Informal Land Markets and Housing development in Kampala: Processes and Implications to the Urban En

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Informal Land Markets and Housing development in
Kampala Processes and Implications to the Urban
Environment and Planning

• Lwasa Shuaib
• Department of Geography
• Makerere university

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Contents of the Presentation

• Introduction/Background
• Study problem
• Objectives of the study
• Research Questions
• Methodology
• Highlights of Anticipated results

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Popn 1, 200, 000 m Area 185 sq km
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Introduction/Background

• The Urban Land Market plays an important role in
  the urbanisation process
• The most significant influence in changing urban
  environments is through allocation of land to the
  most economical use
• Land markets are increasingly becoming informal
  which is changing residential development
  patterns with associated environmental problems.
• Kampala is a fast growing city in which the
  informal land market has heated up while the
  environmental and land use changes being felt
  through housing development

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What is the study Problem ?

• Three main issues
• The informal land market Operations
• Residential housing development processes and
  patterns
• Impact of the land market - Housing development
  process on Environment

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Objectives of the study

• To examine the operations of the informal, in
  comparison with the formal land markets
• To determine the rate of supply and conversion of
  buildable land for residential purpose through
  informal land markets
• To establish the impact of residential housing
  development on the environment

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Research questions

• Three main research questions

What are the operations of the informal land
markets?
To what extent is the current residential
housing development process influenced by the
informal land market?
What environmental problems are emanating from
the current residential development patterns?
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Methods of the Research

• GIS
• SPSS
• GPS
• Aerial Photography
• Interviews

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Procedure of the Research
Analysis of Research indicators
Aerial photos and cadastral maps
Digitize Plots of Land
Export to SPSS and Sample
GPS (Point Capture)
Data Entry and Analysis
Report writing
Interviews
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Anticipated Results

• Time series data on land values
• Housing development patterns
• Environmental consequences of the current
  patterns of growth
• Environmental change experiences, incidences and
  adaptability
• Possible intervention strategies/Research
  questions???