Why planning does not work? : land use planning and residents' rights in Tanzania

Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya

Lack of transparency and accountability in the planning practice allow for misuse and abuse of the planning system to serve the interests of the more powerful and influential groups, including those entrusted with the powers of planning. The outcomes of a non-inclusive, non-transparent and insensitive planning include: insecurity of land tenure rights and subsequently investments in land; poverty; informal land subdivision and building; unplanned spatial growth and endless conflicts in land development. These are detrimental to the residents and erode their trust and confidence in the governme

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Nnkya, Tumsifu Jonas
Publisher:	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers
Subject:	Tansania \| Tanzania \| Landnutzung \| Land use \| Bodenrecht \| Land tenure \| Raumordnung \| Physical planning
Description of contents:	Includes bibliographical references Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	ix, 346 p. S.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Plates; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Moshi Master Plan; Urban and Regional Development Strategy in the 1970s; Preparation of the Moshi Master Plan; Extension of the town boundary; Rapid population growth and demand for building plots; Presentation of the Draft Plan and the Actors Involved; Assumptions, Objectives, and Policies; Approval of the Plan and Early Doubts on Its Efficacy; Summary; Chapter 3 - Adoption of the Master Plan; Expansion of the Town Administrative Boundary Protests by Excluded StakeholdersThe First Major Drawback; Summary; Chapter 4 - Msaranga Plan: "For the Sake of a Good Plan"; Msaranga Settlement; Residents' Meanings of Land; Preparation of the Msaranga Layout Plan; Commencement of Plots Survey; Efforts to Discontinue Survey of Plots; Summary; Chapter 5 - Organized Protests Against the "Good Plan"; Establishment of Residents' Committee; Seeking Legal Advice; Persuasion to Facilitate Survey of Plots; Summary; Chapter 6 - The Council Is Charged with Trespass; The Complaint; Hearing and Ruling of the Application for a Court Injunction; Summary Chapter 7 - Suppression of ConflictsImpeachment of the Msaranga Chairman; A New Strategy to Facilitate Stalled Plots Survey; Banned from Leadership for 60 Months; Help Is Sought from the President; Hearing of the Main Legal Suit Against the Council; Adding Salt to a Wound: Valuation for Property Tax; Quest for Survey Permission; Departure of the Plaintiffs' Counsel; Summary; Chapter 8 - Council Retreats to the Lawful Planning Area; Attempt to Regularize Mji Mpya and Majengo Miembeni Settlements; Response to Chaos Caused by Creation of Plots; Summary Chapter 9 - A Strategy to Safeguard Land RightsLonguo Settlement; Invitation to the Planners; The Councilor's First Agenda; Planning Without Planners; Summary; Chapter 10 - The Planners' Response; Planning without the Residents; Approval of the Planner's Plan; The "Cynic Planner"; Summary; Chapter 11 - Rationalization of Change of Use; Moves to Expropriate Land; Expropriation of Land for a Psychiatric Institution; The Villagers "Eye" the Land; The Custodians Surrender the Land to Themselves; Objection, Counter-Objection, and Lobbying; Ratification of the Expropriation Plan; Summary Chapter 12 - Sharing the Expropriated LandAttempt to Protect Public Interest; The Winner Takes All: Allocation of Plots Before Approval of the Survey Plan; The Little Child: "Vigogo Wapora Ardhi ya Vichaa"; Rewriting History: The Site Was Zoned for a Regional Hospital; Summary; Chapter 13 - In the Name of Employment Creation; Revocation of Land Rights of a Public Institution; Ratification of the Change of Use and Reallocation of Land; Objection by the First Land-Rights Holder; The Planner in a Dilemma; Approval of the Change of Use; Summary; Chapter 14 - Guilty of Illegal Practice Changed Political Context Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-9987-449-68-2 ; 9987-449-68-9 ; 978-9987-449-68-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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