rescaling tod: examining dar es salaam
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Rescaling TOD:
Examining Dar es Salaam
Kate Owens, Urban Development Manager, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017
KATE OWENS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
RESCALING TODExamining Dar es Salaam
DAR ES SALAAM: SPRAWLING STATUS QUO
Source: Owens, dissertation 2014
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More than a 2 million new residents between 1988 - 2012
Majority of the growth was on the outskirts of the city
BRT: FIRST ATTEMPT TO COMBAT SPRAWL
Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review
TOD: BOLD VISION TO LEVERAGE BRT
Source: Kinondoni Municipal Government
How do you finance this?
How you do obtain land?
Who will use this space?
FINANCE: LAND VALUE CAPTURE
Source: Owens, background report for Tanzania Urbanization Review
$3,900 annually
$23,000 annually
Betterment Levies: huge operations implications & little fiscal impact
LAND ACQUISITION: CHALLENGE OF SMALL PLOTS
Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review
SOLUTIONS: LAND POOLING
Pros
• Local ten cell leaders have deep
knowledge of ownership
• Residents are long term
• Potential of spreading benefits
Cons
• Operationally and institutionally
difficult
• Slow process in need of long term
support
• Potential for collusion
Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review
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SOLUTIONS: RESCALING THE VISION
Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review
Existing Land Use is mixedLarge parcel for redevelopmentUpgrading existing is financially feasible
CONCLUSIONS
• Land use changes around BRT investment
is not automatic
• Land pooling needs to be better explored
and supported
• Reposition investment and development
expectations
• Incorporate design elements that are
locally relevant
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