Spatial Formation and Management of Informal Settlements in African Cities

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H07024
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: Ono Haruka 愛媛大学, 防災情報研究センター, 准教授 (70782986)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 都市計画 / インフォーマル市街地 / アフリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Africa is rapidly urbanizing. In most African cities, informal settlements, which develop outside of governmentally controlled urban planning, meet mushrooming housing needs. The purpose of this research is to empirically clarify the process of African urban development, with a focus on informal settlements, and to provide insights into the paradigms of urban planning in Africa. Through a case study of Dakar in Senegal, it was found out that the informal urban development is influenced by land title system, customary tenure system and land tenure regularization.

Free Research Field

都市計画