In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania

Mainstreaming land use planning for tenure security in rural areas is a key issue to both scholars, academia and policymakers as well as governments in most developing countries. The need for local land use decision-making for enhancing tenure security as well as trade-offs for deliberative decisio...

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Main Author: Method Julius Gwaleba
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Language:English
Published: EL-AYACHI 2022-01-01
Series:African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
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Online Access:https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/26508
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description Mainstreaming land use planning for tenure security in rural areas is a key issue to both scholars, academia and policymakers as well as governments in most developing countries. The need for local land use decision-making for enhancing tenure security as well as trade-offs for deliberative decision-making are crucial to improving local community needs, interests and concerns. Deliberative decision-making seeks to respond to local needs, interests and concerns with legitimate and acceptable social, cultural and institutional practices. This paper focuses on examining the challenges and opportunities for land use planning on tenure security in rural Tanzania.  In-depth interviews, survey questionnaires, and documentary procedures were used to gather both primary and secondary data. The survey questionnaires were administered to 167 local landholders or users (respondents) at Kibegere, Kisawasawa and Igima villages in Kilombero District in South-Western Tanzania. A snowball sampling method for data collection from the respondents were employed. Also, a purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 20 Key informants. The findings indicate less benefits for the local people over the existing rural land use planning process. The paper suggests the conceptual framework for supporting land use planning to strengthen actor’s interaction in the land use decision-making process towards enhanced tenure security outcomes within the context of participatory governance.  
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spelling doaj-art-a6146a626c6145cb8f5d9ca4c4d037fd2025-08-20T03:56:05ZengEL-AYACHIAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences2657-26642022-01-0151In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in TanzaniaMethod Julius Gwaleba0Department of Geospatial Sciences and Technology, Ardhi University, P.O.Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mainstreaming land use planning for tenure security in rural areas is a key issue to both scholars, academia and policymakers as well as governments in most developing countries. The need for local land use decision-making for enhancing tenure security as well as trade-offs for deliberative decision-making are crucial to improving local community needs, interests and concerns. Deliberative decision-making seeks to respond to local needs, interests and concerns with legitimate and acceptable social, cultural and institutional practices. This paper focuses on examining the challenges and opportunities for land use planning on tenure security in rural Tanzania.  In-depth interviews, survey questionnaires, and documentary procedures were used to gather both primary and secondary data. The survey questionnaires were administered to 167 local landholders or users (respondents) at Kibegere, Kisawasawa and Igima villages in Kilombero District in South-Western Tanzania. A snowball sampling method for data collection from the respondents were employed. Also, a purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 20 Key informants. The findings indicate less benefits for the local people over the existing rural land use planning process. The paper suggests the conceptual framework for supporting land use planning to strengthen actor’s interaction in the land use decision-making process towards enhanced tenure security outcomes within the context of participatory governance.   https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/26508land use planningengagementtenure securityparticipatory governancerural Tanzania
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In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
land use planning
engagement
tenure security
participatory governance
rural Tanzania
title In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
title_full In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
title_fullStr In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
title_short In Quest of Customary Tenure Security: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use Planning in Tanzania
title_sort in quest of customary tenure security opportunities and challenges of land use planning in tanzania
topic land use planning
engagement
tenure security
participatory governance
rural Tanzania
url https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/26508
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