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Due
to the absence of City Development Strategies to guide long-range growth,
cities in the state have been unable to cope with the consequences of rapid
urban growth, leading to their failure to contribute to the overall economic
and social development of the state. This has resulted in slum formation,
inadequate housing, and poor provision of basic urban services like water,
sanitation, health, education and climate change.
The
project is designed to strengthen the capacity of Kogi state and the Local
Planning Authorities responsible for the four participating cities to enable them
adopt City Development Strategies that will significantly contribute to dealing
with the various challenges of rapid urbanization in the state. These desired outcome include; adoption of
long-range plans to guide city growth for the next 25 years; promotion of
sustainable development; promotion of gender in development; provision of basic
services including access to water, health, education, communal activities; as
well as of environmental sustainability and efficient transport network, to
enable these cities contribute to national economic growth, poverty reduction
and environmental sustainability.
This
project will build on the experience of past structure planning programmes,
climate change and specifically focus on providing participating cities and
towns with capacities to harness their local assets and resources and expand
economic opportunities, especially for the youth and women.
The
problem highlighted would be addressed with the following:
(a) City Structure Plan for four selected
cities that draws on and strengthens the state's on-going successful urban
renewal progarmme.
(b) Urban Legislation and Urban Laws
Programme, a collection of policies, laws, and practices that govern the
management and development of the urban environment and citizens' behavior.
(c) Establish Kogi State Urban Observatory (a
unique monitoring system developed by UN-HABITAT) that builds indicator systems
through data collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting on sustainable
urbanization.
(d) Developing an Integrated Solid Waste
Management Plan, a holistic, strategic and systematic approach to solid waste
management based on the Waste Management Hierarchy Model: Avoid, Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle, Recover and Dispose.
(e) Developing an Early Warning System for
Climate-related extreme events such as floods and droughts. A prototype (in the
form of a guidance tool) that provides guidance on managing extreme events from
the back end (data collection sources) to the front end (delivery of warnings
to vulnerable people).
(f) A Public Spaces strategy including a
pilot project that will address social inclusion, improved
integration, mobility and connectivity, better basic service delivery.
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