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Customary system as ‘constraint’ or ‘enabler’ to peri-urban land development: Case of Kisumu city, Kenya
Scholarly research on land delivery processes and land tenure dynamics in thecontext of accelerated urbanization and massive rural-urban land use conversion insub-Saharan African cities remains limited, especially in Kenya. Kisumu city, Kenya’sthird largest urban agglomeration, is currently experiencing spontaneous growth anduncontrolled outward expansions of urban development from the urban centre. This istaking place in the peri-urban areas and rural hinterland, where urban-based actors,under the pressure and anticipation of urbanization, undertake land transactions,land tenure conversions, and land development. Making use of three case studiesthat represent contrasting phases of settlement formation (incipient, intermediate,and consolidated), this article attempts to provide knowledge, particularly on therelationship between the land delivery processes, land tenure dynamics, and the roleof various actors involved in the context of land development. The results indicatethat the current trend with regard to landholding in the case study areas was agradual shift from community control to individualisation. There is a need to integrateboth customary and public authority’s efforts towards orderly urban development.This study thus advocates for partnerships between the municipal authority and neocustomary/customary actors and, where appropriate, uses their creativity in solvingproblems to adapt municipal by-laws and procedures.
Customary system as ‘constraint’ or ‘enabler’ to peri-urban land development: Case of Kisumu city, Kenya
Scholarly research on land delivery processes and land tenure dynamics in thecontext of accelerated urbanization and massive rural-urban land use conversion insub-Saharan African cities remains limited, especially in Kenya. Kisumu city, Kenya’sthird largest urban agglomeration, is currently experiencing spontaneous growth anduncontrolled outward expansions of urban development from the urban centre. This istaking place in the peri-urban areas and rural hinterland, where urban-based actors,under the pressure and anticipation of urbanization, undertake land transactions,land tenure conversions, and land development. Making use of three case studiesthat represent contrasting phases of settlement formation (incipient, intermediate,and consolidated), this article attempts to provide knowledge, particularly on therelationship between the land delivery processes, land tenure dynamics, and the roleof various actors involved in the context of land development. The results indicatethat the current trend with regard to landholding in the case study areas was agradual shift from community control to individualisation. There is a need to integrateboth customary and public authority’s efforts towards orderly urban development.This study thus advocates for partnerships between the municipal authority and neocustomary/customary actors and, where appropriate, uses their creativity in solvingproblems to adapt municipal by-laws and procedures.
Customary system as ‘constraint’ or ‘enabler’ to peri-urban land development: Case of Kisumu city, Kenya
Wamukaya, Edwin (author) / Mbathi, Musyimi (author)
2019-12-11
Town and Regional Planning; Vol. 75 (2019); 77-90 ; 2415-0495 ; 1012-280X
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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