relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4266/
title: Megacity Transition; Evaluating Sustainable Development in Dar es Salaam
creator: Kibhisa, Motatiro
description: This report looks at megacity transition in the case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The aim is to look at how cities (specifically those in the Global South) develop a sustainable transition strategy in their urban environments. Sustainability is the front runner of this research as Dar es Salaam has to accommodate the urban growth from a population of 5.5 million to 13 million in the span of 20 years. With the rapid growth that Dar es Salaam is expected to experience in the upcoming years, the Dar es Salaam City Master Plan (DSMCMP) is the main strategy document guiding the decisions for land use and development. This leads to the main research question: To what extent do proposed measures in the DSMCMP facillitate sustainable urban growth for future megacity Dar es Salaam?     To evaluate how sustainable the proposed strategies are, the research references the 11th SDG (Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable) and the thematic elements of the triple bottom line (People, Planet. Profit). This is analysed through the lens of the UN-HABITAT 2016 World Cities Report identifying the strategies to tackle following issues; climate change, equality, informal settlements, insecurity, migration, and service provision. These themes are used to code the document and analyse how the DSMCMP developed in comparison to the global urban trends identified by UN-HABITAT.    The results conclude that even though the master plan does identify measures tackling all 6 issues, there is a difference in what is expected theoretically versus what is applied in reality. Local context should be added to sustainability aims for more relevant solutions. The DSMCMP gives priority to some issues more than others and explores integrated strategies as a means of sustainable development.
date: 2023
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4266/1/Bachelor%20Thesis-Kibhisa.pdf
identifier:   Kibhisa, Motatiro  (2023) Megacity Transition; Evaluating Sustainable Development in Dar es Salaam.  Bachelor thesis.