Infrastructure Watch Culture: Zambia's Infrastructure Report Card

Muya, Mundia; Kaluba, Chisanga; Banda, Ian Nzali; Rattray, Suzanne; Mubemba, Christopher; Mukelabai, Garry

doi:10.13189/cea.2017.050102

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“…It is important to note that similar reasons for migration were observed in agricultural settlements in other countries [17]. Migration trends in the region can be traced based on the following schemes (Figures 1, 2).…”

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Modern Model of a Rural Settlement: Development of Planning Structure and Reconstruction of Villages

Корнилова¹,

Khorovetskaya²,

Abdrashitova³

et al. 2021

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The study is aimed at developing a modern model of a rural settlement that corresponds to the socioeconomic conditions of the market economy in Kazakhstan and modern ideas about architectural planning solutions of an aesthetic nature. The proposed model will help researchers, experts, specialists in preparing recommendations for the development of rural settlements of various levels, depending on the administrative and economic significance, population size, national, regional characteristics. Villages at the present stage of development of Kazakhstan vary significantly both in importance (farm center, rural districts, etc.) and in population size (from 5,000 to 50 people), as well as in the status of territorial zones (residential and industrial zones).The study has allowed to:-reveal the dynamics of the development of rural settlements, their architectural and planning structure in time and space;-determine the dominant factor and priority approach to the formation of the architectural and planning structure of the village at each historical stage;-identify the reasons for the degradation of the architectural and planning structure of villages in the historical context;-define that the architectural and planning structure with the traditionally clear functional zoning of villages has been gradually replaced by diffuse-penetrating structure;-reveal that the mutual position of the main functional zones has changed, the production zone and the community center have undergone the greatest transformation;-develop a theoretical model of the formation of the architectural and planning structure of rural settlements; identify the main aspects and principles of its formation.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 59%

Modern Model of a Rural Settlement: Development of Planning Structure and Reconstruction of Villages

Корнилова¹,

Khorovetskaya²,

Abdrashitova³

et al. 2021

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“…Efficiency indicators were distributed according to the infrastructure projects phases, each phase was included indicators reflecting the 3 pillars of sustainability and the potential risks related to this phase. The overall indicators for all categories were (53), (32) 5) indicators. As a result of the nature of this phase that considers the longest phase of the project lifecycle because it includes execution, operation, and maintenance agreements, it acquires (39.6%) from the efficiency indicators.…”

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Infrastructure Projects for Green Cities between Implementation Challenges and Efficiency Indicators

Selim¹,

Saeed²

2021

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The world's population will be 9.2 billion in 2050, which is 2.2 billion more than today, with most of the increase in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. That will negatively affect the availability of arable land, infrastructure, and environmental performance of cities, furthermore, achieving sustainability pillars (environmental, economic, social) becomes mandatory for all countries after signing in the recommendation of the 2015 UN Summit, many initiatives and concepts were adopted to face these challenges and accomplish sustainable development. The green cities concept (GCC) and its strategies are considered an optimum approach to achieve sustainable development objectives and overcome these challenges, by enhancing performance for the existing infrastructure, reducing natural resource consumption, decreasing CO 2 emission, and engaging citizens in decision-making. On another hand, infrastructure projects are vital for achieving (GCC) concept because it reflects the progress and economic performance of countries. This study discusses the green cities, conventional and green infrastructure challenges, then presents Public-Private Partnership (PPPs) as a tool for implementing and overcoming its challenges from the green economy and green contracts perspectives. In addition, concluding an Operational Framework for implementing infrastructure projects by (PPPs) which determines the main phases in (PPPs), allocates the most important strategies for each phase, and indicates the main internal stockholders who share in decision-making. Finally, the study assigns ( 53) efficiency indicators and obtains a weight for each indicator by identifying the Relative Importance Index through an online questionnaire evaluated by (15) experts to track the achievement of the operational framework.

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“…Furthermore, the IRC received extensive media coverage and highlighted the need for the Zambian government to enhance public allocation for infrastructure maintenance and upgrading [65].…”

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Analysis and Comparison of the Infrastructure Report Cards as a Decision Making Tool for Sustainable Development

Boix-Cots,

Pardo-Bosch,

Pujadas

2023

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Infrastructure plays a pivotal role in a nation’s economic and societal progress. However, due to the substantial expenses and the constraints of a limited government budget, the need to assess the condition of each infrastructure and identify those requiring utmost attention has become imperative. To address the challenge of assessing and prioritizing infrastructure, national civil engineering associations have developed infrastructure report cards (IRCs) following diverse methodologies. The objective of this paper is to present and compare the existing IRCs, analysing their key characteristics and comparing them through the developed comparison guidelines. The findings offer valuable insights into IRCs, encompassing general knowledge, diverse practices, and areas for improvement. Furthermore, it provides guidance to civil engineering associations in nations lacking an infrastructure report card, as well as to governments and national infrastructure planners. Recommendations highlight the importance of government collaboration without direct control, transparent methodology explanations, and accessible results presentation. Enhancing IRCs based on these recommendations can facilitate structured, rational, realistic, and sustainability-based decision making. The study acknowledges limitations, including the challenge of assessing IRCs’ real impact and the limited dataset. Despite these limitations, this paper provides a crucial step toward improving IRCs and fostering informed infrastructure decisions.

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Infrastructure Watch Culture: Zambia's Infrastructure Report Card

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Modern Model of a Rural Settlement: Development of Planning Structure and Reconstruction of Villages

Modern Model of a Rural Settlement: Development of Planning Structure and Reconstruction of Villages

Infrastructure Projects for Green Cities between Implementation Challenges and Efficiency Indicators

Analysis and Comparison of the Infrastructure Report Cards as a Decision Making Tool for Sustainable Development

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