Intergration of water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka city, Zambia.
Date
2023
Authors
Mulenga, Martin
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
This study aimed at assessing the integration of water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka City. The study was guided by three objectives, which were to determine how water supply managers and municipal land use planners integrate water supply and land use plans in Lusaka City, to identify the barriers faced in the integration of water supply and land use plans in Lusaka City and to assess the level of integration between water supply plans and municipal land use plans in Lusaka City. A total of 22 key informants were interviewed using interview guides. Informants were purposively selected, then using a snowball selection approach, additional individuals to participate based on the recommendations of their colleagues was requested. The key informants comprised professionals responsible and involved in water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka City. These were selected from Lusaka City Council (LCC), Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC), Ministry of Local Government (MLG), Ministry of Water Development Sanitation and Environmental Protection (MWDSEP), and Water Resource Authority Management (WARMA). Collected data was coded and analyzed using thematic and content analysis.
The results of the study indicated that, urban planners and water supply managers in Lusaka City are set by legislation to integrate water supply and land use plans through cross sector involvement, consultation, collaboration and taking into account the requirements specified under the legislations governing both sectors when developing plans. However, there has been lack of cross sector involvement and consultation, poor collaboration, less consideration of cross sector requirements and water-land use interaction in the development of plans, especially municipal land use plans. Water supply and municipal land use plans have been prepared in a silored manner. Main barriers leading to this were institutional and personnel behavioral in nature. Institutional barriers were grounded mainly on differing, fractured and fragmented legal and institutional governance structures of water supply and municipal land use planning in the city, whereas personnel behavioural barriers were grounded on differing professional perspectives, interest and education backgrounds; limited knowledge and lack of care and attention to integration and water-land use interactions. The study further revealed and concluded that, integration of water supply and municipal land use plans in Lusaka city was not happening. The need for integration was only emerging then.
In view of the aforementioned, the situation on the ground was posed to have far-reaching and increasingly undesirable consequences/developments if not addressed. Thus, remedying required innovative ways of allocating responsibility, accountability, and innovative structures for the coordination and management of sectors. It also required shifts in professional cultures, which might be realised through education and training
Key Words: Water Supply, Land Use, Planning, Integration, Collaboration, Lusaka
Description
Degree of master of science in spatial planning.
Keywords
Integration of water supply-- Municipal land use-- planning. , Water Supply and land integration.