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This abstract is based on a study carried out in Misisi; an informal settlement in the city of Lusaka. The settlement experiences perennial floods. However, despite the frequency and devasting effects of flooding in the area, people continue to live in the settlement. In much of urban Africa,...

The ‘integration’ of infrastructure development has become a global focal point because it forms a backbone for economic growth, enables more productive urban spaces and improves the quality of urban life by optimizing interactions among essential infrastructure. Infrastructure systems differ...

The dominant practices of water governance and settlement interventions in the cities of the global South are still rooted in the paradigms of global North resulting in increasing problems of poverty, informality, inequality and socio-spatial disintegration. The dominant interventions fail to...

The study assessed the change of land use in Livingstone and the implications it has had on urban planning from 2009-2015. Simple random sampling was used to select 50 out of 120 property owners who had changed use. A questionnaire was used to obtain information. A total number of 5 key...

Many cities in developing countries are experiencing urbanization characterised by the continuous proliferation of informal settlements. Thus, this study assessed the inclusiveness of land administration in the City of Lusaka. It was guided by three objectives: to determine the inclusiveness of...

The study is an investigation of institutional arrangements for supply of water and sanitation services in Chinsali Urban, Zambia. The study aimed at assessing the institutional arrangements for supply of water and sanitation services in Chinsali Urban in Muchinga Province. The objectives of the...

This study sought to examine the implications of land tenure on participatory settlement upgrading. The key objectives of the research were: to examine the tenure arrangements that guide the access to and the use of land in Kalikiliki; to assess the factors that influence willingness to...

Zambia is among the most urbanized countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and is faced with urban development challenges in the provision of basic infrastructure such as water and sanitation to an ever-increasing urban population. Lusaka has over the years undergone a rapid urban expansion in the growth...

The study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental,...

Housing problems particularly for low income earners have persisted inspite of the fact that the National Housing Authority (NHA) has been providing to the public high, medium and low cost housing units on both rental and outright purchase arrangement. Thus, the aim of this Study was to...