Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Never mind the people, the shanties must go
The politics of urban land in Zambia
AbstractThe view of the squatter settlement as a haven for social deviants resulted in the demolition of the housing stock of a large number of urban marginal groups in Zambia during the Kaunda regime (1964-91). Housing stock that urban marginal groups had put up for themselves with no help from government agencies, which was affordable and was strategically placed in terms of access to the social and economic infrastructure. The net effect had been to make a large number of the urban poor homeless while offering them no effective alternative. The cumbersome procedure in the allocation of land has not helped the homelessness problem. Although the 1975 land reforms aimed to end speculation and improve access to land, the supporting mechanisms for its implementation have not been available or have not performed. Squatter demolition was not influenced by a strong sense of orderly urban development, but rather the squatters were jettisoned in favour of the middle and upper classes under the United National Independence Party (UNIP) regime. The rebirth of plural politics in Zambia demands a rethinking on the part of the authorities. Squatter settlers now account for over 50% of the population of the major urban centres and constitute an important political force.
Never mind the people, the shanties must go
The politics of urban land in Zambia
AbstractThe view of the squatter settlement as a haven for social deviants resulted in the demolition of the housing stock of a large number of urban marginal groups in Zambia during the Kaunda regime (1964-91). Housing stock that urban marginal groups had put up for themselves with no help from government agencies, which was affordable and was strategically placed in terms of access to the social and economic infrastructure. The net effect had been to make a large number of the urban poor homeless while offering them no effective alternative. The cumbersome procedure in the allocation of land has not helped the homelessness problem. Although the 1975 land reforms aimed to end speculation and improve access to land, the supporting mechanisms for its implementation have not been available or have not performed. Squatter demolition was not influenced by a strong sense of orderly urban development, but rather the squatters were jettisoned in favour of the middle and upper classes under the United National Independence Party (UNIP) regime. The rebirth of plural politics in Zambia demands a rethinking on the part of the authorities. Squatter settlers now account for over 50% of the population of the major urban centres and constitute an important political force.
Never mind the people, the shanties must go
The politics of urban land in Zambia
Mulwanda, Mpanjilwa (Autor:in) / Mutale, Emmanuel (Autor:in)
Cities ; 11 ; 303-311
01.01.1994
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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