| dc.description.abstract | This study aims at critically assessing the land management strategies that can be instrumental in bringing sound
governance to urban landscapes in Africa with the view of mapping the potential, minimum conditions for success
and constraints to doing so. This study is qualitative by approach and case study based by design, assesses
practices in land management from a few cities (Nairobi, Abuja, Harare, Kigali, Johannesburg and Addis Ababa).
Peculiarities and differences in the practices of land management in these cities is the basis for their purposeful
selection. The evaluation of the land management practices in these cities is in terms of the current realities and
the possibility for the acceptability of new, exotic but deemed sustainable urban land management styles. Noted
strongly in this current discourse is that Africa is a region with varied of contexts requiring a critical assessment of
issues before policy strategies are implemented in terms of land tenure, land administration corruption, political will
and receptivity of the so-called foreign philosophies in urban land governance. The study recommends relevant
training of the land and planning experts in Africa. In addition, there is general need to balance between ‘place
prosperity’ with ‘people prosperity’ as they relate to land management noting that space and capital make the
difference in sustainable human habitats’ creation and management. | en_US |
