Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: FLOODING;    ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;    FISH;    WETLAND RESTORATION;    WETLAND QUALITY;   

RP-ID  :  100090

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The city of Kampala has undergone aperiod of rapid urbanization that has contributed to thedegradation of the city’s natural environment. The urbanenvironmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as thefirst component of the assignment promoting green urbandevelopment in Africa: enhancing the relationship betweenurbanization, environmental assets, and ecosystem services,a project being conducted under the leadership of the WorldBank. An overall objective of this project is to link thestudy of urban environmental issues with the advancement ofmore sustainable urban growth. The profile summarizes theexisting quality of the wetlands and other aquatic andterrestrial environmental assets, identifies the key driversthat are the cause of their vulnerability, and describes thekey institutional challenges and constraining factors thatlimit the city’s ability to address environmental managementchallenges. Identification of the key environmental assetsand key drivers of environmental degradation within the cityrequired a more comprehensive review of reports on urbanplanning and infrastructure services. The city has recentlymade progress in the development of key infrastructuresystems such as solid waste management and sanitation. Thereport is organized as follows: section one givesintroduction. Section two sets the background and contextfor Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapidurbanization and climate change, drawing linkages to urbanenvironmental assets. Section three, quality of theenvironmental assets of Kampala describes the state of thekey environmental assets, including the terrestrial assets,aquatic assets, and air quality, and attempts to infer theassociated historic and current trends. Section four,drivers of environmental vulnerability and degradationdescribes the key issues that are driving degradation andthe impacts caused. Section five, institutional issues andchallenges describes the key factors that constrainKampala‘s ability to effectively address environmentalmanagement challenges. Section six, provides a synthesis ofkey findings.