Public land ownership and development controls and their implications for accessibility to urban land in Zambia

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Title:	Public land ownership and development controls and their implications for accessibility to urban land in Zambia
Author:	Mbao, M.
Year:	1989
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development (ISSN 0255-6472)
Volume:	5
Issue:	2
Pages:	389-410
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Zambia Central Africa
Subjects:	land tenure urban areas law Urban land Public ownership Land development
Abstract:	This paper examines the laws and administrative arrangements and practices through which access to urban land in Zambia may be obtained. The first part deals with the ownership of urban land, which is principally governed by the Land (Conversion of Titles) Act, 1975. It starts with a description of the situation prior to the 1975 land reforms. Then it discusses some salient features of the urban land tenure system under the Act: State ownership of all land; statutory leaseholds; nonnegotiability of bare land for cash consideration; Presidential consent to all transactions in land is needed; no land can be leased to non-Zambians. The second part is concerned with the chief instruments local authorities have to prohibit and control the development and use of land and buildings. Notes, ref.