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Abstract
Key Observations from Research into
Accessing, Holding and Trading of Land in
the SA Urban Areas and GIS Opportunities
Lauren Royston
Urban Land Mark
Programme
South Africa
Between November 2006 and May 2007, Urban LandMark conducted a research project
to investigate how the poor access, hold and trade land in different types of settlements
in three metropolitan areas in South Africa: Cape Town, Ekurhuleni and
eThekwini. This presentation provides a summary of the key findings, offers some
observations, identifies what commonly held assumptions now need to be questioned
and concludes with policy implications. It also shares the next phase of the project,
highlighting the issues which may have particular importance for the MapAfrica conference
participants. The results of the study confirmed that land markets are operating
in these settlements. These markets are seldom recognised mainly because social
relations are dominant. The study also found that both state policy and financial markets
are shaping these areas, and that informal settlements are an important part of
the urban land market. The full study is available on the Urban LandMark website,
www.urbanlandmark.org.za.
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