The study areas are located in the surrounding areas of Maputo and Matola cities, locally known as the green zones (permanently demarcated and non-demarcated), some sub-urban and peri-urban neighbourhoods and the new occupation areas arising from Maputo development corridor. Thus, the following neighbourhoods were chosen: Albasini, Mahotas, Costa do Sol, Laulane, Congolote, Zonas Verdes, Machava, Jardim, Matola J, Matola D, Matola C, Liberdade, Tsalala and Mussumbuluco as well as the area closed to MOZAL Enterprise. The distribution of these areas are shown in the map 1.
2.2. Gathering and analysis of information
The first step of the research was to get initial information from the past studies made on the urban land markets in Mozambique, mainly in Maputo and Matola cities, including the land legislation, which approached the creation of green zones and the evolution of urban settlement.
The second step was visiting the study areas to see in loco what are the real facts of the problems. At this moment, while it was possible to observe directly, was also conducted interviews to people such as the local leaders (called administrador or secretбrios), workers of municipal councils of these cities, especially from Construction and Urbanisation Department (Direcзгo da Construзгo e Urbanizaзгo – DCU), municipal deputies and individual/residents to obtain information related to the subject.
Finally, the information was combined with the cartography (occupation maps).
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