Where and when is air conditioning most useful ? a warm climate in spring
a warm climate in summer
a cool climate in autumn

In spring the winds are perfect. and in winters the winds are cold anyway so summer is the perfect season to use air conditioning.

Key words: informal settlement, urbanization, land, environment and poverty

SUMMARY

Despite having a long history of physical planning, Zanzibar has been experiencing

increasing problems associated with the informal settlements (IS). According to a recent

study, over 70 per cent of urban residents live in informal settlements (GoZ 2005). A vast

majority of the dwellers live in extremely poor conditions. A rapid increase in the urban

population and the limited capacity of the government to meet the high demand for

building plots has led to mushrooming of the informal settlements (Scholz 2006).

Urbanization is one of the root causes for the spread of informal settlements on the fringe

of Zanzibar town. The land administration and planning policies, which have often been

seen as rigid and inadequate to meet ever increasing demand for housing by the poor

majority, have also been associated with the mushrooming of the IS.

The growth of the IS has resulted in many, and complex socio-economic and

environmental consequences. These include pollution, deforestation, flooding, waste of

agricultural lands and the like.

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