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    Urban Expansion in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area,UG-pdf

    The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) includes the Kampala city centre and the inner suburbs, the outer dormitory towns and suburbs,
    peripheral towns and peri urban extension to Mukono, Wakiso and Mpigi districts. The area has experienced significant urban growth for many
    decades and is currently the second-fastest-growing urban area in Eastern Africa. It is an industrial, commercial and educational centre and vital
    to the country’s economic growth. The urban growth of GKMA impacts on the environmental resources.

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    Urban Expansion in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area,UG, The GKMA covers Kampala city and extends to Mukono,Wakiso and Mpigi districts. It plays a major role in driving Uganda’s transformation to a middle-income country as envisaged in Vision 2040. GKMA is developing at higher relative rate in terms of infrastructure, urbanization, industrialization, commerce and trade than other areas within Uganda. However, in the drive for greater industrialization and urbanization
    alongside rapid population growth, pressure is being exerted on the existing natural resources and the general environment.

    This report assesses how urban development projects affect environmental resources in the GKMA. It examines the ESIA process and how it is implemented in urban development projects in GKMA. Greater Kampala.

    The report is divided into the following eight chapters. Chapter one provides a background to the study and defines its methodologies. Chapter two provides an environmental profile of the GKMA and chapter three examines the ESIA process in Uganda.

    This is followed by a presentation of the legal and policy framework for ESIA in Uganda in chapter four, and of the institutional framework in chapter five. Chapter six analyses the ESIA experience in GKMA projects.

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