Youth-Led Mwanza City Informal Settlements Baseline Survey State of Living Conditions and Access to Urban Basic Services

Abstract

This study provides a baseline inventory of the standard of living, housing and infrastructure services as well as access to urban basic services in the three informal settlements of Kilimahewa, Kwimba, and Unguja in Tanzania’s north-western city of Mwanza. It was carried out as part of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation project in Mwanza (LVWATSAN-Mwanza). The Project is being implemented by UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Mwanza Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (MWAUWASA), the Musoma Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (MUSOMA), and the Bukoba Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (BUWASA). The main objective of the study was to examine and analyse the linkage between housing and basic social infrastructure services as a factor largely determined by spatial location, level of development of a place and the associated impact on the living conditions of these variables on residents of informal settlements in Mwanza. Data was collected in the period between 11 September and 2 October 2016, mainly from households and from the general population, using a research method that combined quantitative and qualitative approaches. The sample used for the quantitative data was randomly drawn from the three informal neighbourhoods