Securing Tenure Through Land Use Planning: Conceptual Framework, Evidences And Experiences From Selected Countries In Africa, Asia And Latin America
Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene et al.
Land registration and cadaster play crucial roles in improving tenure security. However, they are not enough to guarantee secure tenure for all people with a legitimate claim to land. Often, land use planning exists but is not formally linked with tenure security in practice. This paper argues for other options for improving tenure security in developing countries. It reports on a study that employs three methodological aspects in-depth review of literature, an Expert Workshop, and evidential case studies. Its conclusion is that a complementary initiative would be to use land use planning as a tool for widening the margins of tenure security improvements. By way of output, it presents a conceptual proposal and experiences of land use planning as a means of securing tenure. The paper is relevant in three ways. First, it provides a starting point for filling the gap that exists in literature concerning the utilization of land use planning as a tool for improving tenure security. Second, it embeds the idea of using land use planning as a means for tenure security in the global debate. Third (and most importantly), it contributes to scalable approaches to improving tenure security and advances with securing, or protecting land rights.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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