The Intra And Inter Sectoral Integration Of Urban Services Planning With Particular Emphasis Of Road Water And Sewerage Telecommunication And Power Supply The Case Of Inner City Addis Ababa
Institute Of Development Research (idr) Project Topics
Rapid population growth as well as dense and plan less structuring lead to an increase inrndemand for utilities Services. Consequently, increase the resources use for thernconstruction and maintenance of utilities. Moreover, damages to roads and sidewalksrnduring the construction and maintenance of utilities cause problems in daily life creaternfinancial burden etc. The rapid population growth in collaboration to haphazardrnplanning of urban sectors may cause for devastating urban structure and inevitablernphysical disruption. Since the inner city is old and place of dynamism Fequentrnconstruction and excavation is common phenomena. Frequent utility excavations inrnroads, non-standard filling and compressing in patch Works impair quality of asphaltpavedrnroads and sidewalk and decrease their economic life. This situation leads to use ofrnscarce resources for double construction of asphalt-paved roads and sidewalks as well asrneconomic losses, and vehicle and pedestrian traffic is adversely affected. "Excavationrncould be said an evil necessity" however, it is possible to minimize its effect. The primaryrnobjective of coordination is to retain or minimize this excavation and implement thernpotentially conflicting works in an efficient and effective manner moreover, eliminatesrnunexpected conflicts with utilities, avoids un necessary utility relocations, reducerndelaying of works and repetition, minimize social and economic costs and the like are thernmajor benefits.rnThe objective of this research is to assess both the intra and inter sectoral integration ofrnurban service planning's in the inner city of Addis Ababa, the study focus on the fourrninstitutions that have direct relation with this study. Moreover, four departments thatrnhave direct relation with the issue drown pwposely. Out of the total workers 68rnrespondents randomly selected to represent the whole group. BeSide, in-depth interviewrnmade Fom the virtual committee and uther offiCials. Personal observation, TV talk showrnand secondary data have served for collecting data.rnThe research(ound that though the people are aware about integration the current statusrnrated as poor but, still considerable number of people rated as medium the intra levelrnintegration. As shown in the analysis different elements have been mentioned as majorrnfactors for the low level of integration namely institutional arrangement, lack of strongrncontrolling body, good governance, lack of finance, property issuance, and short planrnyear and.frequent plan changes are listed. Moreover, this has considerable effect on thernpeljormance of all sectors as individual and as a group. The research found that therneffort made by utility providers and road authority is very less even the regulatory gavernlesser emphasis for the issue though the effect is significant. Utilities are not registeredrnyet, short plan period, roads neglected for considerable period of time un maintained.rnFinally to conclude the area though integration is very important it has been neglected inrnacademics discourse and practical issues, the absence of policy coupled with thernhaphazard planning and other similar factors exacerbate the situation in the inner cityrnthan the periphery. Recommendation on multiple trench less technology and registrationrnof utilities, institutional arrangement and the involvement of private sectors have beenrnforwarded. Areas the involvement of private sectors and the policy and related issuesrnincluding the effect of the city master plan on these utility provision and performance ofrnthe forwarder further investigation.