Mapping Latest Patterns of Urban Sprawl in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bhanjee, Sheliza; Zhang, Charlie H.

doi:10.1080/23754931.2018.1471413

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“…Indeed, urban woes need to be expeditiously addressed, considering that the current century is the ‘urban century’ (Elmqvist et al ., ). Unfortunately, secondary cities have received scant attention in urban policy research (Andreasen et al ., ; Bhanjee & Zhang, ) in spite of their important role in national and regional economic development (Roberts & Hohmann, ). Studies on sprawl, albeit lacking in theory, (DeSalvo & Su, ) tend to have implications for conceiving policies for southern cities (Bhanjee & Zhang, ) to mitigate the effects of sprawl.…”

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Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Pawe

Saikia

2020

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Urban sprawl has become a global phenomenon as an outcome of growing population and rapid urbanization. Previous studies have addressed the rising incidence of uncontrollable urban development, particularly in peri‐urban areas of cities, leading to chronic urban sprawl. The city of Guwahati, a million city in north east India, has expanded significantly in recent years. In this article, the links between population and growth of built‐up areas were examined using geo‐spatial techniques and remotely sensed datasets. The results indicate that the sprawl has accentuated in recent years. The intensity of land use remained uneven due to marked variations in the distribution of built‐up areas, plausibly an outcome of unplanned urban growth. If current trends are anything to go by, future urban sprawl could pose serious threats to the vulnerable eco‐sensitive and peri‐urban areas of Guwahati. Secondary cities have unfortunately received scant attention in urban policy research, and Guwahati, epitomizes urban woes in a developing country.

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Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Pawe

Saikia

2020

Singap J Trop Geogr

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“…Consequently, rapid population growth without its corresponding structural developments and sufficient supply of services is conducive for urban inequalities. Thus, a spatially-balanced system through the monitoring of urban growth populations promises a better way of its management [29]. Urban population growth patterns need regular monitoring, as it is seen as a geospatial input that can be modelled for accurate assessments and predictions [30].…”

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“…Against this background, this research has modelled the process of food and land security assessment particularly among women using GIS tools, based on data representations on urban transformation and land rights indicators. These were in the form of GIS layers and were well integrated using the multi-evaluation model approach [29]. Further, the application of GIS modelling approaches is relatively faster and convenient than statistical manual methods, where components of gender, land and food systems can be analyzed.…”

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Gender, Land and Food Access in Ghana’s Suburban Cities: A Case of the Adenta Municipality

Twum¹,

Asiama

Ayer

et al. 2020

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The disparity in land and food access in Ghana often overlooks the possibility of an underlying gender disparity. This paper explores and interrogates the disparity between land and food access with respect to gender and the evolution of this relationship over the years as a result of the settlement expansion and urban growth within the Adenta Municipality in Ghana. Adopting a mixed pairwise approach of combining spatial analytical tools, vulnerability indexing and resilient indicators, the paper examines the levels and rates of land accessibilities within the stream of modern cities. It assesses the land market system complexities within developing economies and attempts to address the potential threats of gender-land access gaps. The paper finally assigns weights of ranks to model the phenomenon and recommends trends that can facilitate predictions and early cautionary systems for effective urban land governance in Ghana. The paper concludes that though it is noticed that women engage in power structures on a daily basis, this both benefits and burdens them, depending on their socio-cultural status and other factors in terms of access to land and food.

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“…Jiao [24] has proposed the urban land density function to characterize the spatial attenuation of urban land density from the city center which is shown in Equation (2): Change detection provides essential information for decision making in the monitoring of land use, assessing global changes, and the nature of the change over the period of time. Change detection was used to identify land use change rates such as urban growth, flooding, drought, and any transition in vegetation [8,20,36,37]. The monitoring of land use/land cover (LULC) change is relevant and useful for understanding the driving force of the change [38].…”

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“…[5]. Effective land use is, therefore, considered important in addressing the needs of people, and also to control externalities [19].Tanzania is currently undergoing an urban transformation which, by 2050, is estimated to consist of increases in its urban population from less than 15 million people in 2012 to more than 60 million people [20,21]. Tanzania is, thus, set to become the ninth largest contributor to the global urban population increase behind Asia (India, China, Indonesia) and Africa (Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) [22][23][24].…”

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A Geospatial Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning: Lessons for Morogoro Municipal Council, Tanzania

Sumari

Ujoh

et al. 2019

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Sustainable urban planning is essential in mediating the natural and built environments globally, yet, there is little progress as regards its attainment in developing countries. Rapid and unplanned urbanization continue to threaten the sustainability of many cities in Africa. By selecting Morogoro Municipal Council (MMC) in Tanzania as an example, this study applied well-known remote sensing techniques to understand the dynamics of urban growth and the implications for sustainable urban planning. The study analyzes spatio-temporal characteristics for eighteen years (2000–2018) based on urban land density using gradient and grid-based analysis to further examine land use and urban land density nexus. The results indicate declining urban land densities with distance to the city center, indicating a less compact and fragmented development at the urban fringes; and northward development with limited development to the south of MCC. The knowledge and understanding of the patterns of spatio-temporal conditions, land use planning, and management interventions in MMC are necessary for addressing the inadequacies associated with rapid urbanization within the study area. On this basis, we propose a shift from the modernist to the communicative planning strategy that strongly integrates the urban social, economic, and environmental imperatives, while being adaptable to evolving realities. This plan should also aim to curtail urban sprawl and create a viable city system and economically prosperous city structure for MMC.

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Mapping Latest Patterns of Urban Sprawl in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Cited by 24 publications

References 35 publications

Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Gender, Land and Food Access in Ghana’s Suburban Cities: A Case of the Adenta Municipality

A Geospatial Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning: Lessons for Morogoro Municipal Council, Tanzania

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