Understanding urban land, politics, and planning: A critical appraisal of Kampala's urban sprawl
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2020
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Elsevier
Abstract
This paper seeks to make a contribution to contemporary urban land insights and political debates in relation to
planning in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. It also evaluates how the city authorities engage with communities on
land and related urban issues. Scholars have generally ignored the important aspect of community engagement
regarding planning in Kampala. Moreover, political power relations seem to influence if not determine social
conditions at the grassroots level. In this paper urban land is defined from competing perspectives vis-à-vis lived
experiences at the grassroots level. This paper seeks to understand the urban land question through the lens of
Henri Lefebvre's writings on the production of space and the right to the city. Questions this study seeks to
answer include: Why is politics at the centre of land in Kampala? How is community engagement on land and
planning understood by city government? After exploratory research and a review of extant literature, this study
utilised an interview guide to collect primary empirical data.
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Urban land, Kampala, Community engagement, Henri Lefebvre, Politics, Land policy
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Bidandi, F., & Williams, J. J. (2020). Understanding urban land, politics, and planning: A critical appraisal of Kampala's urban sprawl. Cities 106,102858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102858