[ L’explosion de l’urbanisme anarchique dans le quartier Mfinda et ses conséquences sur l’environnement ]
Volume 83, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 40–49
Alain Bosco Mansila Baketa1, Shuku Onemba Nicolas2, LUNOKI LUDEVO Ben3, and Mvumbi Sylvain Mavinga4
1 Doctorant et chef de travaux à L’UPN et au Département de Géographie-Gestion de l’Environnement, ISP, Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Professeur, Département de Géographie, Environnement et Géomatique, Université d’Ottawa, Chercheur associé à l’université Laval et Attaché de recherche à l’Institut Géographique du Congo, RD Congo
3 Chercheur, Département de Géographie-Gestion de l’Environnement, ISP, Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Département des Ressources Naturelles, BP 314 Boma, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2026 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Anarchic peri-urban town planning has become one of the modes of production of popular housing in African cities. Coming from ascending urbanization, it remains particularly today the most practiced method in the development and growth of the city of Kinshasa. Today, the city of Kinshasa no longer has an urban plan enforceable by all, a planning body or a private or public construction company which would take charge of the subdivisions, the land equipment, the construction of houses as well as their subsequent management and finally a housing policy which would juxtapose the individual initiatives of city dwellers and the regulatory framework of the State. Abandoned to its own devices, the population tries to support itself by building new forms of housing outside of legality, which is often the consequence of the gap between strong demographic pressure and the housing supply.
Author Keywords: explosion, anarchic urban planning, housing production, demographic pressure, urban planning.
Volume 83, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 40–49
Alain Bosco Mansila Baketa1, Shuku Onemba Nicolas2, LUNOKI LUDEVO Ben3, and Mvumbi Sylvain Mavinga4
1 Doctorant et chef de travaux à L’UPN et au Département de Géographie-Gestion de l’Environnement, ISP, Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Professeur, Département de Géographie, Environnement et Géomatique, Université d’Ottawa, Chercheur associé à l’université Laval et Attaché de recherche à l’Institut Géographique du Congo, RD Congo
3 Chercheur, Département de Géographie-Gestion de l’Environnement, ISP, Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Département des Ressources Naturelles, BP 314 Boma, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2026 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Anarchic peri-urban town planning has become one of the modes of production of popular housing in African cities. Coming from ascending urbanization, it remains particularly today the most practiced method in the development and growth of the city of Kinshasa. Today, the city of Kinshasa no longer has an urban plan enforceable by all, a planning body or a private or public construction company which would take charge of the subdivisions, the land equipment, the construction of houses as well as their subsequent management and finally a housing policy which would juxtapose the individual initiatives of city dwellers and the regulatory framework of the State. Abandoned to its own devices, the population tries to support itself by building new forms of housing outside of legality, which is often the consequence of the gap between strong demographic pressure and the housing supply.
Author Keywords: explosion, anarchic urban planning, housing production, demographic pressure, urban planning.
Abstract: (french)
L’urbanisme anarchique périurbain est devenu l’un des modes de production de l’habitat populaire dans les villes Africaines. Issus de l’urbanisation ascendante, elle demeure particulièrement de nos jours le modèle le plus pratiqué dans l’aménagement et la croissance de la ville de Kinshasa. Aujourd’hui, la ville de Kinshasa ne dispose plus d’un plan d’urbanisme opposable à tous, non plus d’un organisme planificateur ou encore d’une société de construction privée ou publique qui prendrait en charge les lotissements, les équipements du terrain, la construction des maisons ainsi que leur gestion ultérieure et enfin d’une politique en matière d’habitat qui juxtaposerait les initiatives individuelles des citadins et le cadre règlementaire de l’Etat. Abandonnée à elle-même, la population essaie de se prendre en charge par la construction des nouvelles formes d’habitation en marge de légalité, qui est souvent la conséquence due à l’écart entre la forte pression démographique et l’offre en logement.
Author Keywords: explosion, urbanisme anarchique, production de l’habitat, pression démographique, plan d’urbanisme.
How to Cite this Article
Alain Bosco Mansila Baketa, Shuku Onemba Nicolas, LUNOKI LUDEVO Ben, and Mvumbi Sylvain Mavinga, “The explosion of unregulated urban development in the Mfinda neighborhood and its consequences for the environment,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 40–49, February 2026.
