Urban Community’s Participation in Conservation of Open Spaces: A Case of Dar es Salaam City

Hassan, Ahmad Sanusi

doi:10.11648/j.ijnrem.20170201.12

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“…Mostly, the residents perceive built heritage rehabilitation as an expensive act that does not generate economic benefit. This assumption is consistent with the findings of Hassan (2017). This result can be explained by the fact that the built heritage of the old city of Constantine, contrarily to the Maghreb old cities such as Tunis, Marrakech and Fez, is not effectively integrated in a sustainable economic strategy that can improve the properties' land value and generate income for the residents.…”

Section: Built Heritage Rehabilitationsupporting

confidence: 88%

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Applying the MOA (motivation-opportunity-ability) model for the evaluation of residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation: the case of Constantine

Benedjma

Mahimoud

2020

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PurposeIt has been widely recognised that the participation of residents is a significant issue in contemporary urban heritage conservation. However, studies confirm that the reasons behind residents' engagement are still difficult to assess, particularly in emerging countries. This paper aims to evaluate the factors that incite or prevent residents from participating in built heritage rehabilitation in the old city of Constantine, by applying the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) model.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire-based survey was used to collect information from the residents. The collected data were then analysed using the structural equation model (SEM).FindingsThe findings show that the most significant factors affecting residents' participation were related to their motivations and abilities. Interestingly, factors related to the opportunities did not influence participation. Thus, autonomous rehabilitation according to the residents' motivation and abilities is more likely to be adopted.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings are limited to the selected sample, and some variables have been eliminated through the SEM analysis.Originality/valueHowever, as a first attempt to study residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation in Constantine, the paper proposes a different perspective for assessing participation by considering its means and ends simultaneously. The paper also provides guidance to local decision-makers to improve the legal framework by implementing factors that encourage residents' involvement in sustainable heritage management.

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Section: Built Heritage Rehabilitationsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…As is a characteristic of African countries (Hassan, 2017), males outnumbered females as the heads of households in the study sample. Otherwise, the data on education level seem relevant: half of the households' heads have a higher level of education, as revealed by the exhaustive study of URBACO (1985).…”

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Applying the MOA (motivation-opportunity-ability) model for the evaluation of residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation: the case of Constantine

Benedjma

Mahimoud

2020

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“…Most of the respondents (69.3%) declared to gain benefits from the forest: ecological services, honey, timber, medicines (see Figure 3). These findings are similar to the ones observed by Hassan (2015) who observed that the majority of the local community in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) thinks that conservation of open spaces is costing, but also beneficent. Several researchers all over the World recognized the ecological benefits of green spaces, demonstrating that urban forests and parks work as a beneficial space for physical and psychological wellbeing (Hartig et al, 2014;van den Berg et al, 2018;Wheeler et al, 2018).…”

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Conservation Of Urban Forest In Tanzania: Community Attitudes Towards Njiro Forest, Arusha

Massawe

Marealle

Liseki

et al. 2021

East Afr. j. for. agrofor.

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Understanding community attitudes towards urban forests is of great importance since these attitudes are inherently linked to the long-term sustainability of urban forests management and conservation. We analysed the attitudes of the local community towards the Njiro forest (Arusha, Tanzania) which is managed and used as an experimental beekeeping area by TAWIRI (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute). Data collection was done between September-October 2018 involving a sample of 163 randomly selected respondents. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Quantitative data were analysed through Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). Chi-square tests and contingency tables were used to determine whether there was a significant difference between the expected frequencies and the observed frequencies in one or more categories. Possible influences coming from sociological and demographic factors such as age, gender, education level, occupation were assessed. The majority of the respondents declared to gain ecological benefits from the forest. A significantly larger group of older respondents in comparison with the younger ones (p<0.05) declared to face problems coming from the forest (stray dogs, robbers, illegal waste disposal). Males showed to be more interested in practising beekeeping than females (p<0.05). Respondents with a primary education level were more prone to express agreement with the adopted management strategies in comparison with respondents with higher education (p<0.001). In conclusion, the great majority of respondents declared to support the conservation of Njiro forest, however, employed respondents and females were more positive regarding the hypothesis of abolishing the forest (p<0.05). In order to improve management strategies and support the long-term conservation of the forest, respondents recommended strengthening the protection of the forest by fencing it, providing environmental education to the surrounding community, reinforcing the cooperation with the local community and planting new trees to improve the health of the forest ecosystem.

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“…For instance based on ownership, Roy et al, (2018) categorized green spaces into three types of privately owned and used, open to use by general public and open to use upon payment. On the other hand, based on the nature, Mensah (2014) and Hassan (2015) provided five categorizes of green spaces of semiprivate space, designated greenery, public green areas, public and private tree plantations, rangeland and forests close to urban areas, natural forest under urban influence and trees planted for environmental protection and beautification.…”

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Green Spaces in Residential Areas of Dar es Salaam City: Types, Coverage and Uses

Mwageni¹,

Kiunsi²

2021

JSD

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Green spaces in urban areas including in Dar es Salaam City provide multiple ecological, social and economic benefits. Despite their benefits they are inadequately documented in terms types, coverage and uses. This paper attempts to provide information on types, coverage and uses of green space in Dar es Salaam City. A number of methods including literature review, interpretation of remotely sensed image, interviews, focus group discussions and questionnaires were used to document city greenery. The research findings show that residential greenery is made up of greenery found within and external to plots. The dominant green spaces external to residential plots were natural and semi natural vegetation while within plots were woody plants, plots farms vegetable and ornamental gardens. Distribution of greenery varied among the wards due to differences in building density and distance from the city centre. Natural and semi natural vegetation increased with decrease of building density and increase of distance from the city centre, while the number of plots with trees for shade increased with increase of building density. Only Kawe ward that had greenery above Tanzania space planning standards, the other three wards which are informal settlements had green space deficit. Three quarters of the households use green spaces for shade provision and cooling, two thirds as a source of food products and a quarter for recreation and aesthetic purposes. The study reveals that Dar es Salaam City residents invest predominantly on shade trees in their residential plots compared to other green space types.

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Urban Community’s Participation in Conservation of Open Spaces: A Case of Dar es Salaam City

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Applying the MOA (motivation-opportunity-ability) model for the evaluation of residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation: the case of Constantine

Applying the MOA (motivation-opportunity-ability) model for the evaluation of residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation: the case of Constantine

Conservation Of Urban Forest In Tanzania: Community Attitudes Towards Njiro Forest, Arusha

Green Spaces in Residential Areas of Dar es Salaam City: Types, Coverage and Uses

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