Print Email Facebook Twitter Evaluation of innovative land tools in sub-Saharan Africa: Three cases from a peri-urban context Title Evaluation of innovative land tools in sub-Saharan Africa: Three cases from a peri-urban context Author Van Asperen, P.C.M. Contributor De Jong, J. (promotor) Zevenbergen, J.A. (promotor) Faculty OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment Department Geo-information and land management Date 2014-09-17 Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanizing rapidly, but most countries lack appropriate tools to manage their urban growth. This creates both risks and opportunities for prospective land holders, resulting in a tangle of insecure land rights and claims under multiple tenure systems. Recently, innovative land tools have been proposed and implemented to formalize land tenure. It is envisaged that tenure security for land holders will increase and in turn contribute to poverty reduction. This study evaluates such tools in three peri-urban areas in Lusaka (Zambia), Oshakati (Namibia) and Gaborone (Botswana), with a focus on the perspective of the land holders. It is concluded that the tools are to some extent pro-poor, so recommendations for further improvements are made. Furthermore, these innovative land tools are considered a necessary addition to conventional land administration tools. Subject land administrationland registrationpro-poorland toolsperi-urban To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:46562c4a-8e99-422f-b2e3-6949358299f6 Publisher IOS Press ISBN 9781614994442 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2014 Van Asperen, P.C.M. Files PDF PaulvanAsperen17092014.pdf 6.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:46562c4a-8e99-422f-b2e3-6949358299f6/datastream/OBJ/view