Formalizing the Informal: Land Titling, Conflict, And Urban Governance In Tanzania

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Kelvin Semindu

Formalizing the Informal

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Land Titling, Conflict, And Urban Governance In Tanzania

Kelvin Semindu

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English

Eliva Press
01 January 2025

City & town planning - architectural aspects

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Formalizing the Informal: The Contested Path to Property Rights in Urban Tanzania examines one of the most pressing paradoxes of contemporary urban development: why efforts to secure land tenure through formalization so often produce new conflicts instead of certainty. Drawing on an in-depth study of the Kimara Stopover Land Formalization Project in Dar es Salaam, this book reveals how well-intentioned policies collide with technical errors, institutional weaknesses, and the lived realities of rapidly urbanizing African cities. Combining spatial analysis, quantitative surveys, and grounded fieldwork, Semindu and Lucian trace how surveying inaccuracies, high costs, and limited community participation transform formalization from a promise of security into a source of dispute and exclusion. Rather than treating land conflict as accidental, the book demonstrates how it emerges systematically from the design and implementation of formalization itself. Moving beyond critique, the authors offer a practical, justice-oriented framework for reform-one that emphasizes technical precision, meaningful participation, and pro-poor planning. Written for students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, this book challenges technocratic assumptions and provides essential insights for anyone concerned with land governance, urban inequality, and the future of African cities.

By: Kelvin Semindu
Imprint: Eliva Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 86g
ISBN: 9789999335331
ISBN 10: 9999335330
Pages: 54
Publication Date: 01 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active