par Martineau, Julie ;Tesfu, Israel;Fisher, Axel
Référence Through Local Eyes (29-31 October 2018: United Nations' ECA-Economic Commission for Africa)
Publication Non publié, 2018-10-29
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : As a major collaborative outcome of the “Local Capacity Building...” research project, the ECIP-lab, supported by the partner Belgian universities, developed a strategic masterplan and planning guidelines for the small town of Amdewerk, in close collaboration with citizens, local and regional authorities, and active NGO representatives in the area. Several on-site surveys and participatory planning workshops have been organized over a period of 5 years. The proposed masterplan draws on the metabolic analysis of the city’s resource flows, on the identification of major shared challenges, identifying a limited number of strategic actions which, alongside the official land use plan and regulations, are intended to foster a sustainable urban development of the city. The main proposals in fact heavily rely on the city’s landscape infrastructures to address major environmental and health-related challenges, which may significant enhance the inhabitants’ socio-economic condition and standards of living. As such, this proposal also entails some relevant principles of planning to address similar urban challenges and development issues in other small towns in Ethiopia and the Global South.