scholarly journals Diagnosing the Urban Expansion-Land Conflict Nexus in Bamenda II, Cameroon

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi ◽  
Yvette Lum Awah
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
Land Conflict ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Sub Saharan

Urban growth in the context of sub-Saharan Africa generally introduces attendant effects. Some of these include land use conflicts, pressure on municipal services and the challenges of urban poverty. While these issues have received significant attention, an issue which seemed to have eluded geographical literature, at least in the context of Bamenda, centres on the extent to which urban expansion triggers land conflicts. This paper analyses the trend of urban expansion in Bamenda II, and explores the relationship between urban expansion and land conflicts. A total of 80 households were randomly sampled, complemented by participant observation and focus group discussions. The Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient revealed a positive correlation between urban expansion and land conflicts. It is therefore necessary for policy interventions to regulate the pace of urban expansion with a view to preserving the last vestiges of natural and agricultural space. Further conflicts could be avoided through a clear demarcation of boundaries, including the facilitation of the process of acquiring land titles.  This will reduce the cases of land conflict and haphazard urban expansion.

The entrepreneurship myth in small-scale service provision: Water resale in Maputo, Mozambique

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Zuin ◽  
Leonard Ortolano ◽  
Jennifer Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sub Saharan

About 20% of the urban population in sub-Saharan Africa relies on resellers of utility water for their water supply, yet the practice has received little attention either in the academic literature or in sector policy. This study uses primary data collected from more than 200 resellers in Maputo, Mozambique, through in-person surveys, participant observation and focus group discussions. Despite the widely held assumption that all small-scale water providers are profit-maximizing entrepreneurs, this study suggests that this model does not characterize resale behavior in Maputo. Instead, three non-mutually exclusive motivations provide more persuasive explanations for why households resell utility water: (1) earning cash to meet daily subsistence needs; (2) obtaining a form of informal social insurance to deal with future needs; and (3) solidifying embeddedness in social relationships by satisfying the social norms of their communities. These findings suggest that programs and policies typically designed for small-scale providers may be inappropriate for water resellers.

scholarly journals Mapping 20 Years of Urban Expansion in 45 Urban Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Yann Forget ◽  
Michal Shimoni ◽  
Marius Gilbert ◽  
Catherine Linard
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Mapping Approach ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

By 2050, half of the net increase in the world’s population is expected to reside in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), driving high urbanization rates and drastic land cover changes. However, the data-scarce environment of SSA limits our understanding of the urban dynamics in the region. In this context, Earth Observation (EO) is an opportunity to gather accurate and up-to-date spatial information on urban extents. During the last decade, the adoption of open-access policies by major EO programs (CBERS, Landsat, Sentinel) has allowed the production of several global high resolution (10–30 m) maps of human settlements. However, mapping accuracies in SSA are usually lower, limited by the lack of reference datasets to support the training and the validation of the classification models. Here we propose a mapping approach based on multi-sensor satellite imagery (Landsat, Sentinel-1, Envisat, ERS) and volunteered geographic information (OpenStreetMap) to solve the challenges of urban remote sensing in SSA. The proposed mapping approach is assessed in 17 case studies for an average F1-score of 0.93, and applied in 45 urban areas of SSA to produce a dataset of urban expansion from 1995 to 2015. Across the case studies, built-up areas averaged a compound annual growth rate of 5.5% between 1995 and 2015. The comparison with local population dynamics reveals the heterogeneity of urban dynamics in SSA. Overall, population densities in built-up areas are decreasing. However, the impact of population growth on urban expansion differs depending on the size of the urban area and its income class.

Land conflicts and social differentiation in eastern Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Kandel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Social Differentiation ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
Eastern Uganda

ABSTRACTRising competition and conflict over land in rural sub-Saharan Africa continues to attract the attention of researchers. Recent work has especially focused on land governance, post-conflict restructuring of tenure relations, and large-scale land acquisitions. A less researched topic as of late, though one deserving of greater consideration, pertains to how social differentiation on the local-level shapes relations to land, and how these processes are rooted in specific historical developments. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Teso sub-region of eastern Uganda, this paper analyses three specific land conflicts and situates them within a broad historical trajectory. I show how each dispute illuminates changes in class relations in Teso since the early 1990s. I argue that this current period of socioeconomic transformation, which includes the formation of a more clearly defined sub-regional middle class and elite, constitutes the most prominent period of social differentiation in Teso since the early 20th century.

Case Studies in Urban Health

Urban Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 332-341
Author(s):  
Alex Ezeh ◽  
Blessing Mberu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Large City ◽  
Demographic Surveillance System ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Poverty And Health ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Improve Health

A project of the Africa Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System was set up to provide a platform to explore the linkages between urban poverty and health and to monitor and evaluate novel implementation programs that were developed with the study communities. In this chapter, the authors draw on nearly two decades of work by APHRC among slum populations in Nairobi, Kenya, to highlight the unique health challenges of slum populations and how these are changing. The chapter summarizes various efforts to improve health in Nairobi’s informal settlements since 2000 and discusses efforts in Nairobi to improve health in a large city in sub-Saharan Africa, summarizing lessons that have been learned in improving urban health worldwide.

Single mothers coping with food insecurity in a Nairobi slum

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 004209802096384
Author(s):  
Sangeetha Madhavan ◽  
Shelley Clark ◽  
Sara Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Sub Saharan

With high urbanisation rates, cities in sub-Saharan Africa are contending with food insecurity. Urban studies scholars have approached the issue mainly from the perspective of food deserts. We adapt Sen’s ‘resource bundles’ and Watts and Bohles’s ‘space of vulnerability’ concepts to examine food insecurity as a function of both tangible and intangible resources. Moreover, we also interrogate the role of kin in strengthening safety nets for the urban poor. Drawing on a data set of 462 single mothers in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, we find that (1) bundles comes in four types; (2) bundles with high levels of all resources buffer against food insecurity as do (3) bundles weighted with high levels of wealth and social standing; and (4) kin enhance the protective effect of bundles only for two types. These findings should direct urban poverty researchers to consider the compounding effect of resources in the reproduction of poverty and social inequality and encourage policy makers to focus on both vulnerability and resilience in designing interventions to ensure food security.

scholarly journals Neonatal care practices in Buikwe District, Uganda: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marte Bodil Roed ◽  
Ingunn Marie Stadkleiv Engebretsen ◽  
Robert Mangeni
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Neonatal Care ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Kangaroo Care ◽  
Cord Clamping ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest neonatal mortality rate, with 27 deaths per 1000 live births. The Uganda Clinical Guidelines (UCG) from 2016 have detailed descriptions on care for mothers and their newborns during pregnancy, delivery and the post-partum period, both in cases of normal as well as complicated births.Methods: The study used a qualitative method with data collection from participant observations, interviews with key-informants and focus group discussions. Malterud’s Systematic Text Condensation (STC) was used for analysis.Results: The study found various discrepancies between performed hands-on-procedures and the UCG related to neonatal care practices, including uncertainty around timing for cord clamping, routine oronasopharyngeal suction of newborns and inadequate implementation of kangaroo care.Conclusions: Continued focus on systemic strategies for further implementation of the UCG is recommended

How video attributes influence farmer learning about maize postharvest handling practices and technologies in kakumiro district, Uganda

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
G Asasira ◽  
G Karubanga ◽  
F Okry ◽  
P Kibwika ◽  
JG Agea
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Content Sequencing

In Sub-Saharan Africa, video has been earmarked as an important tool to enhance learning among smallholder farmers. The study evaluated how the inherent video attributes influence learning about postharvest handling practices and technologies from the perspective of maize farmers in Kakumiro district of Uganda; using the case of Access Agriculture maize videos. An action-oriented research involving showing of four videos, on-site participant observation, six key informant and 50 exit individual interviews were conducted in February 2019. While thematic-content analysis was applied for qualitative data, quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 version. Our results clearly illustrate that the video’s ability to influence farmer learning depends on the complementarity of its positive attributes including: demonstration ability, attractiveness and clarity of images, ability to arouse interest and curiosity; thus, fostering interactions among viewers. The nature of video content in terms of clarity, practicability, relevance, applicability and content sequencing are also perceived to be key attributes of video in enhancing learning among the viewers. However, the effectiveness of video is likely to be compromised by the socio-economic and cultural factors more especially if such factors are not well taken care of during the filming process. If possible, when developing videos for farmer learning, focus should be on creating local content that is context specific, which farmers can enjoy and relate to for easy adaptation and eventual application. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 9 (1): 58-65, June, 2019

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