Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Andreasen, Manja Hoppe; Agergaard, Jytte

doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2016.00104.x

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“…Dar es Salaam's population grew at a very rapid pace of 5.8 % per year on average in the most recent inter-census period from (NBS, 2006NBS, 2013). Recent population growth has resulted in widespread spatial expansion (Andreasen, 2013). A recent study estimates that the total built-up areas of Dar es Salaam increased by 133 % during 2002-2011, while the population only grew by 75 % during 2002-2012.…”

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“…This paper explores mobility and accessibility in the periphery of Dar es Salaam, the largest city and defacto capital of Tanzania. In Dar es Salaam rapid population growth has resulted in widespread spatial expansion (Andreasen, 2013). Urban expansion has continued undeterred despite massive problems in the mobility system of the city, which is characterized by highly inadequate road networks, insufficient public transport and severe congestion problems (JICA, 2008;Kanyama et al, 2004;Kiunsi, 2013;Melbye et al, 2015).…”

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Access to the city: Mobility patterns, transport and accessibility in peripheral settlements of Dar es Salaam

Andreasen

Møller-Jensen

2017

Journal of Transport Geography

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This paper is concerned with access to the city for urban residents living in the periphery of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The paper presents an analysis of the mobility practices of residents and investigates the mobility constraints they experience in relation to the limited accessibility provided by the urban transport system. The paper draws upon qualitative interviews with residents in the periphery as well as recently collected travel speed data and offers a unique combination of testimony with GIS-based modelling of overall accessibility. A central finding is the overall importance of regular mobility and access to the city for residents in the periphery. Regular mobility is an ingrained part of residents' livelihood strategies. The majority of households rely on one or more members regularly travelling to central parts of the city in relation to their livelihood activities. The analysis reveals a widespread, near-to-universal, dependence on motorized transportation, with the vast majority depending on public transport. Raster-based modelling of overall accessibility provides an indication of the very high travel times endured by residents in the periphery. The analysis identifies and distinguishes between three overall mode types: 1) Private car, 2) public transport and 3) motorcycle/car combined with public transport. While private cars appear marginally faster, differences in travel times are actually limited. This suggests that travel times are less influenced by mode of transport than by road and traffic conditions and highlights how accessibility problems of peripheral settlements are not easily understood separately from the general dysfunctions of the overall mobility system of city. Keywords  Mobility  Accessibility  Urban transport  Urban expansion  Peri-urban  Cost-distance analysis

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Section: Context: Growth and Expansion Of Dar Es Salaammentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Access to the city: Mobility patterns, transport and accessibility in peripheral settlements of Dar es Salaam

Andreasen

Møller-Jensen

2017

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…While analyses of urban dynamics in Dar es Salaam (Andreasen & Agergaard, 2016;Andreasen, Agergaard, & Møller-Jensen, 2017b) have reported that the majority of urban residents plan their livelihoods disassociated from their rural connections, Mainet's analysis documents how urban residents are travelling to meet with their rural family on a regular basis. In the case of the secondary city of Bafoussam, up to 70% of these visits are related to farming and food supply, while in the primary city of Doula it is only the case for about 10% of visits.…”

Section: Urban Expansion and Changes In Rural-urban Land Usementioning

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Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

Agergaard

Ortenbjerg

2017

Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography

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“…To become urban and acquire some sort of cityness (security for staying) not only require financial resources and social and cultural connections but also legal recognition (Anh et al, 2012; Gervais-Lambony, 2014); in particular, the legal barriers in relation to the recognition of migrants as urban citizens can be almost impossible to overcome (Zhou, 2018;Chen, Davis, & Landry, 2017;Çağlar, 2015, p. 8). However, migrants rarely possess all these resources on arrival, which is one of the reasons why on their arrival, migrants do not settle permanently but continue moving until they have found a secure location of settlement (Andreasen & Agergaard, 2016;Carlos, 2013;Sharma et al, 2014). Thus, the process of becoming urban is an extended process, not least because rural-urban migrants are regarded as "temporary" for a long time (Brøgger, 2019), and related to this, they continue to base their livelihoods on multiple strategies in and beyond the urban (Potts, 2011).…”

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The migration–urbanisation nexus in Nepal's exceptional urban transformation

Brøgger

Agergaard

2019

Population Space and Place

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The dynamic relationship between urban transformation and migration pathways formed by multiple attractions and mobilities to, within, and beyond urban areas constitute what we, in this paper, refer to as the migration–urbanisation nexus. Drawing on case studies of urban growth in three urban sites of Nepal, this paper explores how migration practices, including rural–urban, international and return migration, and the migrant economy, exemplified by returns of remittances, intersect with the socioeconomic and spatial dynamics of urban growth. The analysis combines quantitative and qualitative data on migration pathways, including the historical timing of migration, the shifting drivers of rural–urban migration, and examinations of the links to an international migration and remittance economy. The findings show how rural–urban migration during the 10 years of conflict is setting urban growth in motion. However, most importantly, the analysis reveals how urban growth and form are stimulated by the migrant agency related to translocal migration economies, in particular, urban investments of international remittances. In conclusion, it is suggested that the migration–urbanisation nexus approach developed in this paper has potential to be used beyond Nepal in studies of migration and urban growth.

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Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

Access to the city: Mobility patterns, transport and accessibility in peripheral settlements of Dar es Salaam

Access to the city: Mobility patterns, transport and accessibility in peripheral settlements of Dar es Salaam

Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

The migration–urbanisation nexus in Nepal's exceptional urban transformation

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