Challenges in Implementing Neighborhood Layout Plans in Minor Towns: A Case of Mlowo Township, Songwe | Chapter 3 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 6

This study has focused to answer the question of what and how the traits or characteris-tics of landholders (education, income, economic activities and awareness) influence the failure of implementation of the prepared neighborhood layout plans in minor towns. The main parties involved in creating and carrying out the neighborhood layout plans are the landowners. Various legal papers express their interest in ensuring that the plans are drafted and carried out in practice. As a result, these plans are created for metropolitan regions where the legal papers offer guidelines for planning techniques and space criteria. However, the same planning approaches and standards are used in both major and minor towns while landholders between the two have different traits leading to unrealistic planning process and poor implementations of the prepared plans in the minor towns. Literature reveals that landholders in minor towns possess unique traits or characteristics which differentiate them from those in major urban centres. The assessment was conducted with the help of crosstabs whereby different selected traits such as income, education, and awareness were cross-tabulated with aspects of plan preparation and implementation process, including surveying of plots, participation in plans preparation, services provision and title deeds acquisition. The results reveal that there is a significant relation between traits of land owners and developers and there is failure of implementation of the prepared layout plans in minor towns. Then, thinking on reversing the situation in these settlements should go simultaneous with strong strategies to transform the community living in minor towns so that they are exposed to the planning and land development process. The Government should promote education sector in the minor towns by increasing the number of high learning institutions that will increase the interaction of the landholders and people from other major urban centres which will help then wipe aware their cultural believes that hinder new technologies and approaches used in land development.

Author(s) Details:

Emmanuel E. Mchome,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Uwezo W. Nzoya,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V6/article/view/13720

Investigating the Gap between Planned and Implemented Neighborhood Layout Plans of Minor Towns: A Case of Mlowo Township in Songwe, Tanzania | Chapter 2 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 6

The aim of this study was to investigate the possible reasons and challenges in implementing the NLP‘s in minor towns. Minor towns have specific roles in the economic development due to fact that they possess intermediate position between big cities and rural settlements. For centuries, minor towns have played a great intermediate role between rural areas and urban areas in the world. Many worldwide literatures reveal that the settlements contribute much in economic development of both urban and rural areas. Land development in these settlements is guided by detailed layout plans including neighborhood layout plans (NLPs) and Regularization Schemes. In Tanzania, preparation of NLPs in these settlements is under Township Authorities and District Councils. However, the current trend shows that, most of the prepared NLPs in minor towns remain only on the office papers and contradict to what is developed on the ground. The situation has been contributed by unique planning challenges and approaches used in planning of these settlements. The study employed both primary and secondary data collection methods. The primary data methods were interview and survey while secondary data were obtained through published documents such as population and housing census reports. Thereafter, the data were analysed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft excel. It comes out from the findings that most of the prepared NLPs in the townships experience incomplete implementation whereas the implementation goals are not attained. Most of the prepared NLPs in the townships experience incomplete implementation whereas the implementation goals are not attained.  This is caused by having many plans whose preparation are influenced by only one or few clients who are financially stable and are able to finance the layout preparation process. Moreover, wrong interpretation and application of the legal frameworks guiding NLPs preparation and; lack of the implementation action plans constrain the planning process in the minor towns. The study recommends on; reforming legal systems guiding preparation and implementation of the NLPs; preparing the Implementation Action Plan to guide NLP’s implementation process and; economic stabilization of the township authorities.

Author(s) Details:

Emmanuel Elifadhili Mchome,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Uwezo Wilbard Nzoya,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V6/article/view/13719