African Urbanization: Informal Settlements Restructuring

This lecture explores the dimensions of land, the production sectors, land rights, and the challenges related to urban restructuring in African cities. It discusses the various aspects of land, including its economic, legal, political, and symbolic dimensions, as well as the complexities of land tenure systems. The lecture also covers different types of land occupancy, such as customary, state, and informal, highlighting the issues of conflicting land rights and the obstacles to public interest projects. It concludes by addressing the difficulties arising from overlapping land rights, leading to conflicts, insecurity, and speculation, which hinder urban development initiatives.