Linking Water Supply and Sanitation Service Provision with
Urban Planning
Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative
Workshop for developing a capacity building framework – Oct 2006
Frederic Saliez, Urban Development Branch, UN-HABITAT
Chaotic consumption of territory
What’s the problem ?
NAKURU - unique spatial setting between Lake Nakuru & Menegai Crater
Spatial development impact on water supply sustainability
Is there any planner on board?
Water pipes define the city structure
Good
territoria
l
informatio
nGood
urban
planning
the project coordinator’s dream …
Good
infrastr
ucture Good
management
Does it work ? Can you wait ?
Information
Vision
Action
Co-Production
Information management, GIS
Project management
Partnership building, Communication & Participation techniques
Reading the city
Strategic thinking
Spatial visioning & urban design
Translated into capacity building terms…
“Learning by doing”
LA 21 [1994-2004]Nakuru, Kenya
confrontation between national park and modern city missing synergetic relations between two
Look at the city…
accentuate natural assets, protect fragile ecologies & green linksproblem turned into opportunity to stucture entire city
Understand it…
urban parkmediator between conflicting interests
Vision it…
urban parknew front for the city / park
Design it…
But take everybody on board !
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