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Planning Cities in AfricaQualities of Urban Planning and the Conflict Between Participatory Planning and Planning Standards: Evidence from Ethiopia

Planning Cities in Africa: Qualities of Urban Planning and the Conflict Between Participatory... [The Ethiopian hybrid planning system applies both top-down and bottom-up planning approaches simultaneously. This causes vague quality measurement indices of the urban plan and is a major obstacle for both the planning team and other stakeholders to measure quality. The chapter examines and dialectically discusses the contradictory measurement indices regarding the quality by taking Bahir Dar City Structural Plan Project as a case study. Both primary and secondary data were collected from the planning team and stakeholders for the study. This chapter argues that challenge arises from the system that uses two, often conflicting, yardsticks to measure quality, i.e. meeting the pre-defined standards and fulfilling the participants’ interest. Therefore, it suggests that the quality of an urban plan should be primarily measured in terms of the local planning standard, which is the “public acceptance”. Public acceptance here is described, measured and defined as the stakeholder’s perception that the plan is of good enough quality for implementation.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Planning Cities in AfricaQualities of Urban Planning and the Conflict Between Participatory Planning and Planning Standards: Evidence from Ethiopia

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Alem Gebregiorgis, Genet; Greiving, Stefan; Namangaya, Ally Hassan; Kombe, Wilbard Jackson
Digafe, Behailu Melesse; Adam, Achamyeleh Gashu; Shibeshi, Gebeyehu Belay; Meshesha, Mengiste Abate
Planning Cities in Africa — Aug 19, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022. This book is an open access publication.
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978-3-031-06549-1
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169 –191
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10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7_9
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Abstract

[The Ethiopian hybrid planning system applies both top-down and bottom-up planning approaches simultaneously. This causes vague quality measurement indices of the urban plan and is a major obstacle for both the planning team and other stakeholders to measure quality. The chapter examines and dialectically discusses the contradictory measurement indices regarding the quality by taking Bahir Dar City Structural Plan Project as a case study. Both primary and secondary data were collected from the planning team and stakeholders for the study. This chapter argues that challenge arises from the system that uses two, often conflicting, yardsticks to measure quality, i.e. meeting the pre-defined standards and fulfilling the participants’ interest. Therefore, it suggests that the quality of an urban plan should be primarily measured in terms of the local planning standard, which is the “public acceptance”. Public acceptance here is described, measured and defined as the stakeholder’s perception that the plan is of good enough quality for implementation.]

Published: Aug 19, 2022

Keywords: Planning approaches; Quality measurements; Simultaneous application

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