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

The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promo...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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BAY
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25136609/promoting-green-urban-development-african-cities-kampala-uganda-urban-environmental-profile
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topic FLOODING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FISH
WETLAND RESTORATION
WETLAND QUALITY
STORMWATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BIRDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
AIR QUALITY
LAND USES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WETLAND AREA
PLANNING PROCESS
PHRAGMITES
TOPOGRAPHY
SPECIES RICHNESS
CARBON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
WATERWAYS
STUDY PERIOD
DISCHARGE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DRAINAGE CHANNELS
HEAVY METALS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
HYDROLOGY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
NUTRIENT CYCLING
EMISSIONS
MONITORING
RESERVOIRS
HOUSING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
INCENTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
WETLAND AREAS
UPLAND AREAS
BAY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
QUALITY
NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
AUDITS
RESOURCE USE
STORM RUNOFF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SEDIMENT
PLANTS
WILDLIFE
EXPLOITATION
OIL
AIR POLLUTION
TRADEOFFS
WETLAND LOSS
POPULATION GROWTH
SEDIMENTS
FLOODS
INVASIVE SPECIES
WETLAND CONVERSION
CONSTRUCTION
SWAMP
OPTIONS
POLLUTION LEVELS
BIODIVERSITY
SPECIES
RAINFALL
DRAINAGE
FLOOD ATTENUATION
POLLUTION
ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
FORESTRY
INDICATORS
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
WETLAND SYSTEMS
WETLANDS MANAGEMENT
WETLAND • SYSTEM
NATURAL RESOURCES
STORM WATER
PRECIPITATION
HYDROGEN
METALS
RUNOFF
WETLAND RESOURCES
CROPS
EFFICIENCY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
LAND USE
SHORES
PLANT SPECIES
RESOURCES
PROTECTING WETLANDS
WETLAND DRAINAGE
BEACH
VEGETATION
CONTINUOUS MONITORING
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
VALUES
WETLAND VEGETATION
ECONOMIC VALUE
QUALITY STANDARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
DOMINANT VEGETATION
CLIMATE
DEFORESTATION
FORESTS
STORM EVENTS
LAND AREA
POLLUTANTS
AGRICULTURE
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
PROPERTY
FOREST
AERIAL IMAGERY
FLOODWATERS
WETLANDS SYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENT
FOOD
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
STREAMS
WASTE DISPOSAL
SURFACE AREA
WETLAND SYSTEM
FISHERIES
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SEWAGE TREATMENT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
EROSION
LAKES
LAND
ECOSYSTEMS
ANALYSIS
DRINKING WATER
WATERSHED
RIVERINE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
GROUNDWATER
MITIGATION
NUTRIENT LOADS
DOWNSTREAM AREAS
WETLAND
FARMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
ECOLOGY
FLOOD CONTROL
WATER POLLUTION
REVENUE
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESTORATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
WETLAND WATER
RECYCLING
WETLAND FUNCTION
EFFLUENTS
DEGRADING WATER QUALITY
PROPERTY VALUES
ENVIRONMENTAL
WETLANDS
IMPLEMENTATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
NATIVE SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLANDS
STORMWATER RUNOFF
RIVER
spellingShingle FLOODING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FISH
WETLAND RESTORATION
WETLAND QUALITY
STORMWATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BIRDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
AIR QUALITY
LAND USES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WETLAND AREA
PLANNING PROCESS
PHRAGMITES
TOPOGRAPHY
SPECIES RICHNESS
CARBON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
WATERWAYS
STUDY PERIOD
DISCHARGE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DRAINAGE CHANNELS
HEAVY METALS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
HYDROLOGY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
NUTRIENT CYCLING
EMISSIONS
MONITORING
RESERVOIRS
HOUSING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
INCENTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
WETLAND AREAS
UPLAND AREAS
BAY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
QUALITY
NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
AUDITS
RESOURCE USE
STORM RUNOFF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SEDIMENT
PLANTS
WILDLIFE
EXPLOITATION
OIL
AIR POLLUTION
TRADEOFFS
WETLAND LOSS
POPULATION GROWTH
SEDIMENTS
FLOODS
INVASIVE SPECIES
WETLAND CONVERSION
CONSTRUCTION
SWAMP
OPTIONS
POLLUTION LEVELS
BIODIVERSITY
SPECIES
RAINFALL
DRAINAGE
FLOOD ATTENUATION
POLLUTION
ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
FORESTRY
INDICATORS
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
WETLAND SYSTEMS
WETLANDS MANAGEMENT
WETLAND • SYSTEM
NATURAL RESOURCES
STORM WATER
PRECIPITATION
HYDROGEN
METALS
RUNOFF
WETLAND RESOURCES
CROPS
EFFICIENCY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
LAND USE
SHORES
PLANT SPECIES
RESOURCES
PROTECTING WETLANDS
WETLAND DRAINAGE
BEACH
VEGETATION
CONTINUOUS MONITORING
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
VALUES
WETLAND VEGETATION
ECONOMIC VALUE
QUALITY STANDARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
DOMINANT VEGETATION
CLIMATE
DEFORESTATION
FORESTS
STORM EVENTS
LAND AREA
POLLUTANTS
AGRICULTURE
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
PROPERTY
FOREST
AERIAL IMAGERY
FLOODWATERS
WETLANDS SYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENT
FOOD
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
STREAMS
WASTE DISPOSAL
SURFACE AREA
WETLAND SYSTEM
FISHERIES
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SEWAGE TREATMENT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
EROSION
LAKES
LAND
ECOSYSTEMS
ANALYSIS
DRINKING WATER
WATERSHED
RIVERINE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
GROUNDWATER
MITIGATION
NUTRIENT LOADS
DOWNSTREAM AREAS
WETLAND
FARMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
ECOLOGY
FLOOD CONTROL
WATER POLLUTION
REVENUE
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESTORATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
WETLAND WATER
RECYCLING
WETLAND FUNCTION
EFFLUENTS
DEGRADING WATER QUALITY
PROPERTY VALUES
ENVIRONMENTAL
WETLANDS
IMPLEMENTATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
NATIVE SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLANDS
STORMWATER RUNOFF
RIVER
World Bank Group
Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
geographic_facet Africa
Uganda
description The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and ecosystem services, a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank. An overall objective of this project is to link the study of urban environmental issues with the advancement of more sustainable urban growth. The profile summarizes the existing quality of the wetlands and other aquatic and terrestrial environmental assets, identifies the key drivers that are the cause of their vulnerability, and describes the key institutional challenges and constraining factors that limit the city’s ability to address environmental management challenges. Identification of the key environmental assets and key drivers of environmental degradation within the city required a more comprehensive review of reports on urban planning and infrastructure services. The city has recently made progress in the development of key infrastructure systems such as solid waste management and sanitation. The report is organized as follows: section one gives introduction. Section two sets the background and context for Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change, drawing linkages to urban environmental assets. Section three, quality of the environmental assets of Kampala describes the state of the key environmental assets, including the terrestrial assets, aquatic assets, and air quality, and attempts to infer the associated historic and current trends. Section four, drivers of environmental vulnerability and degradation describes the key issues that are driving degradation and the impacts caused. Section five, institutional issues and challenges describes the key factors that constrain Kampala‘s ability to effectively address environmental management challenges. Section six, provides a synthesis of key findings.
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title Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
title_short Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
title_full Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
title_fullStr Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
title_sort promoting green urban development in african cities : kampala, uganda, urban environmental profile
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25136609/promoting-green-urban-development-african-cities-kampala-uganda-urban-environmental-profile
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spelling okr-10986-229412021-06-14T10:17:02Z Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile World Bank Group FLOODING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FISH WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND QUALITY STORMWATER ECONOMIC GROWTH BIRDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CARBON DIOXIDE AIR QUALITY LAND USES WASTE MANAGEMENT WETLAND AREA PLANNING PROCESS PHRAGMITES TOPOGRAPHY SPECIES RICHNESS CARBON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WATERWAYS STUDY PERIOD DISCHARGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE CHANNELS HEAVY METALS FINANCIAL RESOURCES HYDROLOGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION NUTRIENT CYCLING EMISSIONS MONITORING RESERVOIRS HOUSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DRINKING WATER QUALITY WETLAND AREAS UPLAND AREAS BAY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES PUBLIC HEALTH BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AUDITS RESOURCE USE STORM RUNOFF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SEDIMENT PLANTS WILDLIFE EXPLOITATION OIL AIR POLLUTION TRADEOFFS WETLAND LOSS POPULATION GROWTH SEDIMENTS FLOODS INVASIVE SPECIES WETLAND CONVERSION CONSTRUCTION SWAMP OPTIONS POLLUTION LEVELS BIODIVERSITY SPECIES RAINFALL DRAINAGE FLOOD ATTENUATION POLLUTION ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS FORESTRY INDICATORS BENEFIT ANALYSIS WETLAND SYSTEMS WETLANDS MANAGEMENT WETLAND • SYSTEM NATURAL RESOURCES STORM WATER PRECIPITATION HYDROGEN METALS RUNOFF WETLAND RESOURCES CROPS EFFICIENCY AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS LAND USE SHORES PLANT SPECIES RESOURCES PROTECTING WETLANDS WETLAND DRAINAGE BEACH VEGETATION CONTINUOUS MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES WETLAND VEGETATION ECONOMIC VALUE QUALITY STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS DOMINANT VEGETATION CLIMATE DEFORESTATION FORESTS STORM EVENTS LAND AREA POLLUTANTS AGRICULTURE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS PROPERTY FOREST AERIAL IMAGERY FLOODWATERS WETLANDS SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT FOOD GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE STREAMS WASTE DISPOSAL SURFACE AREA WETLAND SYSTEM FISHERIES ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY EROSION LAKES LAND ECOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS DRINKING WATER WATERSHED RIVERINE RESIDENTIAL AREAS GROUNDWATER MITIGATION NUTRIENT LOADS DOWNSTREAM AREAS WETLAND FARMS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ECOLOGY FLOOD CONTROL WATER POLLUTION REVENUE POLLUTION CONTROL RESTORATION RISK MANAGEMENT WETLAND WATER RECYCLING WETLAND FUNCTION EFFLUENTS DEGRADING WATER QUALITY PROPERTY VALUES ENVIRONMENTAL WETLANDS IMPLEMENTATION LAND MANAGEMENT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE NATIVE SPECIES NATIONAL WETLANDS STORMWATER RUNOFF RIVER The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and ecosystem services, a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank. An overall objective of this project is to link the study of urban environmental issues with the advancement of more sustainable urban growth. The profile summarizes the existing quality of the wetlands and other aquatic and terrestrial environmental assets, identifies the key drivers that are the cause of their vulnerability, and describes the key institutional challenges and constraining factors that limit the city’s ability to address environmental management challenges. Identification of the key environmental assets and key drivers of environmental degradation within the city required a more comprehensive review of reports on urban planning and infrastructure services. The city has recently made progress in the development of key infrastructure systems such as solid waste management and sanitation. The report is organized as follows: section one gives introduction. Section two sets the background and context for Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change, drawing linkages to urban environmental assets. Section three, quality of the environmental assets of Kampala describes the state of the key environmental assets, including the terrestrial assets, aquatic assets, and air quality, and attempts to infer the associated historic and current trends. Section four, drivers of environmental vulnerability and degradation describes the key issues that are driving degradation and the impacts caused. Section five, institutional issues and challenges describes the key factors that constrain Kampala‘s ability to effectively address environmental management challenges. Section six, provides a synthesis of key findings. 2015-11-10T19:23:47Z 2015-11-10T19:23:47Z 2015-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25136609/promoting-green-urban-development-african-cities-kampala-uganda-urban-environmental-profile P148662 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22941 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy Africa Uganda