Urban Forum

For the past 20 years, the government in South Africa provided low-income communities with RDP (subsidy) houses to improve their quality of life and the places in which they reside. These houses have, however, been criticised regarding their …

The number of people living in Africa exceeded the one billion mark in 2009 out of which 395 million subsisted in cities (UH-HABITAT 2012 ). Predictions are that if unchecked, this number will be threefold the current figure by 2050. Such …

Peri-urban land governance in Tanzania and other developing countries is shaped by divergent or complimentary roles of actors emanating from their authority, power and interest which create a complex relationship affecting land governance process.

Governments in Nigeria have developed several mass housing schemes with the goal of providing satisfactory residential environment at affordable cost for residents in urban areas. However, there is little understanding of the extent to which such …