Enhancing adaptation of poor urban dwellers to the effects of climate variability and change

Lwasa, Shuaib; Tenywa, Moses; Mwanjalolo, G J Majaliwa; Sengendo, Hannington; Prain, Gordon

doi:10.1088/1755-1307/6/33/332002

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“…Despite an awareness of the problems and clear understanding of the importance of wetland management for the sustainability of Kampala's infrastructure and quality of life, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has a very low capacity to stop encroachment. This is partly because of the value of the wetlands as a site for industrial development, enabled through the Industrial Location Policy (Lwasa et al 2009). Moreover, complex and overlapping land tenure patterns seemingly limit the powers of the local government to enforce compliance with environmental regulatory measures meant to protect the wetlands, leading to informal settlements in wetland areas.…”

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“…These factors may occur gradually or suddenly, and governance and city management policies also interact with the factors that lead to perceived or actual threat to the households. Once a hazard event occurs, the decision-making process starts and different factors including economic, social, health-related, household characteristics, costs of reducing risk and costs of moving are weighed differently by different households before making a decision (Lwasa et al 2009;McBean 2012). This framing recognises that drivers and conditioning factors do not necessarily mean that relocation will occur.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South

2021

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Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL. She was principal investigator on the 'Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas' project that this book is based on. Her academic interests are linked by a commitment to improving the quality of life and livelihoods of low-income groups living in urban areas in the global South. Her research contributes to the area of disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery and to the role of local governments and civil society in this -and to integrating an understanding of disaster risk into development. This encompasses issues of urban planning, housing quality, building code regulations, informal settlements (and upgrading) and evictions. Her work engages internationally with policymakers as well as with local communities and she has worked in countries across Asia and Africa, including Turkey,

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2021

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“…The challenges of raising children in informal settlements with no basic infrastructure are far reaching let alone the specific challenges around leaving a backyard with skeletal drainage characterized by flowing grey water that exposes the children, the disabled and women to environmental health risks (Lwasa et al, 2009). In line with proposals regarding gendered needs of infrastructure, urban planning needs to respond in a more innovative way that considers affordability, social inclusiveness and sustenance minimum housing and neighborhood level service standards to support these groups.…”

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Gender responsiveness in infrastructure provision for African cities: The case of Kampala in Uganda

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Lwasa²

2014

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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Urban service delivery in cities of Africa is undergoing transformation in the quest to improve access and coverage while reducing the urban infrastructure deficit. This is mainly signaled by the gradual shift to integrated urban planning functions and decision-making spheres within the institutional set-up of city authorities. This paper builds on a triangulated study in Kampala city to argue that urban planning functions should not only be integrated but also responsive to gender needs, as an inclusive pathway to sustained provision of infrastructure. The study found out that the utilization of infrastructure and the associated aspects of service delivery are socially preconditioned by socioeconomic preferences that are based on gender differentials in mobility needs. Women preferred infrastructure that offers personal security, flexible mobility, hygiene and physical comfort, whereas men were primarily concerned about alternative travel routes for punctuality, safety while on the road, convenience and quicker connectivity to public utilities. But planning at city level has neither integrated nor transcended the physical, economic and environmental accounts of infrastructure and service provision to include gender responsiveness. This ultimately leads to delivery outcomes that are less aligned to variations in women's compared to men's end-user expectations. The paper concludes with a step-wise framework for conceptualizing how urban planning can be gender responsive together with examples on real-life applications in the context of African cities.

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“…As observed in the participatory poverty assessment report (Bevan & Sewaya, 1995;Ministry of Finance, 2001), rural and urban poverty can be distinguished with the latter predominantly manifesting in terms health outcomes, unemployment and or low pay compared to cost of living, poor drainage, poor housing and sanitation facilities. In Kampala poverty is still prevalent and a major challenge for development (Lwasa et al, 2009). But decentralization and improved local governance has been advanced as an alternative approach to addressing poverty.…”

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Urban Governance and Poverty Reduction in Uganda: Lessons from Foreign Aid Regime of Local Government Development Program

Lwasa¹

2015

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Government of Uganda implemented the Local Government Development Program (LGDP) between 2000 and 2009 with support from multilateral and bilateral agencies. Unlike previous policies such as Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP's) and Liberalization Policies, LGDP was designed to address poverty following a participatory approach. The participatory approach involved improvement of service delivery where local communities identified, prioritized and implemented development projects. This approach ensured demand-driven service delivery with a performance assessment strategy through multi-level budget framework meetings organized to prioritize and evaluate the project outcomes. LGDP aligned with the overarching Poverty Eradication Action Plan policy by improving services delivery within the mandate of Local Governments. The services included health, education, street lighting, water supply, drainage, waste collection among others as provided for by the Local Governments Act. Funding was provided as Conditional and non-conditional grants released in each financial year for two grouped items of Local Development Grants (LDG) and Capacity Building Grants (CBG). This paper examines the fundamentals of participatory local development planning conceived as a people-centered approach in decisionmaking and how it contributed to development in Uganda. The paper also critiques the implications of LGDP upon aid withdrawal and its implications on locally generated mobilization of resources for sustainability.

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Enhancing adaptation of poor urban dwellers to the effects of climate variability and change

Cited by 11 publications

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Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South

Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South

Gender responsiveness in infrastructure provision for African cities: The case of Kampala in Uganda

Urban Governance and Poverty Reduction in Uganda: Lessons from Foreign Aid Regime of Local Government Development Program

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