State- vs. community-led land tenure regularization in Tanzania: The case of Dar es Salaam City - Couverture souple

Midheme, Emmanuel

 
9783846534045: State- vs. community-led land tenure regularization in Tanzania: The case of Dar es Salaam City
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846534048 ISBN 13 : 9783846534045
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Land tenure security for the poor residents of informal settlements is a critical factor in facilitating access to housing and livelihood opportunities. In Dar es Salaam, many households live in informal settlements, where their land rights are not recognized by the state. Tenure regularization offers one possible solution to the problem. However, regularization presents unique challenges. This study analyses efforts by both state and community agents in undertaking tenure regularization within the framework of recent land law reforms in Tanzania. The study reveals that the objectives pursued under the state-sponsored projects through the award of ‘Residential Licenses’ fail to recognize the perceptions of tenure security prevailing among residents, and may instead beset household efforts at settlement improvement owing to the limited benefits bestowed by the licenses awarded under the 1999 Land Act. On the other hand, community-led regularization schemes present residents with the promise of higher levels of tenure security and more benefits compared to the licenses, but suffer from unclear policy guidelines and direction from the state.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Land tenure security for the poor residents of informal settlements is a critical factor in facilitating access to housing and livelihood opportunities. In Dar es Salaam, many households live in informal settlements, where their land rights are not recognized by the state. Tenure regularization offers one possible solution to the problem. However, regularization presents unique challenges. This study analyses efforts by both state and community agents in undertaking tenure regularization within the framework of recent land law reforms in Tanzania. The study reveals that the objectives pursued under the state-sponsored projects through the award of ‘Residential Licenses’ fail to recognize the perceptions of tenure security prevailing among residents, and may instead beset household efforts at settlement improvement owing to the limited benefits bestowed by the licenses awarded under the 1999 Land Act. On the other hand, community-led regularization schemes present residents with the promise of higher levels of tenure security and more benefits compared to the licenses, but suffer from unclear policy guidelines and direction from the state.

Biographie de l'auteur

Emmanuel Midheme Lectures at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Maseno University in Kenya. He obtained his MSc in Geo-information Science (Urban Planning and Land Administration) from ITC Enschede, The Netherlands in 2007. He previously worked as a Town Planning Officer with a municipal council in Kenya.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846534048
ISBN 13 
9783846534045
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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