We interviewed stakeholders in the land use planning process at the district level to get a clear understanding of urbanization and the process of formal and informal land use planning, as a complement to already existing data.

Stakeholders are representatives of organizations which have been or should be involved in land use planning at different levels of statutory planning. Examples are public authorities on different levels, non-governmental organizations, traditional heads and residents.

Interviewees were asked to present:

• their understanding of land use planning and urbanization,

• the different stages of the planning process,

• the roles of different institutions,

• how land use priorities were considered in the planning process,

• the inclusion of environmentally sensitive areas in planning,

• the level of local participation in land use planning,

• key spatially explicit determinants of spatial growth in the districts, and

• the internal and external hindrances to successful planning.