Women-headed households and housing location preferences in the informal settlements: What can we learn from Luzira, Uganda?

《Women-headed households and housing location preferences in the informal settlements: What can we learn from Luzira, Uganda?》

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作者: Moses Batanda Mubiru;Said Nuhu;Wilbard Kombe;Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.127,P.102648

语言: 英文

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作者单位: School of the Built Environment, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kampala, Uganda;Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Ardhi University, P. O. Box 35124, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;School of the Built Environment, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kampala, Uganda;Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Ardhi University, P. O. Box 35124, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China;School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China;Department of Geography and Resource Management, and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China;Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;College of Applied Arts and Science, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191, China;Land and Urban-Rural Development Research Institute, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, 310018, China;Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117566, Singapore;Business School, Shenzhen Technology University, China;Federation Business School, Federation University, Australia;City and Regional Planning, Çankaya University, Yukarıyurtçu Mah, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No: 4, 06790, Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey;Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria;Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria;Department of Management, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria

摘要: The decision to move to a preferred location is a phenomenon that women-headed households inevitably grapple with during their housing lifecycle. Choosing a housing location may be determined by several factors. This study sought an in-depth understanding of what drives decisions on preferred housing locations by women-headed households in the Luzira informal settlement of Kampala, Uganda. A qualitative case study design was used, in which in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis were employed. Social relations with host households, interactions in the neighbourhood, households' responses to inter-household disputes, household consensus, and informal property market information availability were exhibited as determinants for women-headed household decisions on housing options. This study recommends that policymakers should be aware of the several alternatives and informal channels through which informal property market participants access information on housing opportunities. This can be enhanced by exploiting appropriate technological innovation, such as mobile phones and creating platforms for access and dissemination of housing-related information. More so, key drivers of housing location choices for women should be integral in housing planning.