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A DISSERTATION SUBMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, GEOINFORMATICS AND CLIMATIC SCIENCES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY AUGUST 2012
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DECLARATION
To the best of my knowledge, I declare that this research project is my original work and has never been submitted to any institution for any award. Having understood that Makerere university rules do not encourage plagiarism, I therefore declare that any persons work used herein has been cited, referred to and acknowledged.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this special report to my late father Mr. Nangoye Amos, late grandfather Mr.Nambassi Charles, my beloved mother Mrs. Nangoye Olive, my entire family and my encouraging, kind lecturer and supervisor Mr. Muhwezi Derek whose precious time was whole heartedly spent in order to help me finish my first degree. I also dedicate it to the Almighty God who has protected and blessed me.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The accomplishment of the paper required the assistance, encouragement and guidance of many persons, friends and various departments. I would first like to acknowledge my supervisor, Mr. Derek Muhwezi for his constructive advice and guidance. His suggestions and comments helped me greatly to shape my work and complete the presentation of this dissertation. Great thanks go to Mrs. Olive Nangoye for her prayers and support, my siblings Nafuna Loyce, Nakayenze Maliza, Ganazi Mark and Wanzira Micheal. I want to also extend my gratitude to my relatives most especially my uncles and aunties like Nagudi Zimulati, Olive Nambassi, and Nambassi Edward whose financial support and parental advice made it possible for me to produce this work on time. Finally I thank various government departments especially Mbale Municipal staff for their valuable information. Their perspectives on land use planning and trends of land use patterns which helped me immensely to furnish the content of the paper.
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ABSTRACT
The study examined the conflict between planned and unplanned land uses and their implications on future development. The main objective of this
study was to assess the impact of unplanned land use activities on urban environment (in the industrial division in Mbale municipality)
A sample of 90 respondents was purposively selected from the heads of households and technocrats which included the planner, environmentalist and local council chiefs. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was used in studying the phenomenon. Data was collected using documentary review, observation, Interviews and questionnaires. Quantitative data from the questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Qualitative data from Interviews and observation were analyzed descriptively using content analysis procedure. The study findings showed that there is a strong relationship that exists between planned and unplanned land uses; a considerable number of people have been attracted by social services that exist in planned areas and as a result people have been forced to settle in environmentally sensitive areas, the existing utility system that is the sewage system and drainage system no longer handle the pressure exerted by the unplanned population and hence instances of broken sewer pipes and flooding after heavy rains are being experienced. The planned industrial area which is located near residential houses produces a lot of pollution which continuously affects the health of the local population. Finally the unplanned areas are characterized by limitations like lack of tenure security and inadequate social services which in one or way or the other scares away investors hence hindering future development in the division.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION...................................................................................................i DEDICATION.....................................................................................................ii APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION...........................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........................................iv ABSTRACT......................................................v TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................................vi LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................ix LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................x LIST OF PLATES...............................................................................................xi LIST OF MAPS.................................................................................................xii CHAPTER ONE..................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY........................................................................1 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY...................................................................1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM...................................................................2 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.......................................................................2 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS..............................................................................3 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY................................................................................3 ................................................................................................ 3 1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY....................................................................4 CHAPTER TWO.................................................................................................5 LITERATURE REVIEW........................................................................................5 2.2 LAND USE PLANNING.................................................................................7 CHAPTER THREE............................................................................................13 RESEARCH METHDOLOGY..............................................................................13 3.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA..............................14 3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN..................................................................................16
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3.3 THE TARGET POPULATION.......................................................................16 3.4 SAMPLING P ROCEDURE..........................................................................16 3.5 SOURCES OF DATA..................................................................................17 3.6 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION. ..........................................................18 3.6.1 INTERVIEW METHOD.............................................................................18 3.6.2 QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD...................................................................18 3.6.3 OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES................................................................18 3.7 DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION......................................................18 .........................................................................19 .................................................................................20 CHAPTER 4.....................................................................................................20 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH 4.1 FINDINGS.......20
MAP 2: LAND USE IN INDUSTRIAL DIVISION OF MBALE..................................21 4.1.1Residential Land Use.............................................................................23 Plate 2: Unplanned Residentials in Namatala................................................24 4.1.2 Commercial Land Use...........................................................................25 Plate 7: Some of the religious Facilities in Industrial Division; Shree Ganashay Namh and Noor Mosque................................................................................29 4.1.6Industrial Land Use................................................................................31 4.1.7 Civic Land Use......................................................................................32 Plate 11: Administrative Offices in the Division; Industrial Division Offices and the Land Offices Located In Indian Quarter and Malukhu..............................33 Figure 2: Change in Land Use........................................................................34 4.3 PLANNED AND UNPLANNED LAND USES AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DIVISION. ......................................................................36 5.1. SUMMARY AND RESEARCH FINDINGS.....................................................39
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CONCLUSION. .....................................................................................45
Bibliography...................................................................................................46 Annex 1..........................................................................................................48 1. Draft Checklist for Technocrats (Environment officer, Physical planner or land supervisor etc).......................................................................................48 Annex 2..........................................................................................................49 2. Draft Interview guide for Parish/ ward staff and other administrators. (These will include Parish chiefs and LCs)....................................................49 3. Questionnaire for Local Community..........................................................49 Appendix i: work plan for data collection.......................................................51 Appendix ii: budget........................................................................................52
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: A Google earth imagery showing planned and unplanned land uses in the industrial division Error: Reference
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Target Population and Sampling Procedure.....................................17 Table 2: Land Coverage in the Industrial Division..........................................21 Table 3: Change in Land Use.........................................................................33
LIST OF PLATES
Plate 1: Planned Medium Density residential In Half London.........................23 Plate 2: Unplanned Residentials in Namatala................................................24 Plate 3: Commercial Land Uses on Pallisa road, industrial division...............25 Plate 4: Commercial Activity in a Typical Unplanned Settlement of Namatala. .......................................................................................................................26 Plate 5: Education Facilities...........................................................................26 Plate 6: Cure Childrens Hospital and the AIDS Information Center...............27 Plate 7: Some of the religious Facilities in Industrial Division; Shree Ganashay Namh and Noor Mosque................................................................................29 Plate 8: Recreational Areas; Leisure Park, Childrens Park and Municipal Stadium in the Industrial Division..................................................................30 Plate 9: Large Scale Agriculture Practiced In Doko And Industrial Area Encroaching On The Road Reserve................................................................31 Plate 10: Some of the industries in the planned industrial zone of the division, Bugisu co-operative factory and total depots located in industrial zone...............................................................................................................32 Plate 11: Administrative Offices in the Division; Industrial Division Offices and the Land Offices Located In Indian Quarter and Malukhu..............................33
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LIST OF MAPS
MAP 1: LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL DIVISION IN MBALE MUNICIPALITY...........15 MAP 2: LAND USE IN INDUSTRIAL DIVISION OF MBALE..................................21
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also a range of other land uses. There has been a significant encroachment on the wetland and forest reserve amidst the congested settlement (slum), this research assesses the impact of unplanned land use activities on urban environment.
(2)To identify the relationships that exists between planned and unplanned land uses in the Industrial division. (3)To identify the impact of both planned and unplanned land use activities on the future development of the Industrial division. (4)To identify mitigation measures towards the negative implications of planned and unplanned land uses on future development.
The study was basically concerned with the relationship between planned and unplanned land uses and their implications on future development of Mbale municipality. The planned land uses emphasized included industrial developments, residential areas, commercials and institutional developments whereas the unplanned land uses included slum settlements. The study was therefore limited to the land uses in industrial division, relationship between planned and unplanned land uses, implication of planned and unplanned land uses on future development and the mitigation measures on how to curb the negative implications of unplanned land uses.
Bazaara, N., Muhereza, F., and Ddungu, E., 1992, A Synopsis of the Dynamics of The Land Question in Uganda, Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, mimeo. 5
lead to high conflict potential. Example Socially, All aspects of land which utilizes the human beings without any economic benefits will be summarized as a social function of land. In general these functions fulfill the three basic needs of mankind like food, living and clothing. And they fall under the following resource use, well fare; recreation in natural areas plays an important role in social life. The trend of current leisure activities is showing an increase of all kinds of new and different outdoor sports activities.
Bryant (1986) notes that in most countries environmental problems involve the impact of urbanization on resource base. He argues that these impacts primarily from both cultural natural environmental intersections. But other
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problems are related to social issues that stem largely from the interactions both within people and natural environment. He extends his argument that environmental status of urban cities is based on a multiplicity of factors that range from social, economic and natural. Therefore in an attempt to improve environment quality must explore those components. Land use and practices have a major impact on natural resources and the urban ecology.
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bring out the significance of this, it is necessary to consider the key aspect
energy efficiency, land use patterns, above all implementation mechanisms which are based on well thought on investments priorities. If land use development in urban centers does not address the needs of the people, then they will seek way outs thus unplanned land uses. Von Thunen (1986) came up with a theory where he emphasized the role of comparative bidding for land in determining urban land uses and the influence of accessibility non land value. He further says that in a city with single centre space will be used most intensively. The core and density of use will tend to decline with increasing distance from it. These gradients may also be observed in population densities, urban land values and employment per acre of land. Alonso (1960-1964) recognized the relationship between land values and land uses. His development of the bid functions formalizes the tradeoff between accessibility and the land cost. Each activity on land uses has a family of bid rent curve which shows what a given activity is prepared to pay at each site. The activity with the steeper bid rent curve captures the central locations because they are prepared to pay more for central sites. The bid rent concepts implies that with an increase in urban population, an increase in the total urban income, the demand for land would increase hence rising the bid rent throughout the urban area. This in turn would result in each land use invading the next zone.
Litchfield (1955) says the process of and the rate of urban land use cannot be understood only in physical growth and business development but also in consequent changes in social organization and personality types. He further says that the reason why particular sites and parcel of land becomes in a particular state is because of their geographical characteristics, social, economic and political setup as well as policies in the provision a frame work with in which competition from existing and potential land users decide the pattern of land use in any urban area.
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Jamah (1998) stated that there is a close economic relationship between land use and land values, however the problem with this argument is the inequality in the land tenure which results when supply of urban land does not match with the demand and when such distributions in a society is skewed under such conditions, only the rich and middle class income people can afford serviced land through the informal market systems which are greatly illegal.
He further identifies the land use on a piece of land is determined by its location, which establishes its land use potential, the land use will define the land value, which in turns dictates potential use. This indicates a close relationship between value and uses of land. Development pressures can lead to high rise of land values which in turn speed land use changes.
The Wikipedia Encyclopedia (2008), says that an informal settlement, as defined by the United Nations Agency the UN-Habitant, is a run-down area of an urban center characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking tenure security.
It is estimated by UN-HABITANT that nearly 1 billion people live in informal settlements in the cities around the world. That is one-sixth of humanity! Every single second, somewhere around the world, one person moves into a slum or an informal settlement. Most of these slums are in the cities/towns of the developing countries of the world. The annual urban growth rate in subSaharan Africa is almost five percent, twice as high as in Latin America and
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Asia. It has also the world largest portion of urban residents living in informal settlements, which today are a home to 72 percent of urban Africans citizens representing a total of some 187 million people. UN statistics indicate that by 2020, more than1.5 billion people will live in slums and informal settlements without significant intervention to improve access to water, sanitation, secure tenure and adequate housing.
Malfunctioning of the land markets and inadequate land delivery systems for affordable land and housing in urban areas may hinder access and consequently drive poor families to peripheral areas or to completely inadequate sites ending up in informal and often illegal practices as defined by urban plans and policies. In absence of the state and policies to respond to basic needs, the poor is left with nothing but his creativity, invention and own labour as his only resource for finding housing in the city. A range of obstacles to access land and housing pushes large numbers of poor families to informal and often illegal housing and land development processes.
Recent research has shown that 924 million people, or 31.6% of the worlds population are living under unacceptable conditions and this figure will increase unless development agencies scale up their efforts to improve the living conditions of current and future urban dwellers.
Today rapid urbanization and informal settlement is a global phenomenon, the aggregate urban population far exceeds the rural population in all continents of the world except Africa, and to the extent rapid urbanization is a developing countries affair, since more than half of the worlds population lives in cities and towns of less than 500,000 people. The tradition of providing urban versus rural estimates has masked the crisis cities are facing. Figures for urban areas average out rich and poor, by providing a
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single number that overlooks pockets of poverty and destitution in cities. However, analysis of data at the intra-city level is fundamental for accurate policy formation.
The national slum upgrading strategy and action plan (2008) states that although most of the informal settlements found in the cities around the world have their characteristics vary from geographic regions, however they are usually inhabited by the very poor or socially disadvantaged. The same source goes further to say that buildings in informal settlements vary from simple shacks to permanent and well maintained structures. Most informal settlements lack clean water, electricity, sanitation and other basic services.
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3.6.1 INTERVIEW METHOD. This involved face to face interactions especially with the local council leaders and the technical personnel so as to acquire relevant data and information about the topic. And because of the flexibility of this method, quick and first hand information was acquired.
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Land use simply refers to the way land is put under utilization. It can also be looked at as any activity taking place on the piece of land. Mbale municipality is one of the most urbanized towns in Uganda and there it has got a lot of land uses taking place and also its one of is one of those few towns in Uganda whose development was and is guided by land use plans. The municipality since independence has had two structure plans for example that of 1968 and 2008 and so the developments that exist to today are those that were allocated in the stated structure plans above. Land uses in industrial division have total area coverage of 74.6ha and they include: residential, commercial, civic, recreational, agricultural and
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institutional which further is categorized into health, religious and education. Below is a table showing land uses and how much each covers in hectares. Table 2: Land Coverage in the Industrial Division. Land Use Residential Commercial Agricultural Institutional Civic Recreational Forest Reserve Lagoon Total Coverage in Hectares 18.6 6.4 13.2 14.8 4.7 1.9 13.3 1.7 74.6 Ha
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Planned residential in industrial division are located in Indian quarters, malukhu and some parts of half London; they are mostly medium density. These areas are well accessed and they are provided with most social services ranging from social infrastructure to utilities. The planned residential areas in industrial division house the economically stable people and also the quality of life of residents staying in these areas are quite better compared to people staying in the unplanned areas.
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The unplanned residential land use can be looked at in terms of the informal settlements that exist in the division. The unplanned residential land use are famously found in Namatala, specifically in Sisye and Kikaramoja wards, they are mostly areas of inadequacy and low quality life. They are characterized by lack of tenure security, inaccessibility, high crime rate, unemployment and inadequate social facilities.
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Figure 1: Google Earth Imagery Showing both Planned (A) and Unplanned (B) Residential Areas in Industrial Division .
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Source: Industrial Division Field survey, 2012 (b) Unplanned Commercial Land Use.
The unplanned commercial activities engulfs all in the informal commercial activities. These are mostly located in informal settlements of Namatala, Doko and some parts of half London. The unplanned commercial activities include activities like beer (malwa) brewing, small food kiosks locally called toninyira, pork joints and bars. An important factor to note is that a considerable number of people operate businesses within their houses but in a masquerading manner that its purposely residential.
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Source: Industrial division Field surveys, 2012. 4.1.3 Institutional Land Use.
The institutional land use covers a total land area of 14.8ha and is categorized into educational, religious, administrative units and heath units. However the survey carried out shows that apart from education which mostly appears in planned locations, with other institutions, some are planned whereas others are not planned as explained below.
Source: Field Survey in the Industrial Division, 2012. (C) Religious Institutions. The division is well endowed with religious facilities which range from churches, mosques and Hindu temples; they are well distributed throughout the division. Some of the religious facilities include st. Andrews cathedral, Noor mosque and Shree Ganashay Namh temple and many others. The religious facilities in this division dont appear in their locations by coincidence but their location is well backed by the 1968 structure plan. Its rather important to note that they were put there to compliment other existing uses of residential and educational. For example the shree Ganashay Namh temple was constructed right opposite Indian quarters so that the Indians staying there would have an immediate place to worship from as shown below.
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Plate 7: Some of the religious Facilities in Industrial Division; Shree Ganashay Namh and Noor Mosque.
Source: Field Survey in the Industrial Division, 2012. Its very important to note that despite the fact that most of the religious developments are planned, a considerable number of worship places are coming up and these are are barely planned and they are considered informal. These in are constructed out of temporal materials and therefore not formal. They are mostly located in informal areas of Namatala and half london
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Plate 8: Recreational Areas; Leisure Park, Childrens Park and Municipal Stadium in the Industrial Division .
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Industrial land use is one of the largest land uses in this division and it offers the highest number of employment opportunities to people staying in this division. Industrial use is divided into planned and unplanned.
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The name industrial division comes about because of the industries located in this division. The industrial division is the official location of industries in Mbale municipality meaning that the industrial zone was planned before its establishment. The industrial zone has got both large and small scale industries. Some of the industries located in the industrial zone include African textile mills, various coffee processing plants including Bugisu cooperative union, Rice milling plants, Timber processing plants, Mbale soap works, Petrol depots of total and shell.
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Plate 10: Some of the industries in the planned industrial zone of the division, Bugisu co-operative factory and total depots located in industrial zone.
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Plate 11: Administrative Offices in the Division; Industrial Division Offices and the Land Offices Located In Indian Quarter and Malukhu.
4.2 The relationship between planned and unplanned land uses in the Industrial division.
There is strong evidence in industrial division that the planned land uses are being invaded by unplanned land uses. Below is a table showing the number of respondents and their corresponding answers when asked about instances of land use change in industrial division. Table 3: Change in Land Use. Percentages 75 20 5 100 Source:Field Data,2012. Response to Land Use Changes Residential to Commercial Commercial to Residential Commercial to Industrial TOTAL
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Source:Field Data,2012. The survey shows that 75% of planned residential land use has been converted to commercial land use, this includes residential that has been converted to services like hotels and restaurants,others that have been converted to corner shops and eventually some to bars. However its important to note that although some the new land use may be commercial, but some people continue staying on one part of the building whereas the residential activity continues to take place on the other part of the building. Therefore it does not fully become residential but it can also be called as mixed use. The research findings, 20% of the respondents admitted that there have been instances of commercial to residential, however this is for the case of complimenting the commercial that is already in place. Its important to note that for commercial land use to be sustainable, there has to be an efficient source of market for the goods and thats why of late there has been a steady rise in residential development in the commrcial centers so that people are attracted to come and stay side by side of the businesses taking place.
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In the research findings,5% of the respodents said that there were instances where commercial had been converted to industrial. This case happens more in infomal settlements where people are involved more in small scale industrial use.
Source:Field Data,2012. The survey results show that 80% of the sampled respondents blamed invasion and succession of different land uses on urbanization trends which of late are causing evictions. This is so because the more urbanized the industrial division is becoming, the more expensive the land and cost of living is becoming and hence invasion and succession. The other 12% and 8% put the blame on speculations on the land demand and inflation rates in the land market respectively.
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4.3 PLANNED AND UNPLANNED LAND USES AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DIVISION. 4.3.1 Planned land uses and the future development of industrial division.
It is arguable that the way the industrial division was planned can and may not favor future development of industrial division. This can be looked at in many angles ranging from infrastructure and utilities to the design of the structures. Planned utility system is a very big determinant factor when it comes to attracting investments and even people planning to put descent residential buildings, however, the current sewage system is characterized by continuous breakdown. The town clerk says that sewage system was established in the 1950s using the population but today the population has exploded and therefore it cant handle the volume of sewerage hence breaking down. Such a factor keeps scaring away investors who would want to put up businesses like hotels that require a lot of hygiene. Not only The existing sewage system, but other utilities like drainage system which over floods during the rainy seasons.
The location of industries in comparison with the residential land use. The factories found in the industrial zone are heavy and therefore they produce a lot pollution i.e. noise and air pollution. Therefore this makes it not compatible with other land uses, in the long run it scares away developers who may have wanted to invest real estate or even in hotels because such land uses require zones that are quiet with fresh air unlike whats existent at the moment. Besides the issue of pollution, the industrial zone was located near the Indian quarters and malukhu which is not favorable for the poor man in terms of cost of living. Therefore, most of the man power that works in the industries
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walks long distances to their work place because they cant afford the accommodation and cost of living within the immediate residential. However, still the location of the industrial zone is still an advantage because this may still attract investors interested in starting up factories. In this case, it becomes so easy to tap into the available resources like power and labor.
Design of structures. The existing planned structures are so good but the designs may not favor future development. Most of the buildings are bungalows with weak foundations which cannot favor addition of more floor or turning of the buildings into sky scrapers and therefore this limits the chances of developers having space where they can put their structures in future.
Finally the existence of many planned social services in industrial division is a good thing, but of late, these have attracted a considerably large number of people from the neighboring divisions and other parts of Bugisu region, and hence an increase in the population of the division. This has led to overcrowding within the division hence leaving little land for future development.
land informally and sell it to small scale developers in an unplanned manner. This trend if continued will put a vast amount of prime land to informality yet it would have been sold off to large scale developers who in turn put up reasonable businesses and investments.
The unplanned areas in industrial division are characterized by haphazardly constructed buildings, insecurity of tenure and lack of basic services and inadequate access. For any development to take place in an area there must be some incentives and conditions like those explained above. Its for this reason therefore that investors have continuously shunned the unplanned settlements of industrial division hence slowing the economic growth of the division.
The unplanned settlements are characterized by a shifting population which makes it difficult and expensive to provide social services. This scenario is very disturbing because the urban officials in industrial division can hardly know the exact population to plan for therefore end up wasting little resources that are present.
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The land uses found in industrial division during the survey include residential, industrial, civic, recreational, agricultural, commercial and institutional which is sub-categorized into health, religious and education. There are cases of land use changes as a result of invasion and succession and this is attributed to different reasons like speculation on land demand, inflation rates in the land market and urbanization trends leading to evictions. There is a strong relation between planned and unplanned land uses as summarized by the following facts. The current utility system is not good enough to handle the pressure exerted by the feacal substance. The current sewage system breaks so often which is so irritating. In relation to the sewage system is the drainage system which is so narrow and therefore when it rains heavily there is heavy flooding all over the division. The industrial zone produces a lot of pollution both air and noise and therefore it is incompatible with other land uses like residential and commercial services most especially hotels and institutions like schools and hospitals which require a healthy and quiet environment. Besides looking at only the constraints of industrial land use, its important to note that it can be taken as a potential of attracting manufactures and investors with a mind of establishing industries., The existing design of structures does not favor future development because of the weak foundations. For example the current planned buildings have weak foundations which make it difficult to add more floors or convert the buildings to sky scrapers. The social services located in planned residential areas have attracted big numbers of people who have taken over prime land which would be used for development in future.
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The unplanned land uses are characterized by problems like lack of tenure security, inadequate social services, and inaccessibility which in most cases scares away developers who would invest in these areas. Lastly, the unplanned settlements are characterized by a shifting population which makes it difficult to plan future development.
5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS.
The study came up with the following recommendations:
Its very important that the physical planning department integrates the new developments into existing urban fabric of industrial division.
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The result of this study shows that the relationship between planned and unplanned land uses is not very easy to measure. Thus, it should be of interest to investigate further on the extent or percentage of the structure plan that was implemented and what really stops physical planning from fully working in Mbale municipality. Lastly keen consideration has to been given to physical planning related programmes to find out how efficient they are and what should really be done to see that they are successful.
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CONCLUSION.
The occurrence of planned and unplanned land uses is a very common phenomenon and thats why these two move hand in hand. The relationship that exists between planned and unplanned land uses is strong, and this is due to the change in land use; from residential to commercial, commercial to residential and from commercial to industrial. The research findings reveal that there are different land uses in the Industrial Division of Mbale these included recreational, agricultural, forest reserve, residential both high and medium density, institutional, commercial ,civic and industrial. For the planned and unplanned land uses and the future development of industrial division, it is worth to note that the way the industrial division was planned may or may not favor development. The unplanned areas are continuing to grow as the supply of planned and serviced land does not match the demand in terms of quantity, price and location. Therefore the occurrence of unplanned land uses is difficult to stop. Finally, to curb or reduce the impacts of planned and unplanned land uses on future development, measures like urban governance and management, public participation, efficient land use planning and destruction of illegal development have to be put into consideration.
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Annex 1.
1. Draft Checklist for Technocrats (Environment officer, Physical planner or land supervisor etc) What are the major land uses in the Industrial division, Mbale municipality? In your own observation, how do planned and unplanned land uses in the Industrial division relate to each other? Any instances of invasion and Succession? Is there any reason to the above relationship? What is the impact of planned and unplanned land use activities on the urban environment- Mbale municipality? What is the impact of planned and unplanned land use activities on the community leaving in Industrial zone? In which ways can the current changes in land use activities having negative impacts on the urban environment be mitigated? Any other factors other than Land use planning responsible for (causing) urban environmental decay in Mbale Municipality?
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Annex 2.
2. Draft Interview guide for Parish/ ward staff and other administrators. (These will include Parish chiefs and LCs) What are the current problems being faced in your Parish/ ward (Industrial division)? What would you consider as causes of unplanned developments in your parish? Which dangers has unplanned land uses posed to the environment both with in and beyond the industrial division? How are you and community trying to bring down these dangers? Other than Land use planning, any other factor causing urban environmental decay?
A research study on the relationship between planned and unplanned land uses and their implications on future development in the industrial division in mbale municipality. Dear respondent, I am Nambassi Moses Charles a student from Makerere University carrying out a pure academic research on the relationship between planned and unplanned land uses and their implications on future development. Please spare 10 minutes to fill the questionnaire by circling the right or by writing the answers in the space provided. The research is pure academic and the information given by the respondents will be confidential. Thank you for your cooperation. 1. (i) Name.
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2. For how long have you been a resident here? (i) 0-10 years (ii) 11-20years (iii) 21+years
3. Which major problems are you facing in this industrial division? 4. What do you attribute them
to? .......................................................................................... 5. Why have you decided to stay in this parish other than other parishes? 6a. in your own opinion, have there been some change in land uses and land values in this area (i) Yes 6 b. if yes, specify. Residential to commercial Commercial to residential Commercial to industrial c. List some other changes d. Are the land use changes fine to you as a resident of this area? (i) Yes (ii) No (ii) No
e. if No, what do you think could be some of the possible reasons? Please select from below: (i) Urbanization trends leading to evictions (ii) Inflation rates in the land market (iii) Speculations on land demand.
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7. What do you thing, physical planners should do to reduce on the impact of environmental damage in this area? .. 8. ............ What are you doing to protect the
environment? ...................................................................................................
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Activity
Starting date
Completion Responsible Out put date June person Researcher and supervisor Proposal
Proposal writing
march
Field
data June
June
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collection
Data analysis
June
July
Data presentation
august
Report
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photocopying and scanning). 2. 3. 4. 5. Stationery Maps of the research area Transport during the study Meals
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