| dc.description.abstract | The Thesis constitutes study of urban land and public
policy in Kenya. It examines the problems of urban land administration,
control and development against the background
of urbanization it attempts to explain private and official
decisions affecting urban land in terms of a policy-making
model that draws heavily on the informal, the irrational and
the traditional African values and world-views.
There are three parts to the work. In Part I the introductory
chapter is followed by a chapter on the Kenyan
city and how it is changing under the influence of the emerging
indigenous landowner. The next chapter is a critique of
policy studies, culminating in the development of policy making
model. In Chapter IV urban land policy tactics and
routines in current use are briefly discussed within the framework
of a typology, where the purpose, statutory authority
and practical problems of executing each policy measure are
dealt with.
The second part of the Thesis consists of four case
studies. The case study method has been chosen in the conviction
that a handful of in-depth studies will in the long run
be more practically useful and intellectually rewarding than
masses of quantitative survey data from all over the country.
Each of the case studies exemplifies a unique set of problems
that needed urgent action by the authorities and drastic
adaptation by the private sector. One case study deals with
Land acquisition for an international airport at Mombasa and
looks at the attendant problems of finance, budgeting,
land valuation, resettlement, public involvement and noise
pollution. Another case study examines a unique experiment
in land reclamation and environmental improvement by a large
cement manufacturing concern; yet another looks at land
administration and the land market in a small market town in
Ukambani. Then there is the chapter on Mumias which compares
official aspirations with private achievements with respect
to community planning for a new town to serve the Mumias
Sugar Scheme. The material for these case studies was gathered
in 1973-74 mainly through field observations, interviews
and official sources,
The theoretical concepts refined in Part 1and the
.empirical findings collected in Part 2are brought together
and evaluated in the third and final part of the Thesis,
Here we ask who should do what where how and when: Policies
are re-examined and changes proposed; policy options are
stated. Suggestions are made for further research. The two
chapters in this part (Chapters IX and X) compliment each
other and contain the main conclusions of the study.
masses of quantitative survey data from all over the country.
Each of the case studies exemplifies a unique set of problems
that needed urgent action by the authorities and drastic
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