An investigation into factors contributing to urban land shortage in Windhoek, Namibia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gilika, Mpho Monica | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hishitelwa, Tuhafeni Shanyengange Dasilva | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-31T10:25:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-31T10:25:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Management Strategy | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main aim of this thesis was to investigate factors that contributes to the shortage of urban land in Windhoek and its implications on housing prices and affordability. Windhoek has been faced with a problem of slow delivery and servicing of urban land, resulting in the gap between demand and supply widening drastically, resulting in massive urbanisation, and increased demand for land. This research comprises a mixed method (quantitative & qualitative). A convenience sampling technique was used to sample study participants. Data was collected using questionnaires, observations, and interviews to investigate the availability of urban land in Windhoek, factors that led to urban land shortage and the implications these factors have on the housing prices and affordability. The study found that, there is indeed shortage or urban land at the city of Windhoek. The City of Windhoek is faced with the shortage of developable land, lack of technical capacity, limited financial resources embedded with cumbersome procedures in the process of preparation and approval of detailed plans as prepared by land experts has been a catalyst for the low capacity of the municipality in allocating land. The study also established that low-income earners are faced with serious challenges in acquiring a dwelling due to high prices in purchasing land, high interest rates on mortgage bonds to income and collateral requirements of financial institutions and serviced land in Windhoek benefits only higher-income earners. The study also proved that shortage of urban land has contributed to high prices as the City of Windhoek continues to auction off land that is not affordable for low-income earners. The study recommended that, existing policies on land allocation be reviewed, such as the Deeds Office Act of 1937. Land delivery and servicing models needs to be reformed, and the study ft.rrther recommends that the City of Windhoek needs technical and financial capacity to faci litate provision of effective and efficient services of providing land for housing | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/4033 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Namibia | |
| dc.subject | Land programs | |
| dc.subject | Policies | |
| dc.subject | Land delivery systems | |
| dc.subject | Land development | |
| dc.subject | Land models | |
| dc.subject | Namibia | |
| dc.subject | University of Namibia | |
| dc.title | An investigation into factors contributing to urban land shortage in Windhoek, Namibia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |