Regularisation and formalisation of informal settlements in Tanzania : opportunities and challenges : a case of Dar es Salaam City
Kyessi, Sarah A. and Alphonse G. Kyessi
Tanzania has been experiencing a rapid rate of urbanisation of up to 8% per annum. In less than forty years, the urban population has increased from 5% in year 1967 to 23% in the year 2002. The rapid growth of urban centres has mainly been the result of rural-urban migration and natural increase. Removal of movement restrictions to urban areas after independence is also one of the contributing factors. The urban spatial and demographic growth rates are higher than the capacity of the urban authorities to cope with the provision of decent and affordable shelter and municipal services. Up to the year 2000 the shelter backlog had been 2 million housing units in urban areas apart from many poor housing structures found in urban residential areas. To cope with the deficiency, individual households have been constructing houses in informal settlements where there has been no restriction of entry; although basic social and economic infrastructures are inadequate or lacking. The informal settlements have proliferated in urban centres where between 40% and 70% of the Tanzaniaas urban population resides.
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