EFFECTIVENESS OF URBAN LAND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL IN TANZANIA
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2017-11-05
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Bern Convention,
Abstract
It is conceived that there are fairly adequate land development control instruments
and regulations spearheading towards effective urban land developments in
urbanizing areas of Tanzania. Yet there is visual evidence on the non-compliance to
the governing legal framework when it is operationalized on ground. The urban
authorities which act as custodians in all matters regarding urban land developments
have proved a failure to accommodate the fast urban developments coupled with
high urban population influx rate in urban centres. For instance in Tanzania there is a
high rate of uncontrolled urban land developments in both planned and unplanned
settlements within the jurisdiction of urban authorities.
This study therefore seeks to investigate the performance of urban land development
control measures in Tanzania amidst the presence of sound regulatory framework,
programmes and projects focused at attaining sustainable and effective urban land
developments in Tanzania. This study documents sensitive issues with the view of
improving practical solutions to promote effective urban land development control in
urban areas with a case study approach done in Mbeya city taking three units of
analysis, two planned neighbourhoods of Iwambi and Itezi and one old unplanned
neighbourhood of Iwambi.
Both qualitative and quantitative data collection approach have been adopted, where
most data taken and recorded from key informants are qualitative in nature.
Moreover exclusive official interviews, questionnaires and field observations were
instituted to supplement each other to achieve a sound data triangulation.
Study findings show that there is ineffective urban land development control in
Mbeya city due to poor institutional coordination, high building standards,
bureaucratic logistics in issuance of construction permits, un-streamlined procedures
on land delivery system, corrupt practices among vetted government officials,
contradicting sections in enacted legislations, meagre resources towards
implementation of effective urban land development control and unrealistic pace of
the local governments in surveying and ultimately allocating planned and serviced
plots amidst the unprecedented urban population growth.
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