slum upgrading project

Group 2

Nabweru north a

Structural plan concept

Kibirango Maurice

Kagoya Clara

Kisukiro Daniel

Kiggundu Frank

Kayondo Allan

Ndawula Mubalaka

The site is located in Wakiso

district, Nansana Town

Council in Nabweru North

Nansana Town Council is

located on the main highway

between Kampala and

Hoima 15 KM out of the city

center.

Location

UGANDA

NANSANA

Wakiso District

Nansana-town

council

Nabweru Sub-

Country

Nabweru-North Ward

Site

Proximity of the

site to the

central

business

district

City

CenterSite

The Site has the following

Limits;

The North facing boundary is

316m

The East facing boundary (along

katoke-Nabweru Road), 400m

The South facing boundary (along

Bwaise-Nabweru Road) 481m

The West facing boundary 396m

Area size of the site is

approximately 155958 m2 (38.5

acres)

Proximity of Nabweru to city

Centre hence less cost of transport

and service delivery to the area

The gentle slopping nature of the

terrain provides an opportunity for

drainage and water distribution.

Homes close to roads and

walkways have commercial

frontages highlighting the idea of

mixed-use.

Physical survey and land use

Strengths and Opportunities

The settlement pattern is organic, and the

mushrooming informal settlements spread to

the nearby wetland, disturbing the natural

drainage patterns of the place causing

flooding during the rainy season.

The highest point on site is the most active,

with social and civic areas like the church,

police and the nearby soccer field which also

accommodates weekly markets on

Mondays.

Strategic location of the Town Council near to the

capital city of Uganda

Presence of seasonal (Muburo) markets in the area .

Presence of informal savings and loans groups

amongst the people in the area this shows that

there is social cohesion in the area which makes

planning a lot more easier.

Presence of some basic leisure activities on site like

playing pool though they need improvement. The site is located on top of the hill which reveals distant views of the surrounding places.

Weaknesses and Threats

People own extremely small plots of land, that are not at all in line with the

National physical planning guidelines

The plots have got irregular shapes

Very few people actually own the land in this area. Most of the people are

illegal tenants.

Poor hygiene, waste disposal and water drainage methods.

Planning On Already Developed Land Lay Out Structure.

Increase In Crime Rates which hinders investment in this area.

High Garbage Rates That Override Services Available

It is difficult to access the areas inside the site area due to lack of access

roads and proper routes through the area.

EXISTING ACCESS ROADS AND PATHS

Strengths

TRANSPORT

• Poor pedestrian

infrastructure, consumed

by roadside market and

makeshift commercial

structures.• Construction of buildings in

zero proximity to the

existing roads i.e.

congestion of the

residential area.

• Narrow pathways and

roads become drainage

channels with deep

gullies.

• Majority of buildings have

no access to open spaces

or compounds.

• Some storm water drains

are maliciously blocked by residents.

• Existence of two major

tarmacked roads (Bwaise-

Nabweru Road ) south of the

site and (Bwaise-Katoke Road)

North of the site.

• The city council policy of

tarmacking 2 Km of road every

financial year.

Weaknesses

Pedestrians are forced to

walk along the vehicular

road

The ever growing

population in the area

might affect future planning

of roads due to increased

encroachment on the

planned areas.

Some permanent structures

have been constructed on

areas which are supposed

to be road reserves.

Threats Provision of taxi stops and

proper waiting places along the

primary and secondary roads.

Provision of safer walk ways and

cycling lanes.

Provision of Road signage such

as pedestrian crossings, parking

signs to enhance road safety.

Provision of streetlights on

primary and secondary roads.

This would eliminate dark spots

which harbor crime.

Provide proper drainage

channels on all roads.

Setting up od vehicular traffic

zones, motor traffic zones and

pedestrian zones. The existing

nature of the roads makes it

possible

Our Proposal

Threats and Weaknesses

•Electric power is quite expensive for

most of the residents to use

extensively for all house chores.

•There are reported electricity theft

and illegal power connections in the

slum areas which at times result in

power blackouts, shocks and fire

outbreaks.

•Alternative sources like charcoal

pose an environmental threat in the

long run as the nearby forests are

constantly encroached

UTILITIES IN NABWERUPower Supply

Strengths Opportunities•The biggest portion of the site

has access to hydro electricity power.

• Solar that can be used in

house holds and street

lamps

UTILITIES IN

NABWERUWaste Management

Strengths Opportunities

There is a garbage

collection arrangement by

Nabweru town council

Threats and Weaknesses

• No sufficient system for

sorting garbage exists at

the moment

• Limited efforts on reducing

waste at source

• Limited involvement of

private sector and

communities in waste management.

PROPOSALS

• Joint ownership of pit

latrines

• Cesspool for multiple

families

• Establishing an efficient

decentralized garbage

collection systems

• Encourage recycling of

solid waste where

• Since the largest cost factors in waste disposal are transport and

collection, reduction of the quantities, through early separation and

recycling, is a very effective means for achieving savings.

• Reductions in the volume of waste and decentralized processing are

some of the approaches which could be followed and from which an

organized community could benefit.

• Community participation in waste disposal can be a catalyst in

community−development work, because it gives residents a feeling of self−esteem.

• It can lead to the possibility of income generation through recycling

which will also reduce the quantities of material that have to be

transported for disposal.

Community Participation In waste Management

• Primary waste collection (neighborhood − wide collection and

storage);

• A waste−management system, administering and financing

the primary collection system;

• Planned co−operation with municipal service agencies, to

ensure a reliable transfer of waste from the primary to the

secondary collection cycle;

• The development of recycling activities within the community

• The development of income−generation activities, through processing and upgrading of waste material and

development of local industries.

Community Participation − Solid Waste Management in Low−Income Housing Projects: The Scope for Community Participation United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)Nairobi, 1989

Opportunities•The area is networked with water pipes

•There exist potential areas around the site

were wells and bore halls could be built to

provide cheaper water as an alternatives to

piped water.

•The water from the wells flows regularly as

compared to tap water hence its readily

available to the locals.

Weaknesses.•Piped water is expensive thus some people

cannot afford it.

•The wells are only at the foot of the hill,

apparently there are no wells with in the site.

•Accessibility to the wells is hard especially

during the wet seasons as the area gets

slippery during rainy days.

•The lower end of the site where the wells are

located are vulnerable to contamination

especially as waste from the latrines and

bathrooms penetrate to the water table.

Water distribution

Proposal;Rain water harvesting for each

homesteads or to a community

reservoir

CIVIC LAND-USE

StrengthsPresence of the police post near the site.

Presence of the church and the nearby

mosque both constructed with permanent materials.

WeaknessesThe available health center is

off the site and cannot fully

serve the ever growing

population.

The nearby schools are poorly

located and lack green

spaces.

There are no technical

schools which would help in

skilling the youth to reduce on

the current levels of

unemployment.

Several community based

organizations that engage in

income generating activities

don’t have official places

where the potential members

in the community could use

when subscribing to a specific association

Our Proposal Creating a community center which

will include activities for all age

groups

Providing a health center on site to

compliment the existing one which

can not support the current

capacity.

Providing a well planned schools to

replace the poorly located schools .

Provision of a technical school to

counteract the ever growing youth

unemployment due to lack of the

required skills.

Economic activities

Within the planning area,

economic activities are

mainly along the access

routes. These include,

fabrication, restaurants,

retail shops, drug shops,

salons, to mention but a

few.Legend

• Fabrication

• Real estate

• Retail

• Entertainment

• Agriculture

Summary of Analysis

Drainage

The main national water and

sewerage line runs along

Lugoba road. The branches

of this line that run through

the site are not

documented.

Storm water is carried

along the ring road in

informal drains and gullies.

The site generally drains

towards the northwest. (to

the swamp)

LegendGeneral drainage

NWSC main line

Storm water drainage

Site boundary

Power lines

The power distribution lines

run across the three main

sectors created by the ring

road.

Rather than run along

roads though, the pass over

houses creating a fire

hazard, making

maintenance difficult, to

mention but a few

LegendRing road

Main road

Main poles

Sub-poles

Access and settlement

Along the main roads and

the ring road, the

settlements are loose,

allowing one to easily

penetrate that first layer of

buildings.

Behind that however, a

dense layer of tightly

packed houses creates a

maze of narrow paths

leading eventually to a once

again loose interior.

LegendSite boundaries

Loose settlements

Dense settlements

Counter pull points

Access and settlement

The junctions have served

as stops largely for motor

transport (boda-boda)

Between the nodes an

activity spine has formed

where most businesses are located.Legend

Active Junctions

(nodes)

Activity spine

Junctions

MISSION STATEMENT

To create an intimate neighborhood that acknowledges the inhabitant

and consequently causes him to acknowledge it. That links the home,

work and services such that each part is indispensible and desirable to

live in.

CONCEPT

A SKELETON RATHER THAN A SPINE

• To relieve the pressure and stacking of activity and housing along Buyinja road to

fully utilize the entire site with well organized housing.

• Through creating a skeleton community as opposed to a spinal one, we aim at

creating a cohesive community that will develop steadily and evenly as a whole.

• We also plan on bettering the traffic and road network within the site by availing

the residents with an effective and efficient network that does away with sudden

termination of roads, proving clear all access to housing, ease of navigation

without mazes and easily accessible public transportation.

• To improve on the standard of living of the residents with increased security within

the community.

• To improve on the general aesthetics of the site using green streets.

Project objectives

• Promote a variety of housing typologies that acknowledge the mobile nature of the

community. The needs of new and existing families and differing households among

different levels of affordability.

• To create a framework prioritising economic development and poverty is relieved

through education and training and the mobilisation of financial resources.

• To create a framework within which all parts of the planning area are desirable for

settlement.

Economic activities, skills, entrepreneurship proving pointers for the future.

• The various number of activity spines designed to accommodate small, medium and

micro enterprises were located with in the settlement.

• To create a community that emphasises connectivity both social and spatial.

encouraging social cohesion .i.e. through the road network, parks, nodes.

nodes

• Community nodes- churches, clinics, community centres

• Civic nodes

• Retail nodes

Interactive public spaces making the area economically and socially stable i.e. the

market days within open spaces of the community.

Buildings facing the street especially in corner shops encouraging passive

surveillance.

Green belts- planting trees on the neighbourhood streets to help define the edges

and shaded canopies.

Creation of multi layered spaces acting as play areas in the day and at night acting

as parking areas and encouraging interactions between neighbours.

Counter points of interest

The three counter points of

interest are spaces that

gather people for leisure,

trade and services; a

trading centre, a leisure

park and a community

service centre.LegendJunctions

Main roads

New activity

spines

Hierarchy of roads

We propose the traffic be

categorized into vehicular,

motor and pedestrian.

The vehicular routes link all

activity nodes in the

planning area.

The motor routes are

parallel to the vehicular

routes along the edge of

the residential zones.

The residential zones will

have singular vehicular

access, all other routes

being pedestrian

LegendVehicular traffic

Motor cycle traffic

Pedestrian zones

Green zones

The main green zones will

be the leisure park, the

agricultural mixed use

settlements around the

market, the junctions (rest

stops) and the main routes

joining the activity nodes.LegendOpen green space

Green streets

Stretch of streets

Land use

Along Nabweru road are

larger scale businesses.

Along Lugoba road are

residential units. In the

southeast node is the

trading centre surrounded

by mainly commercial

agriculture practicing

households. The north most

node is the green leisure

park. The southwestern

node has civic and

community service

facilities.

Legend

Mixed use

Residential

Commercial

Civic and community services

Agricultural

Open space

Densities

Along Nabweru road are

larger scale businesses.

Along Lugoba road are

residential units. In the

southeast node is the

trading centre surrounded

by mainly commercial

agriculture practicing

households. The north most

node is the green leisure

park. The southwestern

node has civic and

community service

facilities.

LegendHigh density

Medium density

High density

CASE STUDY : CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

Canberra

• Has a population of 381,488 and covers an area of 814.2 square kilometers

• Lies between Sydney and Melbourne

• The plan features geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons from different radii and

triangles, and was centered on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks such

as lake Burley griffin (iconic), mount Ainslie Bimbei peak, constitutional avenue, market

center

Inner Canberra

• The roads in Canberra have a wheel and spoke pattern

where they radiate from one point

• City's design was influenced by the garden city

movement

• There are seven residential districts, each of which is

divided into smaller suburbs, and most of which have a

town center which is the focus of commercial and social

activities

Case studies1. DHARAVI SLUM (MUMBAI-INDIA)

(About a third of the world’s urban population lives in slums in 1990, and the total number of slum dwellers

might rise to 1.5 billion by 2020. Slum growth has been particularly marked in Africa.)

The slum grew because of expulsion of factories and

residents from peninsular city centre by colonial

government, and from rural poor migrating into urban

Mumbai.

DHARAVI is located at the city level and easy to access mass

transit and infrastructure.

The land use are industries (leather tanneries, garbage

recycling). Commercial uses mostly shops along the main

access main (using the raw materials from the slum)

Its organic and highly permeable making it difficult to provide

services ???

Redevelopment plans

• Dharavi is made up of housing, schools, parks and roads that serve the slum.

• About 30%of the land was designated for commercial and residential although its already occupied.

Sanitation issues and the solutions .

• Dharavi has severe problems with public health, due to the scarcity of toilet facilities, due in turn to the fact that most housing and 90% of the commercial units in Dharavi are illegal..???

Solution

No attempt has been taken by the government but however the residents have devised means by recycling the garbage and putting it at use.

- Using polythene sacks to make drainage channels.

- Recycling plastic to make housing.

DESIGN IDEAS FOR DRARAVI

• VISION STATEMENT-promoting social and community identity

- Creating a self-dependent and sustainable residential community that promotes social identity for the inhabitants of the site and its surrounding.(organic character)

- The idea stems from the key problems on site and the community needs that include :

Poverty, Poor health and sanitation, Inadequate housing facilities Inadequate security and safety.

2. Rocinha Urban Strategy

By arch; Kyle Beneventilocated in Rochina, Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil

• These are Informal Settlements first occupied by a

community of farmers. It’s the largest slum in South

America with 356 people per acre and into one of the most

dense living situations(13,884; 39 acres)

• Due to its small size, Kyle Beneventi proposes an urban

strategy to make Rocinha a very walkable city, dealing

principally with voids to break up the blanket of uniform

building mass..

• Bacia do Una plan was implemented according to the original proposal. The program

centered on sanitation, drainage, and street paving actions in the intervention area (The

action to solve this specific problem came in response to the inhabitants’ historical

demand)

• Cingapura/PROVER, São Paulo, it had the merit of initiating a type of intervention that

did not remove the favela from its place, keeping the dwellers in high-rise blocks built

on the site of their original residences.

• Overcoming resource constraints through community labour or financial contributions

• Enhancing sustainability by ensuring stakeholder ownership, and developing local

capacities.

Lessons leant

challenges

• Poor living conditions; lacking many of the basic amenities

that constitute a healthy standard of living.

• Vernacular buildings, potentially hazardous on these steep

slopes.

• Congestion resulting in minimal ventilation and natural light

on the street level.

• The proposal paired a series of small towers with

the periodic mini-plazas along primary corridors,

reducing the building foot print and keeping

residents rooted in the micro communities that

their social and economic lives depend on.

• However, the fact that it was not designed to

build or improve dwellings partially limited its

ability to promote a complete upgrade.

PLAN FOR THE FOR DEVELOPEMENT

Strategies

• Dealt principally with voids to break up the blanket of

uniform building mass.

Circulation

• The central plazas in the design are linked along main

arteries of circulation. Construction of the main plazas

helped to spread out commercial activity and sustain

• future growth.

Therefore, the goal was to utilize as much pre-existing open

space as possible, linking each plaza with current main roads.

Make Rocinha a very walk-able city dealing principally with

voids to break up the blanket of uniform building mass.

Before After

Systematization of Huruma in-situ

housing upgrading project

• I t has been slightly over 13 years since

the project started. Over that time 240

housing units were completed

successfully in Kambi-moto, Mahira,

Ghetto and Gitathuru (4 of the 6

Huruma settlements). This achievement

has made the project a unique case of

successful in-situ slum upgrading, at a

time when there has been considerable

talk about failure or stalling of many

slum upgrading initiatives internationally.

Initiatives taken….

A Case of People’s Participation in Slum Upgrading

Inspite of the success and reputation about Huruma’s successful transformative

efforts, there has not proper documentation of the on project .

The inequality of access to land in the city is one of the largest factors and

contributors to development of slums. A new ideology of “slum upgrading” hence

emerged.

Problems to solve:The inequality of access to land in the city

Inadequate land for housingPoverty and inability to construct proper housing.

• Sites and services program done in the 1970s by the GOK and UN-Habitat was one of the steps towards extension of services to Greenfields to avert development of new slums.

• Community participation. The community prioritized house upgrading and the Trust helped to mobilize the community to come together to start saving little monies on a daily basis and to start negotiating with the city council of Nairobi to grant them access to the land they had lived on for several years for upgrading.

• The design of the improved units allowed incremental construction. This was

not only convenient for slum dwellers who cannot raise the required total

construction cost in a one-off but also allow incremental occupation beginning

with the starter unit. Allocation criteria are agreed upon by the community

members based on their own set criteria hence a guard against gentrification

Other initiatives.

- Adequate planning measures have also proceeded with the anticipated rapid

growth of towns in the new counties to avoid carrying over of the lessons badly

learnt in our current cities.

• Construction guilds of the urban poor could be an option in reducing upgrading

costs. The on-going slum upgrading and prevention policy is also expected to

recommend appropriate land tenure system, financing and prevention of

further proliferation of slums. Adequate planning measures should precede the

anticipated rapid growth of towns in the new counties to avoid carrying over of

the lessons badly learnt in our current cities.

• The on-going slum upgrading and prevention policy has also recommended

appropriate land tenure system, financing and prevention of further spread of

slums.

• Lessons learnt :

- incremental construction (The community members find temporary

accommodation within the settlements as other parts are voluntarily

demolished to create space for construction.)

- Sites and services program were priority s given to services such as roads,

water and electricity before housing is put in place.

- Community involvement hence creating jobs for the people during construction

process.

Sustainability

• Creating open spaces that will accommodate the growing

population.

• Merging of plots…

• Constructing a series of roads to almost every plot to make

development elastic .

• Creating mixed use land use where people can live and stay.

A case for the organic grid pattern

and ITS meandering streets• With heightened regularity of street patterns, residents are at risk of

being exposed to an increased risk of accidents and level of noisebut a decrease in neighborhood social interaction and a loss of character in the appearance of the neighborhood

• Streets can be designed in ways that will result in slower and safer vehicle speeds and that will enhance the quality of neighborhood life.

• Design elements that tend to slow down traffic include planted islands, changes in grade, changes in street width, meandering roads, cul-de-sacs, and rotaries.

• The woon erf street is more expensive to build and to maintain, but developers and cities have found that the experience of residents is so positive that the higher cost is worthwhile.

Travelling through the planning area with a local child, we found that he

remembered his way using landmarks such as people’s home, community

water points, churches, bars and the like. This gave a sense of intimacy

with the living neighborhood rather than its structure.

Originally the woon erf was developed for use in low-income

residential areas, but the street layout proved to be so

desirable that its use spread to neighborhoods of all types.

Many existing streets in European cities have been converted

from traditional arrangements into woon erfs. Residents

report that they find the environment very desirable because

of the park-like atmosphere, the visual character of the

neighborhood, and the availability of social opportunities

for children and adults

Cul-de-sac design

• The cul-de-sac was developed out of necessity but has evolved into a preferred feature of many projects. Originally a “dead end” was seen as a necessary evil or the result of poor design—necessary only to accommodate difficult topography or property shapes.

• But as residential development design has evolved, planners, developers, real estate professionals, and most importantly home buyers have recognized the desirability of the cul-de-sac location.

• The appeal of the cul-de-sac as expressed by people that live on them is the privacy, the absence of through traffic, and the sense of inclusivity and neighborhood that develops among the residents.

• Along with providing the sense of a more secure environment for residents, a properly designed cul-de-sac offers more tangible benefits as well. For example, the well-designed cul-de-sac often requires less pavement for each housing unit than its equivalent in street might require because it can be built using a narrower cartway width and a landscaped island. The reduced pavement coverage has several positive results: less impermeable surface, which results in less runoff and lower street maintenance costs.

DEMOLITION

A pie chart showing degree of

demolition

46%

34%

20%

Degree of Demolition

Partial demolition

No demolition

Total demolition

Total demolition area criteria

• Temporary nature of structures

• Size of structure

• Distance from roads

• Obstruction of connectivity

• Importance of location of structure

Partial demolition area criteria

• Fragmentation of the structure

• Permanent or semi permanent nature of structure

• Varying importance of structures on a plot

No demolition area criteria

• Size of premises occupied

• Permanence of structure

• Size of structure

• Importance of structure to planning area and Nansana at

large

PLOT SIZES

• High density; standard minimum is 12x25m.

• The proposed plan has areas ranging from 16x21 – 26x28

• The people in the planning area however cannot afford plots of the standard sizes as single individuals.

• Each of these plots is therefore subdivided into smaller parts for 2-4 families to share. A plot therefore has parts such as, Plot 123A, 123B and so on.

• The buildings on such plots are to be low-cost, compact houses.

• Medium density; standard minimum is 20x30m

• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 22x27 - 35X34

• This too stems from the incapability of most people in the

area to afford that size of plot.

• These will be shared also by 2-8 families.

• Unlike the high density plots though, these will have some

provision for parking and buildings can rise as high as 1

storey.

PLOT SIZES

• Low density; standard minimum is 25x40m

• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 21x31 – 36x42

• These are based on buildings that are already on site and

will not be demolished so the measurements are as is on

site.

• These are occupied by single families and may be as high as

1 storey.

PLOT SIZES

PLOT DEMARCATION

An example of a medium density plot showing the parking provision and

division of plots using pedestrian paths

The motor ways and sidewalks together will be 6000mm wide.

LAND USE

UTILITIES

HOUSING:

Low density

• Large plots provide adequate room

for flexible development

Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats

• The road access to these areas is

limited and mostly of foot paths

• The housing is mostly of permanent

structure and may not easily be

cleared for change

HOUSING TYPOLOGIES and

land use

High density


• The homes are oriented such that they share

courtyards which eases sharing of plots when

designing for a number of homes

• This housing is predominantly along the roads

therefore providing efficient access to the plots

• The homes are congested which brings up

issues of poor sanitation

• Some are of temporary structure

Intervention

Low density housing

• Low density housing for 1 family

• About 6 persons in total

• Will put up about 10% of the population

• Each unit being 200-1000sq meters

• Of detached building typology

• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a toilet

with bathroom

• Housing planning for a population of up to 5000 persons considering a growth in population

Medium density housing

• Medium housing for 4 families

• Houses about 24persons

• Will put up about 30% Of the population

• Semi detached building typology and of two levels

• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a

toilet with bathroom

1.

2.• Medium housing for 4 families

• Houses about 24 persons on each plot


• Semi detached building typology with a communal court

yard.


toilet with shower

High density housing

• High housing for 1 family

• Houses about 6 persons on each plot of about 22m x

11mm


• detached building typology

• Floor area of 45-100sq meters.


toilet with shower

Low density

10%

Medium density

50%

high density40%Percentage of housing densities

proposed

Mixed use housing

• The building is 1 level where the front is

commercial and the tenant can live in the

back

• Total floor area of 90sq meters

• Accommodates about 2 persons

• Will have a shop,1 bedroom, a kitchenate and

a toilet with shower

• It’s a 2 level building with the ground floor being

commercial and 1st floor being residential.

• Total floor area of 96sq meters

• Accommodates 2 families about 12 persons


toilet with shower

1. 2.

COMMERCIAL:


• Presence of access roads facilitates the

commerce

• Employment which provides for a income in

the homes

• Poor sanitation from waste disposal and

poor drainage

Intervention

• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste

disposal/management system

• Designing a proper drainage system for both

storm water and sewerage.

INDUSTRIAL:


• Employment opportunities to area for the

residents• Noise pollution as its within residential

areas

• Establishments are of temporary

structures that negatively affect the

aesthetics of the site

• Poor waste management

Intervention

• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste

disposal/management system

INSTITUTIONS:


• Existence of a church and mosque caters for the

residents religious needs and enhances community

cohesion

• The health center 3 though off-site renders health

care to the residents to better the quality of life

• The elementary schools provide education in

proximity to the resident children

• The health center 3 is however not adequate

for the entire population being planned for

• The schools on site are also inadequate, limited

to one level of education

Intervention

• We proposed a health center on site to complement on the already

existing one that happens to be inadequate

• We also propose to upgrade the education facilities and their

structure to a permanent status

• Also improve on the state structure of the church

• Providing adequate road access with appropriate road signs to

ensure the safety of school children

CIVIC:


• Presence of a police station increases on

the security

• Limited civic organisation to engage the

community

Intervention

• We propose a community center which will be a

gathering space for the residents

• We also propose initiation of youth group and welfare

organisations in the community

GARBAGE DISPOSAL

MANAGEMENT

Type of solid waste:

• Household waste

• Commercial waste

• Institutional waste

• Market waste

• Others incl. industrial waste

Strengths and Opportunities

• There is a garbage collection area at kiteezi

which is in proximity to the site

Weaknesses and Threats

• There is no function garbage disposal

system

• There is a dis regard for proper garbage

disposal which results into poor sanitation

Garbage collection route/system

Legend

- Primary collection points

- Secondary collection point

Considerations:

• Essentially linking the local level government

officers with the residents for mobilisation

• Enforcing an efficient collection time table

• Adequate sensitisation and training of the

community

• Possible provision of waste bags

• Subsidise the collection fees by the town council

Garbage from households, institutions, markets to

primary points to secondary point and then to

town garbage collection

Community spaces

Green belt

Suitability to population

• The current population of Nabweru north is 22888 people.

• The planning area constitutes approximately a ¼ of Nabweru north. Its population can thus be estimated at about 4600 people.

• There are 16 plots designated for commercial use. Buildings here can be built up to 1 floor. Considering building regulations these buildings can cover an average of 600sq. m, which can hold about 24 businesses per level.

• with each business employing about 4 people that’s (4x24x16) people

• 1536.

• There are 20 plots designated for low density residential

use. Buildings here can be built up to 1 floor but since they

generally house single families, the population portion here

is 20 x 6(general family size)

• 120

• There are 88 plots designated for medium density

residential use. Buildings here can be built up to 1 floor.

• Each building will house a minimum of two families.

• The average plot size is 25x30. giving each family an

average of 9x9, 16 families can use a single plot; 16x4x88.

• 5632

• There are 54 plots designated for high density residential

use. Buildings here can be built initially only up to ground

floor.

• Each plot will house up to 4 families.

• The average plot size is 20x25. giving each family an

average of 8x8sq m, 4 families can use a single plot;

4x6x54.

• 1296

• There are 37 plots designated for mixed commercial and

residential use. Buildings here can be built up to 2 floors.

• The average plot size is 20x25. giving each residential unit

for rent an average of 8x8sq m, 8 families can use a single

plot; 8x6x37.

• 1776

That totals to about 10,000 people

Phases of plan execution

• Phase 1 would involve widening the current ring road to an even 6m width and applying tarmac to the surface. This will be the main supply route for materials and machines to be used in future development

• This would be followed by clearing and development of the areas for the three activity nodes and creating the adjoining roads. The importance of this is to bring tangible awareness of how useful the development will be to the people of the area by the reaping benefits like better health care, better places for children and adults alike to have recreation activities, a better business environment, to mention but a few

• Phase 2 would involve all necessary demolitions for the

creation of the cul-de-sacs and other streets.

• This would then be followed by the systematic demolition

and development of the three main sectors created. First

would be the residential sector, then the market sector and

lastly the civic sector. This way the area grows for the

inside out. A place to live, a place to work and finallya

service centre for both

S.w.o.t analysis of our approach

Strengths

• It maintains the character in the appearance of the neighborhood while giving it order

• It minimizes conflict with the locals over changes by endeavoring to build on the already existing network of plots

• It reduces costs of development as it has fewer roads, one-way banking to drain roads to only one side, fewer costs in compensations, to mention but a few

• It encourages varieties of experiences as one moves through the neighborhood

• Encourages a more even settlement pattern

• Encourages community

• It increases privacy and the sense of inclusivity and neighborhood

• Naturally surveilled streets increase security

Weaknesses

• The plots have irregular shapes which can be very difficult to plan for as each one is unique

• The intimate relationship between people who settle here can also be dangerous, encouraging crime

• It is not nearly as easy to read as a regular grid would have been

• The winding roads can make laying of power and drainage lines difficult

Opportunities

• Its soft approach to the people already inhabiting the area gives it hope of meeting less resistance hence higher chances of implementation

• It would highly involve the people in its execution, they know best where whose property ends and where conflicts are bound to arise. If executed, it would create a higher sense of belonging to their neighborhood, like they built it with their own hands

• It will curb land fragmentation by drawing the lines beyond which land will be divided no more

• It leaves room for the population to grow, as it is bound to

• Rain water harvesting

Threats

• If not carried out in detail, the plan could end up not having any effect on the area.

ThANK you

Site Turn table

References

• The Woonerf Concept “Rethinking a Residential Street in

Somerville”

• Site planning and development hand book

• Uganda National Roads Authority Act 2006

• Chapter 350; Access to roads act

slum upgrading project

Education