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Make Needed Adjustments To Upgrade The Existing Land Development Planning: A Case Study Of Kabeza Site Of Kicukiro District, Kigali City, Rwanda.
- Author(s):Jean Pierre Habiyaremye1, 2* , Cush Ngonzo Luwesi3, 4* , Ugwuoti Amos Iloabuchi5, 6*
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- Paper ID:IQRJ-24002005
- Volume :003
- Issue:02
- February 2024
- ISSN: 2790-4296(Online)
- ISBN: 978-9956-504-74-9(Print)
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Author(s): Jean Pierre Habiyaremye, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Ugwuoti Amos Iloabuchi. Paper Title:
Make Needed Adjustments To Upgrade The Existing Land Development Planning: A Case Study Of Kabeza Site Of Kicukiro
District, Kigali City, Rwanda.
IQ Research Journal of IQ res. j. (2024)3(02): pp 01-15. Vol. 003, Issue 02 02-2024, pp.061-76
ABSTRACT
Urban upgrading is broadly defined as physical, social, economic, organizational, and environmental
improvements undertaken cooperatively among citizens, community groups, businesses, and local
authorities to ensure sustained improvements in the quality of life for individuals (Cities Alliance,
2003). More specifically, the primary goals of upgrading projects are to provide secure land tenure
in informal and often illegal areas and to improve basic infrastructure and service delivery (Gulyani
and Connors, 2002).
This study assists in making needed adjustments to upgrade the existing land development planning
at the Kabeza site, assisting site residents and policymakers in developing optimal land use planning
and management methods for the long-term development of this site. To solve the issue of an
uncontrolled increase in informal settlements and a lack of basic infrastructure, a detailed
topographic survey of the area was undertaken. Secondary data was obtained from the Kigali City
master plan and the Google Earth professional platform to get computerized data. The findings of
this study show that the existing situation is not well planned according to the standard and indicate
that the new design is well planned compared to the existing one. The residential area has increased
up to 69.62ha with 1873 new proposed plots and 295 existing adjusted plots; transportation with a
total length of 28.85 km; leisure and sport with an area of 2.48ha; ravine with 1.24km of length; open
space with 0.37ha; leisure and sport with an area of 2.48ha; forest with 3.18 ha; and a water tank
occupying 0.098ha.
However, there are still some serious concerns about the newly designed plan in this area. These
should be viewed as recommendations to be considered by future research implementers and
partners, particularly the local government units overseeing the research sites. The most important
emerging issue is the packaging of all infrastructure within the project. Thus, developers and state
entities should work together to identify measures to minimize the negative impacts of interventions
on the poor and women, as well as the negative impacts on the environment.
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