Urban land markets, housing development, and spatial planning in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case of Uganda / Shuaib Lwasa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuaib, Lwasa.

Series:

African political, economic, and security issues series.

African political, economic, and security issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use, Urban--Uganda.

Land use, Urban.

Housing--Uganda.

Housing.

City planning--Uganda.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Urban development in sub-Saharan Africa has posed more challenges in recent decades, shifting the focus from rural poverty to urbanised poverty. This study examines the relationship between operations of informal land markets and housing development for planning policies that are responsive to the land market conditions.

Contents:

Intro

URBAN LAND MARKETS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CASE OF UGANDA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABSTRACT

Chapter One INTRODUCTION

URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

POSITIONING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND FOCI

AIMS OF THE RESEARCH

THE SCOPE OF THE BOOK

STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT

Chapter Two HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON LAND USE AND URBAN SPATIAL PLANNING

HISTORY OF KAMPALA

GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF KAMPALA

PLANNING OF KAMPALA DURING AND AFTER THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Chapter Three THEORIZING LAND MARKETS, URBAN PLANNING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

URBAN LAND MARKETS

THE NATURE OF URBAN LAND MARKETS

LAND MARKETS AND LAND RIGHTS

TYPES OF LAND MARKETS

OPERATIONS OF INFORMAL URBAN LAND MARKETS

URBAN LAND MARKETS AND LAND MANAGEMENT

URBAN LAND SUB-MARKETS

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

DIVERSIFIED HOUSING MARKETS AND POLICY

ACTORS IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

LAND MARKET OPERATIONS AND PLANNING

MANIFESTATION OF LAND MARKETS IN KAMPALA

EVOLUTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS

Property Rights in the Pre-Colonial Period

Land Rights during the Colonial Period

Post-Colonial Period

The Manifestation of Land Markets in the Central Region of Uganda

Land Tenure after 1975

The Land Act 1998

Property Rights: A Categorization

THEORY OF LAND MARKETS

Economic Aspects of Land Exchange

BID-RENT FUNCTION THEORY

EFFICIENCIES AND INEFFICIENCIES OF INFORMAL LAND MARKETS

UNCERTAINTIES IN INFORMAL LAND MARKETS

URBAN PLANNING THEORY

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Chapter Four METHOD

DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTLEMENTS

RESEARCH DESIGN

LIMITATIONS ON INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS.

Chapter Five POLICY, LEGAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON LAND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK

LAND MANAGEMENT POLICIES

Chapter Six FORMAL AND INFORMAL URBAN LAND MARKETS

FORMAL LAND MARKETS

Actors in the Formal Urban Land Markets

Rules of the Game in Formal Urban Land Markets

Information Flow in the Formal Urban Land Markets

Land Values under Formal Urban Land Markets

Completing a Land Rights Transaction in the Formal Urban Land Market

Land Alienation in Formal Urban Land Markets

INFORMAL LAND MARKET OPERATIONS

Actors in Informal Land Markets

Rules of the Game in Informal Land Markets

Information Flow in Informal Land Markets

Standards in Informal Land Markets

Transaction Costs in the Informal Urban Land Market

Completing a Land Rights Transaction in the Informal Urban Land Markets

Modes of Land Supply in Informal Land Markets

Land Alienation in Informal Urban Land Markets

COMPARISON OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL LAND MARKETS

The Congruence of Formal and Informal Land Markets

The Informality of the Formal

Formality in the Informal

Dissimilarities between Informal and Formal Land Markets

Chapter Seven URBAN LAND VALUES

LAND VALUES IN THE URBAN LAND MARKETS

A Spatial Pattern of Land Values

FACTORS THAT DETERMINE LAND VALUES

Chapter Eight URBAN LAND MARKETS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

House Sizes

Informal Housing Development

Housing and Attendant Utilities

Planning Implications of Current Housing Development Processes

Housing and Land Consumption

Chapter Nine LAND MARKETS AND SPATIAL PLANNING IN KAMPALA

URBAN LAND USE ZONING

Use of Land Values in Planning

Participation in Plan Formulation

Land Subdivisions and Planning.

Development Plan Processing

Chapter Ten UNLOCKING URBAN LAND MARKETS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

EMERGING POLICY ISSUES

UNLOCKING URBAN LAND MARKETS

Chapter Eleven CONCLUSION

AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-077-X

OCLC:

670430531