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• The changing nature of the peri‐urban zone in Africa: Evidence from Dar‐es‐Salaam, Tanzania

  1999

  John A. G. Briggs, Davis Mwamfupe · Scottish Geographical Journal · Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam)

  Drawing on recent evidence from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, this paper suggests that a combination of structural adjustment measures and the eased economic crisis in the 1990s changed conditions, resulting in the increasing commodification of land in the peri-urban zone. This shift transformed the peri-urban zone into an area of investment and economic opportunity, rather than survival, leading to the increasing exclusion of poorer urban groups. Furthermore, confusion arising from current Tanzanian land law, particularly tensions between customary and statutory law, complicates the situation.

  Equity & displacementPeri-urban agricultureEconomicsPolicyUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.1080/00369229918737070