Peri urban Land Development and inclusiveness Lessons learnt from preliminary research of Lagos and Bangalore
Ore Fika
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Netherlands The
The
fluidity and complexity of land tenure systems and how they are governed in Africa and Asia
more often leaves the poor deprived of access to land, creates conflicts and increases insecurity amongst low income communities In the developing countries, tenure systems exist in a continuum that ranges from statutory to customary to informal and many other forms in between In many cases, it proves challenging to distinguish the tenure status of land and more so in peri urban areas
With rapid urbanization and the rise of the middle income particularly in Africa and Asia, many cities in the two continents have witnessed rapid rate of peri urbanization The peri urban known for its dynamic spatial nature is a transitional zone where rural and urban landscape intersects It is also known for experiencing rapid socio economic changes These include changes in land use, land ownership and land tenure, all impacting land values, affordability and steadily, the
population that resides there
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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