Stakeholder Contribution to Municipal Planning in Mozambique: An Obvious Response?—The Case of Inhambane

Abstract

The aim of the chapter is to analyse the quality and nature of stakeholder contributions and their relevance for the development of the 2013 Land Use Plan for the Municipality of Inhambane, in Mozambique. It assesses two parallel coordination processes focusing on different orders of infrastructures and participation: one, at the neighbourhood level, concentrating on secondary technical and social infrastructure; and another, at a larger territorial level, focusing on the key infrastructure of the airport. Both processes facilitate an understanding of the larger planning logic and stakeholders’ opportunities for participation, which vary according to individual, collective, or administrative position and commission. By exploring this relation, the chapter contributes to the wider debate on the governing of urban Africa.