Outputs
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Presentation - Metropolitan governance: International experience
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Publication - Working Paper
Options for metropolitan governance in Greater Kampala
Around the world, metropolitan areas are some of the most important hubs for economic activity. In many developing countries, in particular, metropolitan areas are major contributors to the economic success of their countries but they also face serious challenges in terms of pollution, transportation gridlock, urban sprawl, deteriorating infrastructure, crime, rising poverty and urban slums, and widening income disparities. Furthermore, one of the major challenges, when it comes to metropolitan planning, is that these metropolitan areas often involve multiple jurisdictions. The result is that there is no overall plan for the metropolitan area and it is difficult to coordinate services across municipal boundaries. For these areas to realize their potential in terms of productivity and service delivery, it is important that they be well governed.
In the KCCA Act of 2010, the challenge of metropolitan planning was already anticipated and so it included the provision for the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Planning Authority (GKMPA) that is ultimately meant to form the foundation for a future overall Metropolitan Authority. However, it did not specify the form that this Authority should take.
This piece of research intends to work along four different dimensions: