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Building resilient and sustainable urban areas
| Name of project | |
| Building resilient and sustainable urban areas | |
| Short summary | |
| The project will explore transformative urban development strategies through networking in the region for knowledge sharing, research prioritization and validation of urban development pathways. Focus will be on risk, urban infrastructure-livelihoods nexus and urban ecosystems-resource flow. | |
| Background | |
| Rural urban linkages have increasingly attracted research and policy response in context of city regions. Coupled with climate change risks that cities in Africa face, the need for exploring different transformation pathways for sustainable urban development is critical. The impacts of resource degradation to distal places from which cities draw resources couple with exportation of pollution by that makes it necessary to rethink urban development pathways. | |
| Purpose | |
| urban development pathways in Africa whose planning and management requirements, needs and standards will better be understood through recognition of the underlying social and political factors that shape urbanization. this knowledge network will advance the understanding to inform action | |
| Main activity/activities, accomplishments and deliverables | |
| Activity/activities | |
| Assessment of opportunities and existing knowledge with the partners on the urban sustainability
Organize knowledge synthesis workshops in Kampala for the all the partners and municipalities Conduct systematic literature review on sustainable urban development Policy dialogues and reports Initiate Climate Action plans in selected cities |
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| Expected accomplishments | |
| At least one workshop in each the four selected cities
At least one draft climate action plan Documented good practices on climate actions at community level Documented good practices on climate change at city level Shared vision for leapfrogging energy intensive urban development among participating urban areas A published synthesis paper on urban sustainability Presentation at conferences |
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| Deliverables | |
| Workshop reports
Climate Action Plan Booklet showcasing good practices Knowledge repository for urban development pathways PowerPoint presentations at conferences and wokshops |
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| Connectivity | |
| Thematic Hub | |
| Climate Change | |
| UN-Habitat themes | |
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| Partners | |
| Partners involved in the project – Institution + contact name & title | |
| Bolanle Wahab, FNITP Centre for Sustainable Development University of Ibadan, P. O. Box 22182, U. I. Post Office, Ibadan, Nigeria.Denis Tugume Ethiopian Civil Service College +251 933941166 tugume_denis@yahoo.co.ukAtwine Kanuniira Moses Directorate of Physical Planning Kampala Capital City Authority Cell No: 0794 660940 |
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| Potential/requested partners involved in the project | |
| Mussa Natty Kinondoni Municiapl Director Dar Es Salaam 255754279627 mussanatty@yahoo.comAssociate Professor Peter Ngau Department of Urban and Regional Planning School of the Built Environment University of Nairobi P.O Box 30197- 00100 Tel./Fax: 254-20-2319187 (office), 254-722- 658781 (Mobile) E-mail: Pngau@uonbi.ac.ke, peterngau@gmail.com |
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| Responsibilities and roles | |
| Makerere University and Hub, Lead institution
Partners, implementation of city workshops and contributing to syntheses |
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| Resources | |
| Breakdown of required resources | |
| City Workshop costs 1200 x 4 = 4800 City Workshop materials 1500 x 4 = 6000 International workshop in Uganda with regional partners 15000 x 1 = 15000 Publication of paper open source 1700 x 1 = 1700 Printing banners, materials 2000 1 2000 Visas and ground transport during visits 75 x 4 = 300 Other costs 200 x 1 = 200 |
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| Total budget of proposed project | |
| $ 30,000 | |
| Aquired funds | |
| $ 5,000 from Seed fund for augmenting waste economies for alternative energy | |
| Requested funds | |
| $ 25,000 | |
| Project leader | |
| Name , title and association of project leader | |
| Shuaib Lwasa Associate Professor, Urban Geography and Spatial Planning Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, CAES Makerere University P.O Box 7062, Kampala Arts Building, East Wing Ground Floor Room 12 Tel: +256 (0) 772461727 Alt: +256 (0) 702461727 Home: +256 (0414) 596619 | |
| Contact email | |
| lwasa_s@caes.mak.ac.ug | |
| Additional contact email | |
| shuaiblwasa@gmail.com | |
