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TY - JOUR
T1 - Peri-urban land grabbing?
T2 - dilemmas of formalising tenure and land acquisitions around the cities of Bamako and Ségou, Mali
AU - Neimark, Benjamin David
AU - Toulmin, Camilla
AU - Batterbury, Simon
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This brief note identifies the consequences of land acquisitions in peri-urban spaces around the cities of Bamako and Ségou, Mali. This contributes to debates surrounding the rapid expansion of African cities faced with rapid rural-urban migration and new arrivals settling in precarious conditions. West Africa has a long history of urbanisation, in some cases accompanied by highly productive and intensified land use. It is, therefore, vitally important to question whether formal property rights within peri-urban spaces are a viable option to secure rights for those most marginal and/or recently disposed of their rural land holdings. What are some alternative formalisation mechanisms, which avoid the hazards associated with formal titling, and address the precarious tenure conditions in peri-urban zones?
AB - This brief note identifies the consequences of land acquisitions in peri-urban spaces around the cities of Bamako and Ségou, Mali. This contributes to debates surrounding the rapid expansion of African cities faced with rapid rural-urban migration and new arrivals settling in precarious conditions. West Africa has a long history of urbanisation, in some cases accompanied by highly productive and intensified land use. It is, therefore, vitally important to question whether formal property rights within peri-urban spaces are a viable option to secure rights for those most marginal and/or recently disposed of their rural land holdings. What are some alternative formalisation mechanisms, which avoid the hazards associated with formal titling, and address the precarious tenure conditions in peri-urban zones?
KW - urbanisation
KW - Africa
KW - land tenure
KW - Mali
KW - Peri-urban
U2 - 10.1080/1747423X.2018.1499831
DO - 10.1080/1747423X.2018.1499831
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 319
EP - 324
JO - Journal of Land Use Science
JF - Journal of Land Use Science
SN - 1747-423X
IS - 3
ER -