As implicações sócio-económicas do mercado peri-urbano de terras na cidade de Maputo. o caso dos bairros do Zimpeto e Magoanine "c", 1992 – 2004

Abstract

The analysis of land issues is of great importance in the Mozambican context, especially when talking about peri-urban areas, where there has been a great competition for land for a variety of purposes. The peri-urban areas of Maputo City are no exception to the rule because they are the target of great demand for land by people who find it difficult to acquire space in the city centre. in the city centre. The study's main objective is to capture the various socio-economic implications of the land market on the residents of Bairros do Zimpeto and Magoanine "C". The study was carried out through the reading of existing literature and fieldwork. The fieldwork was based on direct observation, participation in meetings meetings and semi-structured interviews. With the population affluence, the construction of basic infrastructures (for example, fountains, markets and hospitals), the opening of access roads and businesses of various purposes emerged and developed the land market in Bairros do Zimpeto and Magoanine "C" The socio-economic implications of this market are extremely negative for low-income citizens. Land plot buyers, sellers and third party groups (e.g. peasants) are also included in those affected by the negative implications of the land market. The study also concluded that the land market causes residents of the neighbourhoods under study to have insecure land tenure for the following reasons: many buyers acquire plots of land in unparked areas, reserve areas for various purposes or without any documentation of the space; the land market encourages "usurpations" of plots of land from the elderly, peasants and low-income individuals for subsequent sale. Current land legislation does not provide security of tenure for residents of the neighbourhoods under study who do not have titles of Land Use. Occupying a plot of land by custom or in good faith does not give them total security of tenure over the space they have occupied for several years. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)