Assessment of the soil information and analysis of related land constraints to the selected detailed town planning schemes in Morogoro Municipal
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Date
2022
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Scientific research publishing
Abstract
In Tanzania, land use and planning are under the land authority. They are
responsible for ensuring sustainable land use and management in urban and
rural areas. Nevertheless, lack of adherence to the soil to detailed soil proper-
ties and land use constraints by urban planners, urban explosions in different
areas in Tanzania, particularly Morogoro have been a big issue of concern as
it poses danger to the environment and also to themselves as urban areas they
are also vulnerable to land use constraints such as flood, erosion, water log-
ging, erosion hazards and rock outcrop. This study aims to assess the availa-
ble soil information and analyze land constraints related to the Selected De-
tailed Town Planning Schemes in Morogoro Municipal so as to address fail-
ures of the current urban planning approach. Detailed soil information pro-
vided by the municipality and literature of previous studies were accessed. A
total of six land use constraints: poor drainage and waterlogging, rock out-
crop, erosion hazard, flood hazard, soil depth and surface slope were analyzed
in this study to map major land use constraints in the study area. A geospatial
analysis approach was used to combine these constraints so as to map total
land use constraints and asses the spatial distribution of the constraints. Finally,
detailed land use schemes accessed from the Morogoro land management au-
thority were digitized and overlayed on the constraints map. Detailed schemes
approved in areas of Mkundi have shown to be a success as these areas have
the lowest land use constraints whilst areas of Kilakala, and Mlimani has been
a failure due to high slope, erosion hazards and shallow soil, the middle part
of Morogoro including the new Kingalu market have been a failure and costly
due to flood and water logging mitigations.
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Soil-Related Constraints, Sustainable Urban Development, Remote Sensing Applications