| dc.description.abstract | In Uganda, wetlands, especially in urban areas, are almost extinct. By 2016, the extent of
wetland decline varied from over 53.8% in the Lake Victoria basin to 14.7% in the Lake
Albert drainage basin (Monitor, 2020). Wetlands, disappearing 3 times faster than forests, are
globally the most threatened ecosystem. Wetlands in Kampala City are under immense
pressure due to rapid urbanization & human activity that need to be efficiently regulated.
Inadequate coordination between key land management stakeholders in Kampala City eg
MLHUD, KCCA, NEMA, etc, towards this vice, leads to issuance of land titles in wetlands,
subjectivity in implementation of regulations, bureaucracy in compensating developers and
so on.
It is ideal for economic growth to occur alongside environmental preservation to facilitate
sustainable development. Adverse effects on the environment have resulted from unguided
and unregulated land use patterns & techniques thus hindering sustainable development. This
is through worsening the ongoing climate crisis in Uganda, worsening floods, reducing
biodiversity, and so on. It is therefore essential for key land governance structures to manage
the land use patterns more effectively to facilitate sustainable development in regards to land
use. | en_US |
