | Dar es Salaam is the most urbanized city as compared to other cities in Tanzania. It is experiencing a high urbanization rate of 8% per annum (WorldBank, 2002). As a result of that, the city is faced by shortage of planned land for shelter with minimum or no basic infrastructures and growth unplanned settlements. The said shortage raises the concern of the society to question the effectiveness of the regulatory framework in facilitating the process of availing planned urban residential plots and development to the community. The 20,000 plots project (2002-2006) is a completed government project where the regulatory framework was fully implemented. It is said to be a successful project in effort to curb shortage of residential plots in peri-urban Dar es Salaam, as it was able to survey and allocate 29,291 residential plots. But it is almost five years now since plots were allocated and title deeds granted to land seekers, most of the plots are still undeveloped and the pace at which they are developed is very slow contrary to the expectation of the people, who expected to see plots being developed following the shortage of plots. With that viewpoint, this study is intended to investigate the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework in facilitating the process of availing planned urban residential plots and development for land seekers, in the context of the 20,000 plots project. It adopted the case study approach and chose the project as the case study area, to collect primary (empirical) and secondary data. Empirical data were harnessed by purposive sampling technique where questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions were used. The collected primary data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The study findings indicate that, the current regulatory framework is supportive in cadastral works, but not so related to provision of basic infrastructures and land development. The setting of the regulatory framework as well as its implementation in cadastral works and land allocation is good. But in provision of basic infrastructures the framework is not supportive due to implementation problem caused by implementers‟ decisions. In land development the implementation of framework is also not supportive, because plots are not developed as expected. Bureaucracy in getting building permits, too short plot development duration to finish construction, lack of basic infrastructures and land speculation, have all together led to presence of undeveloped plots and equally slow pace of development. The framework has also been not supportive in preventing slum creation or growth of informal settlements. For instance, the project aimed at reducing growth of informal settlements. But the study established that, the implementation of the current regulatory framework creates a new push of people into informality. For better support and facilitation of the regulatory framework in urban land development, it will be wise to have much smaller plots on average as will discourage high income earners to buy and give more room to low income group. Plot development duration should be extended to reflect the current realities and removal of unnecessary bureaucracies in getting permits. This will in one way help to prevent growth of informal settlements and formation of new ones. It will also facilitate basic infrastructure provision and consequently land development. In addressing the problem of land speculation, production of planned land should be a continuous process. The Land Act (Tanzania, 1999) should be revised by incorporating a provision that sets clearly the ceiling number of plots a person or family is allowed to own. Keywords: regulatory framework, provision of basic infrastructures, planned urban land development |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | ITC: Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation |
| Programme: | Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation MSc (75014) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/93188 |
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