Analysing inclusivity within small town development in Uganda and Tanzania: an inclusivity index and experiential insights
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| Title: | Analysing inclusivity within small town development in Uganda and Tanzania: an inclusivity index and experiential insights |
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| Authors: | Mackay, Heather, Strömgren, Magnus, Mukwaya, Paul Isolo, Mugagga, Frank, Hambati, Herbert, Andersson, Agnes |
| Contributors: | Lund University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography, Lunds universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar, Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi, Originator |
| Source: | International Development Planning Review. 47(3):309-350 |
| Subject Terms: | Social Sciences, Social and Economic Geography, Human Geography, Samhällsvetenskap, Social och ekonomisk geografi, Kulturgeografi |
| Description: | Framed within debates about the inclusivity of urban development, Ubuntu philosophy and an interest in non-metropolitan growth of ordinary places, 15 small but developing towns were selected across Uganda and Tanzania. Growth and development were evidenced by increase in night-time lights and densification/expansion of built-up areas. Analysis of c. 4,000 individuals asked which towns were more, or less, inclusive and why. An inclusivity index considered infrastructural, social, economic and political inclusion. Data from focus groups with diverse residents add important interpretive insights. More inclusive towns were those better organised and experiencing hierarchy promotion and external investments (Babati in Tanzania; Masindi in Uganda). The least inclusive towns (Chalinze in Tanzania; Luweero in Uganda) had either low political inclusion scores, denoting a local discontent with government, and/or economic structures influenced by trucking, sex work and smuggling. The work suggests why some towns’ growthbenefits are better distributed across their citizenry than others. |
| Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2025.5 |
| Database: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Framed within debates about the inclusivity of urban development, Ubuntu philosophy and an interest in non-metropolitan growth of ordinary places, 15 small but developing towns were selected across Uganda and Tanzania. Growth and development were evidenced by increase in night-time lights and densification/expansion of built-up areas. Analysis of c. 4,000 individuals asked which towns were more, or less, inclusive and why. An inclusivity index considered infrastructural, social, economic and political inclusion. Data from focus groups with diverse residents add important interpretive insights. More inclusive towns were those better organised and experiencing hierarchy promotion and external investments (Babati in Tanzania; Masindi in Uganda). The least inclusive towns (Chalinze in Tanzania; Luweero in Uganda) had either low political inclusion scores, denoting a local discontent with government, and/or economic structures influenced by trucking, sex work and smuggling. The work suggests why some towns’ growthbenefits are better distributed across their citizenry than others. |
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| ISSN: | 14746743 14783401 |
| DOI: | 10.3828/idpr.2025.5 |