Urban planning study for Tanzania – Impact and effectiveness of urban planning on city spatial development
Chyi-Yun Huang, Ally Namangaya, MaryGrace Weber, Isabel D. Cantada
The World Bank is conducting a study to investigate the Impact and Effectiveness of Urban Planning on City Spatial Development in Tanzania Cities (herein after called “Study”) in seven selected cities1 (Arusha, Dodoma, Kigoma, Mbeya, Mtwara, Mwanza and Tanga). The Study seeks to enhance the urban development agenda and inform policies and development strategies of cities in Tanzania through gaining further insights on the urban planning system and development processes and effectiveness of master and detailed urban plans. It also seeks to assess the tools available to urban practitioners for the implementation of adopted plans, while informing policy that might strengthen enforcement mechanisms. The Study is conducted through two main components, the first being this Background Profile of Cities, and the second, an investigation of the urban form and city development of the selected cities based on a set of identified spatial and socioeconomic metrics. This Background Profile of Cities has been prepared as the first component of the Study. It attempts to provide contextual information and descriptions that supplement the spatial development story of these seven cities. While the overall Study focuses on the effectiveness and impacts of master plan implementation and attempts to draw a relation of planning efforts to the evolution of city spatial structure and associated elements, we are cognizant of various external factors at play which would similarly exert impacts. The city profiles hence feature qualitative and empirical descriptions of the cities, including the historical presence or absence of urban plans (General Planning Schemes and/or Detailed Planning Schemes), local urban planning policies, processes and associated broad physical, economic, social and environmental development trends or relevant incidents which had significant influence on urban growth and development. They also touch on these relevant topics: land administration systems, local and regional economic activities, natural and financial resources, civic participation, rural-urban migration, social and cultural habits and norms, local-national political economy and other prevailing governance structures.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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