scholarly journals Inclusiveness of Urban Land Administration in the City of Lusaka, Zambia

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (46) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Mubanga Lupale ◽  
Godfrey Hampwaye
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
The City

AbstractMany cities in developing countries are experiencing urbanization characterised by the continu-ous proliferation of informal settlements. In the City of Lusaka over 70 percent of residents live in informal settlements. The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of how inclusive land administration is in the City of Lusaka using the perspective of good governance principles. The sample comprised 10 key informants purposively selected from government institutions/ civil society organisations and 60 respondents conveniently drawn from informal settlements. The findings were analysed thematically and using descriptive statistics. The findings show that there is need to create policies and legislation that assists in developing viable, liveable and inclusive townships. Most indicators of the five good governance principles recorded negative responses of at least 60 per cent. Formal urban land development arrangements in the city have not been able to cope with the demands of the majority of urban residents. The study suggests that land and housing policies be revised to serve a broader purpose beyond the provision of shelter in order to suit the dynamic and contemporary needs of specific societies. Further re-search is needed on tenure responsive land use planning in order to understand existing commu-nity dynamics (economic and social support networks) and implement practical changes for tackling informality if Zambian cities and communities are to be sustainable and resilient.

Urban Land Policy in Zimbabwe

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 1553-1574 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Rakodi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Central State ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Relationship

Related to the functions of the central state and local state, a range of interventions in the urban land-development process may be pursued. Typically, policies and practices related to land are devised at different times for different purposes and are administered by different agencies. Rarely are the relationships between them, their implementation, and their overall impact considered systematically, especially for developing countries. In this paper I evaluate urban land policy in Zimbabwe. I consider tenure, land-use planning and development control, taxation, and direct public sector intervention in the land market. Particular attention is given to the local administrative context and to the relationship between central and local government as portrayed in the paths of land delivery for private developers, municipalities, and central government. The overall conclusion is that Zimbabwe's urban land administration system works effectively. However, it is formal and complex, which is restricting its ability to play an appropriate role in catering for rapid urban growth and the needs of low-income residents.

The Approval of Zoning and Development Rules in Moscow: Analyzing the Economic Impact

2018 ◽  
Vol 931 ◽  
pp. 862-869
Author(s):  
Pavel N. Kostrikin
Keyword(s):  
Land Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
New Order ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cost Growth ◽  
Investment Cost ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The City ◽  
Positive Effect

In spring 2017 the Zoning Rules (ZR) have come into force in Moscow – in fact, this is the main document enabling real estate development in any particular urban land plot. After the first year of the new order enactment, the author analyzes both relevant and probable economic repercussions from the ZR adoption and concludes that no positive effect anticipated by the city administration can be discerned; after the urban land development plans (ULDP) earlier issued for Moscow developers expire, the duration and cost of the preinvestment construction stage will notably rise, which, in turn, will result in the investment cost growth for all immovable property types in Moscow.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE LAND USE EVALUATION BASED ON PRESERVATIVE APPROACH

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W11 ◽  
pp. 653-660
Author(s):  
S. Khademi ◽  
M. Norouzi ◽  
M. Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Ancient Monuments ◽  
The City

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Determining the manner of land-use and the spatial structure of cities on the one hand, and the economic value of each piece of land on the other hand, land-use planning is always considered as the main part of urban planning. In this regard, emphasizing the efficient use of land, the sustainable development approach has presented a new perspective on urban planning and consequently on its most important pillar, i.e. land-use planning. In order to evaluate urban land-use, it has been attempted in this paper to select the most significant indicators affecting urban land-use and matching sustainable development indicators. Due to the significance of preserving ancient monuments and the surroundings as one of the main pillars of achieving sustainability, in this research, sustainability indicators have been selected emphasizing the preservation of ancient monuments and historical observance of the city of Susa as one of the historical cities of Iran. It has also been attempted to integrate these criteria with other land-use sustainability indicators. For this purpose, Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) and the AHP model have been used for providing maps displaying spatial density and combining layers as well as providing final maps respectively. Moreover, the rating of sustainability will be studied in different districts of the city of Shush so as to evaluate the status of land sustainability in different parts of the city. The results of the study show that different neighborhoods of Shush do not have the same sustainability in land-use such that neighborhoods located in the eastern half of the city, i.e. the new neighborhoods, have a higher sustainability than those of the western half. It seems that the allocation of a high percentage of these areas to arid lands and historical areas is one of the main reasons for their sustainability.</p>

scholarly journals Marcos regulatórios da regularização fundiária urbana: foco nas leis 11.977/2009 e 13.465/2017 / Regulatory frameworks for urban land regularization: focus on laws 11,977/2009 AND 13,465/2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-316
Author(s):  
Daniela De Freitas Lima ◽  
Almir Mariano de Sousa Junior
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Original Acquisition ◽  
The City

ResumoA ausência de ordenamento territorial nas cidades é proveniente da falta de planejamento do uso e ocupação do solo, o que resulta em problemas de ordem social, econômica, infraestrutural, legal, dentre os quais podemos citar a Irregularidade Fundiária, que acomete o espaço urbano em nível global. O objetivo deste trabalho é discutir as principais e mais recentes legislações que tratam da Regularização Fundiária Urbana no Brasil. Para tanto, foram analisadas as semelhanças, diferenças, alterações e incrementos entre as leis 11.977/2009 e 13.465/2017. A lei 13.465/2017 é regulamentada pelo decreto 9.310/2018 e tem como das principais inovações, quando comparada com a Lei 11.977/2009, a instituição do instrumento legitimação fundiária, que reconhece a aquisição originária do direito real de propriedade. Verifica-se que a lei 13.465/2017 simplifica e reduz custos do processo de Regularização Fundiária realizado através do Poder Público ao eliminar procedimentos antes adotados pelos Programas e entidades que utilizaram a lei 11.977/2009 como balizadora, buscando ampliar as práticas de legalização da terra urbana. Logo, considerando os benefícios que a Regularização Fundiária Urbana oferece para a cidade e seus habitantes, há a urgente necessidade da concreta aplicação de seus marcos regulatórios para que se atenue o panorama irregular urbano atual.Palavras-Chave: Irregularidade Fundiária. Direito à Cidade. Ordenamento territorial. Legislaçãourbana. Vulnerabilidade Socioespacial. AbstractThe lack of territorial ordering in cities comes from the lack of planning for the use and occupation of land, which results in problems of a social, economic, infrastructural, legal order, among which we can mention the Land Irregularity. The objective of this work is to discuss the main and most recent legislation that deal with urban land regularization in Brazil. For this purpose, the similarities, differences, changes and increases contained between laws 11,977/2009 and 13,465/2017 were analyzed, through the interpretation and comparation and of their redactions. Law 13,465/2017 is regulated by decree 9.310/2018 and has as one main innovation, when compared to Law 11,977/2009, the institution of land ownership instruments, which recognizes the original acquisition of real property rights. Law 13,465/2017 simplifies and reduces costs of the land regularization process by eliminating procedures previously adopted by the Programs and entities that used law 11,977/2009 as a beacon, seeking to extend the legalization practices of urban land. Therefore, considering the benefits that urban land regularization offers to the city and its inhabitants, there is an urgent need to concretely apply its regulatory frameworks so as to attenuate the current urban irregular landscape.Keywords: Land Irregularity. Right to the City. Land use planning. Urban legislation. Socio-spatial Vulnerability.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Densification of the City in the Neoliberal Economy - a Case Study: the Surroundings of the Eastern Part of the Former Airport Runway Rakowice-Czyżyny in Cracow

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 81-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Hołuj ◽  
Artur Hołuj
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
New Urbanism ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Airport Runway ◽  
The City

Abstract The article is a case study of land use planning in the surroundings of the eastern side of the runway of the former airport Rakowice-Czyżyny in Cracow. The area was chosen because it is an example reflecting the history of many urban spaces that are well connected externally, well equipped in infrastructure, and favourably located in the city. They are now the scene of an intense market game, which arrogates to itself the almost unlimited right to determine the land use. Therefore, a study was conducted to verify the knowledge in that field. The analysis was based, inter alia, on differentiated source materials (including historical ones), a survey of press materials (mostly local ones), interviews with residents, the field analysis carried out in the research area and data analysis (primary market of real estate). The chosen example allowed the authors to confirm the theorems on the growing threats to the spatial order in a situation of struggle between supporters of neoliberal urbanism and broadly defined new urbanism. The latter cannot exist without spatial planning but since1990 in Poland we have been able to observe a crisis in this area. It leads to chaotic, too concentrated development in urban areas. This demonstrates that while the criticism of the new urbanism is in some dimensions justified, it cannot be used to legalize voluntary land development. This possibility of social and political permission for arbitrariness generates an “appetite” for space understood primarily as an economic good.

scholarly journals Land policy in perspective

2009 ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Nab Raj Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
The People ◽  
Expected Gain ◽  
Land Valuation

Fundamental entity where the existence resides is Land. Obviously being the basis of life and then source of wealth and power, land has been observed as a focal entity of social conflict and disorder. Any government willing to pay attention for good governance must give its eyes on the issues of land, otherwise, any effort made in the name of development will be like pouring water on sand. Being encapsulated by the strong but better political will for doing something to raise the people up from their plight and blight of abject poverty, it is urgently needed to formulate land policy whereby all policy implementation instruments will be systematically arranged within the skeleton of land policy framework. Land tenure security, land market, land valuation and taxation, land use planning and land reform are the main instruments envisaged in this paper ignoring which the expected gain out of the applied effort on any land issue can not meet the demand of the society. The block composed by these implementation instruments will rest on the system of land administration, acting as a tool designed to be matched with the land policy.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration for Urban Community Resilience in a Time of Climate Change and COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mitchell ◽  
Bernhard Bath ◽  
Serene Ho ◽  
Siraj Sait ◽  
Darryn McEvoy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Fit For Purpose

The major global pressures of rapid urbanization and urban growth are compounded by climate impacts resulting in increased vulnerability for urban dwellers, with these vulnerabilities exacerbated during COVID-19. Much of this is concentrated in urban and peri-urban areas where urban development spreads into hazard-prone areas. Often this development is dominated by poor quality homes in informal settlements or slums with poor tenure security. Lessons from a current resilience-building project shows that the fit-for-purpose (FFP) approach to land administration can provide a solution to increase the number of households with security of tenure and improve resilience outcomes as informal settlements grow. This paper discusses the influence of FFP land administration on vulnerabilities to multiple shocks related to climate change and COVID-19. This paper proposes ways the growth of human settlements can be better managed through responsible governance of land tenure rights, and effective land-use planning to improve resilience to different shocks and stresses and provide adequate access to safe land and shelter. Land administration systems can support improved resilience to the multiple stressors of climate and pandemics through improving tenure security and enhancing land use planning controls. Climate change adaptation and risk management need to be better mainstreamed into two major elements of land governance: (i) securing and safeguarding of land rights, and (ii) planning and control of land-use.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Effects of Institutional Merger: Case of Cadastral Information Registration and Landholding Right Providing Institutions in Ethiopia

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Solomon Dargie Chekole ◽  
Walter Timo de Vries ◽  
Pamela Durán-Díaz ◽  
Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Land Administration

Strong national institutional arrangements in the geospatial information management are essential for successful implementation of sustainable land administration system. However, it is not only the existence of institutions but also their effectiveness that leads to the intended goals and reaching of objectives. There are international calls to merge highly related land administration institutions, yet Ethiopia executes two related land administration tasks (landholding right provision and cadastral registration) by two different institutions, the Urban Land Development and Management Bureau, and the Urban Land Adjudication and Information Registration Agency. Thus, the objective of this article is to analyze the effect of merging cadastral information registration and urban landholding right providing institutions lead to effective and strong national land institution. To achieve this, we had a qualitative approach analysis based on desk review and case study research methods. We conducted semi-structured interviews with the directors of the two institutions, and a group discussion with professional experts from both institutions. The findings of this study show that institutional merger between the two institutions believed to unravel the challenges of failing to achieve institutional goals. Although these institutions design strategic plans every year, the level of achievement or operational performance is low. The major cause for this problem is the poor coordination between the institutions. In view of this issue, we recommend merging the two institutions in one since it: reduces the effects of data duplication; provides one-window services; reduces operational costs; fills communication gaps among the staff; reduces time of operation; improves customer service; increases efficiency within processes; and provides a more efficient operation of land markets.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration for Urban Community Resilience in a Time of Climate Change and COVID-19 Pandemic

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
David Mitchell ◽  
Bernhard Barth ◽  
Serene Ho ◽  
M. Siraj Sait ◽  
Darryn McEvoy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Fit For Purpose

The major global pressures of rapid urbanization and urban growth are being compounded by climate impacts, resulting in increased vulnerability for urban dwellers, with these vulnerabilities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of this is concentrated in urban and peri-urban areas where urban development spreads into hazard-prone areas. Often, this development is dominated by poor-quality homes in informal settlements or slums with poor tenure security. Lessons from a resilience-building project in the Pacific shows that a fit-for-purpose (FFP) approach to land administration can provide solutions by increasing the number of households with security of tenure, and consequently, improving resilience outcomes as informal settlements grow. This paper specifically discusses the influence of FFP land administration on reducing vulnerabilities to external shocks, such as climate change and COVID-19. It proposes ways to be better manage urban growth through the responsible governance of land tenure rights and more effective land-use planning to improve resilience to multiple shocks and stresses, hence, delivering improved access to safe land and shelter. Land administration systems can contribute to enhanced resilience to the shocks of climate extremes and pandemics by improving tenure security and enhancing land-use planning controls. It is argued that climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction need to be better mainstreamed into two major elements of land governance: (i) securing and safeguarding of land rights, and (ii) planning and control of land use.

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