Tenure-responsive zoning regulations for better gender equality in land management in Kigali City, Rwanda.

2021 ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
Ernest Uwayezu ◽  
Marie Jeanne Nyiransabimana
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Zoning Regulations ◽  
Land Use Allocation ◽  
Development Plans

Abstract The passage of land management rules promoting gender equality in land ownership and formal registration of individuals' land rights in the framework of enhancing de jure tenure security is not enough. This is evidenced by the urban development regulations that infringe upon these rights and become a factor for land deprivation. This chapter stresses on the significance of the following strategies which can be applied in Kigali city development processes to curb these problems: (1) The participatory and integrated planning which requires the direct engagement of all landowners/users, particularly women, poor and vulnerable groups in land use planning, especially in crafting and implementing the local development plans; (2) The promotion of the mixed land use which can spur an urbanism that does not decimate social relations between the existing landowners and their living spaces and prevent the livelihood disruption. This can be achieved through the creation of the suitable residential blocks that enable the integration of the poor and low-income people, including women, in the urban development. For this to happen the minds of policy makers and urban planners implementing Kigali city master or development plans should be preoccupied with tackling the questions relating to who gets what and where in relation to land use allocation. It is a matter of their willingness to adopt these strategies which are repeatedly highlighted in the policies, laws and regulations related to land management in the country. In this way, the planning can be concerned not only with zoning regulations which are tenure security responsive, not only with respect to the land use that various income categories can benefit from but also to gender equality in the enjoyment the individual property rights.

SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

2018 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Olha Dorosh ◽  
Iryna Kupriyanchik ◽  
Denys Melnyk
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Land Use Systems ◽  
The Law ◽  
Land Use Development

The land and town planning legislation concerning the planning of land use development within the united territorial communities (UTC) is considered. It is found that legislative norms need to be finalized. The necessity of updating the existing land management documentation developed prior to the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Land Management" and changes in the structure of urban development in connection with the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Regulation of Urban Development" was proved as they do not ensure the integrity of the planning process within the territories of these communities through their institutional incapacity (proved by the example of the Palan Unified Territorial Community of the Uman district of the Cherkasy region). The priority of land management and urban planning documents as the most influential tools in planning the development of land use systems in UTC is scientifically grounded and their interdependence established.

scholarly journals Monitoring spatio-temporal compliance of urban development plans using GIS and remote sensing in Nairobi City County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen Karanja Mwaura ◽  
Patroba Achola Odera
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Gis And Remote Sensing ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Compliance Assessment ◽  
Development Control ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Development control aims to provide an urban environment with quality service delivery, optimal use of available resources, conservation, and reduction of haphazard urban growth. At the core of development control is the compliance assessment process, which ensures adherence to regulatory policies. The City of Nairobi compliance assessment process lacks considerable enforcement capacity and this has led to uncontrolled development. This study uses GIS and remote sensing to assess the spatio-temporal compliance of development plan(s) in Nairobi City County. Land use/cover of Nairobi City County from 1976 to 2019 were obtained from classified Landsat images at a nearly 10-year interval of six epochs (1976, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2010 and 2019). The zoning plan maps were digitised and superimposed on the classified images to determine compliance, taking subsequent reviews of spatial development plans into account. The non-compliance rates for residential, commercial, and industrial activities varied at 57~84%, 63~81% and 65~92%, respectively, during the study period (1976–2019). A comparison between the planned and non-compliant areas showed that residential, commercial, and industrial activities occurred mostly outside planned areas from 1976 to 2019. The analysis showed a considerably less increase in non-compliance on commercial land use. This is so because of the review done on the zoning plan for Nairobi City in 2005. The industrial land use non-compliance was constantly increasing over the study period, an indicator of the ever-rising rate of urbanisation in the Nairobi metropolitan area. This study illustrates the power of rapid spatial mapping in monitoring compliance of urban development plans for informed decision making. 

scholarly journals Separate aspects of prosecutorial supervision over the urban development legislation and restitution for damages caused by urban development decisions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Svetlana Igorevna Koryachentsova
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Improvement Of Legislation ◽  
Legal Grounds

This article makes an attempt to describe the peculiarities of regulation of urban development decisions and management in the sphere of urban development, as well as determine contradictory mechanisms of protection of the rights of landholders through restitution for damages in terms of modification of a number of urban development documents. The subject of this article is the theoretical and legal grounds of the activity of prosecutorial authorities in supervising the execution of laws in the sphere of urban development. The object of this research is the legal relations established in the process of organization and realization of prosecutorial supervision in the indicated sphere. The goal consists in the analysis of correspondence of legislation in the sphere of urban development based on the existing theoretical provisions of organization and realization of prosecutorial supervision. The author used the method of analysis of the documents and official materials, determination of peculiarities in the area of land management and urban development, taking into account normative regulation of the documents of land use planning. The scientific novelty consists in the proposed formulation of substantiated recommendations on the unified legislative regulation of the questions of restitution for damages to landholders as one of the mechanism of protection of rights of the proprietors in terms of modification of a number of urban development documents. It is underlined that the prosecutors should account the shortcoming made by the authorities of urban development administration in implementation of the functions on elaboration of the documents of land use planning. The author gives recommendations to the prosecutors that can be applied in evaluating the lawfulness of such documents. In conclusion it is noted that despite the dynamic development of Russian legislation, there is currently no effective means for protection of rights of the landholders in terms of modification of the documents of urban development zoning, which acknowledges the need for further improvement of legislation in this sphere.

scholarly journals Strategic actions of urban development to define the intervention policies of slums

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amany Ragheb ◽  
Rasha El-Ashmawy
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Development Plans

AbstractThe problem of slums is one of the most imperative problems experienced by many developing countries as well as some developed countries. The random gatherings shape real disruption in the economic and social development plans of the concerned countries. The importance of the research lies in conducting a field study for Ezbet El-Shahatin area in Mansoura city, given that it is the largest unplanned informal area in Dakahlia Governorate in terms of area. Geographic information systems were used to make enter data to form a coordinated database. In addition, policy intervention matrix in slums was used to make the appropriate decision regarding the development of the area. The study concludes to specifying several recommendations to deal with slums and set a model for integrated urban development in low-income areas that can be repeated in other similar locations.

scholarly journals Sustainable Urban Development and Land Use Management: Wa Municipality in Perspective, Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dambeebo ◽  
Chernor A. Jalloh
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Urban Land Management ◽  
Wa Municipality

Land use planning is one of the effective ways of achieving overall sustainable physical development especially, in urban areas. Various stakeholders in Ghana such as government agencies are therefore, responsible for the development and enforcement of national and local plans that specifies land areas for residential, industrial, transport and recreational facilities towards achieving sustainable development. Empirical literature within the Wa Municipality is not clear on weather enforcement and/or compliance pose as a challenge to sustainable urban development. The main objective of this study was therefore, to assess the physical development and land use planning guidelines in the Wa Municipality and analyse people compliance for sustainable land management. Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 173 households in the Wa Municipality. Besides, heads of three institutions responsible for enforcing planning guidelines were interviewed. The results maintained that physical development planning guidelines are there to guide urban development in the Wa Municipality, but enforcement and effective compliance has been weak. Also, demographic and economic variables of the respondents as well as the lack of institutional capacity are the factors responsible for low levels of compliance. The non-compliance with planning guidelines contributes to haphazard physical development. This implies that the existence of clear planning guidelines is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sustainable urban land management. It is therefore, recommended that appropriate intervention through effective education for the general public as well as resource allocation to the enforcement institutions. This will facilitate the achievement of sustainable urban land management in the Wa Municipality.

GIS-based genetic algorithm optimization tool for supporting land use and land management restructuring

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1s) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
V. Makarenko ◽  
◽  
G. Ruecker ◽  
R. Sommer ◽  
N. Djanibekov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Algorithm Optimization ◽  
Genetic Algorithm Optimization

Optimal Land Use Analysis Using Lindenmayer Grammars

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Urszula Żukowska ◽  
Grażyna Kalewska
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
L System ◽  
L Systems ◽  
The City

In today's world, when it is so important to use every piece of land for a particular purpose, both economically and ecologically, identifying optimal land use is a key issue. For this reason, an analysis of the optimal land use in a section of the city of Olsztyn, using the L-system Urban Development computer program, was chosen as the aim of this paper. The program uses the theories of L-systems and the cartographic method to obtain results in the form of sequences of productions or maps. For this reason, the first chapters outline both theories, i.e. the cartographic method to identify optimal land use and Lindenmayer grammars (called L-systems). An analysis based on a fragment of the map of Olsztyn was then carried out. Two functions were selected for the analysis: agricultural and forest-industrial. The results are presented as maps and sequences in individual steps.

scholarly journals Assessment and Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency under Green Development Orientation: Case of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
Yingkai Tang ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Xuanming Ji ◽  
He Xu ◽  
Yangqing Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Development Orientation

Rapid urbanization has provided a strong impetus for the economic growth of China, but it has also caused many problems such as inefficient urban land use and environmental pollution. With the popularization of the concept of green and sustainable development, the Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) assessment concept is widely accepted. The government and residents are paying more and more attention to environmental issues in urban development, and environmental protection has formed an important part of urban development. In this context, this study takes 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta as examples to build an evaluation system for urban land-use efficiency under green development orientation. The evaluation system takes into account the inputs of land, capital, labor, and energy factors in the process of urban development. Based on emphasizing economic output, the social benefits and undesired outputs brought about by urban development are taken into account. This paper measures urban land use efficiency by the super-efficiency SBM model, and on this basis, analyses the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban land-use efficiency. Further, this paper measures urban land use efficiency without considering undesired outputs and compares the two evaluation methods. Again, the comparison illustrates the rationality of urban land use efficiency evaluation system under green development orientation.

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