| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Security of land tenure influences the quality of development and the physical
environment. Security of security of land tenure varies from one settlement to another
and from one plot to another. Any effort that increases security of land tenure in most
cases if not all leads to a corresponding improvement in the quality of the physical
environment. Likewise, an effort that leads to improved quality of the environment
increases the security of land tenure to some extent. This is the idea behind all
informal settlement upgrading projects whose approach is providing adequate security
of land to the occupiers of informal settlements.
This research therefore aimed at providing practical and appropriate land tenure
options for increasing security of land tenure that can be applied together with other
mechanisms in upgrading informal settlements.
The research investigated land tenure conditions within Muyeye informal settlement
under which various plots exist, both the ones with comparatively higher quality of
the physical environment and those with comparatively lower quality of the physical
environment, so that lessons on increasing security of land tenure can be borrowed
from the plots with comparatively higher quality of physical environment and used to
develop mechanisms for increasing security of land tenure for the plots with
comparatively lower quality of physical environment. The research also investigated a
number of mechanisms successfully applied elsewhere both within and outside Kenya
and borrows heavily in developing mechanisms for upgrading informal settlements in
Kenya.
Findings of the research reveals that for Muyeye informal settlement, land tenure
insecurity of the plots varies from comparatively very low levels to comparatively
high levels depending on the conditions under which the plots are held and that the
quality of the physical environment was directly proportional to the level of security
of land tenure. It also proves that it is possible to increase security of land tenure and
thus improve on the quality of the physical environment within an informal settlement
by adjusting internal circumstances through internal arrangements as opposed to
providing title deeds to the occupiers. The research also reveals that bodies and agencies mandated to provide security of land tenure contribute either knowingly or
unknowingly towards increasing insecurity of land tenure. | en_US |
