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Abstract
There is an increase of induced displacement of informal settlement dwellers in Kigali city due to the ongoing redevelopment of existing inner city areas and disaster risk mitigation actions in high-risk zones. Local authorities are currently much more interested in compensating the affected households in kind, namely by providing new homes in resettlement sites as a strategy to avoid the creation of new informal settlements. In this context, a resettlement site is an issue of fundamental concern for both the targeted communities and the policy makers. Understanding affected households' preferences regarding resettlement site attributes is crucially important if such relocation projects are to be successful in the long term. This study explores the preferences of affected households for resettlement attributes and compares them to the opinions of professional planning officials. Findings revealed similarities as well as significant differences between the two groups' opinions on what are the important resettlement sites' attributes. The paper further analyses the spatial implications of the two groups' preferences on the suitability of residential areas in the city. Differences in opinions led to different spatial suitability maps of the existing residential areas. Given the substantial spatial implications of the divergent views, selecting a resettlement site based on both stakeholder groups' views would be essential to contribute to more effective and conflict-free resettlement processes.
Highlights
Induced displacement and resettlement of informal settlements are increasing in many African cities due to urban processes such as the implementation of new Master Plans, the redevelopment of existing inner-city settlements and urban disaster risk reduction initiatives (Steel, van Noorloos, & Klaufus, 2017; Noorloos & Kloosterboer, 2018; Watson, 2014)
In sec tion three, we introduce the criteria for resettlement site selection identified in the literature and describe the methods used for data collection and analysis in this research
The findings suggest that preferences between affected people and planning officials are statistically significantly different for some criteria, including land price or land value criteria
Summary
Induced displacement and resettlement of informal settlements are increasing in many African cities due to urban processes such as the implementation of new Master Plans, the redevelopment of existing inner-city settlements and urban disaster risk reduction initiatives (Steel, van Noorloos, & Klaufus, 2017; Noorloos & Kloosterboer, 2018; Watson, 2014). Such a planned relocation of a community to a new site may on the one hand create potential macro-level benefits such as providing adequate housing to low-income urban dwellers (Terminski, 2015). A relocation site that is perceived as unsuitable is a factor of failed resettlement (IFC, 2019) and always a source of dissatisfaction among displaced people and conflicts in displacement and resettlement processes (Nikuze, Sliu zas, & Flacke, 2020)
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