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State of Afghan Cities Programme (SoAC)
Understanding Urbanisation in Afghanistan
Muhammad Farid
18 December 2014
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How many people live in Kabul?
How many more are coming each year?
IDPs and returnees?
Jobs and livelihoods?
Access to basic services?
…
How can we adequately
plan and manage a city if
you don’t have this basic
information?
Kabul, Feb 2012
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• A key challenge in Afghanistan is that urban data is:
– outdated (the last census was in 1970s),
– scattered (Ministries and stakeholders hold various sets of data yet there is no coherent central repository)
– incomplete (many important urban indicators such as access to water and housing quality are not collected)
– not routinely collected or used for policy or planning decision-making.
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2. Aims and Objectives
The programme will develop a State of
Afghan Cities 2014/5 Report.
The Report will present a well-informed
and action-oriented analysis on the state
of urbanization in Afghanistan.
It will include quantitative and qualitative
city-based data and conduct specific
analyses of key national, provincial and
municipal urban development issues in all
Provincial Capitals of Afghanistan.
State of Afghan Cities
2014/15
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3. Implementation Strategy
State of Afghan Cities
Programme
Kabul Municipality
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3. Implementation Strategy – Report Content
Scope and focus
The report will focus on all 33 provincial capitals and Kabul.
The report will be structured into thematic chapters, each with three parts:
1) Status, challenges and opportunities;
2) Policy and practice constraints and implications;
3) Ways forward/Recommendations.
The report will have a strong spatial focus: it will present data on maps to
show the spatial dimension of urbanization in Afghanistan (urban
growth, poverty, economy, etc.), as well as a focus on primary data.
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3. Implementation Strategy – Report Content
1. Introduction: The urban future
• National, provincial, and municipal spatial structure of urban development
• Population, demographics and migration patterns
• Current and projected urban growth rates
2. Urban Governance: Inclusive cities
• Institutional structures, mandates
• Municipal staffing and capacity
• MABs and citizen governance engagement
• Urban divide, poverty and social exclusion
3. Urban Economy: Prosperous cities
• Key urban economy sectors in each city
• Informal and illicit economy components
• Job creation opportunities
• Municipal finance
4. Land and Housing: Safe and secure cities
• Housing typologies (densities, occupation patterns, tenure types, services,
etc)
• Housing affordability analysis
• Land tenure types; land management
5. Urban Environment: Livable cities
• Transportation and mobility
• Public space
• Water and sanitation coverage and quality
• Electricity
• Natural ecosystems
• Education and healthcare facilities/access
• Culture - natural heritage and sites of significance
Statistical Annex
Cross-cutting
issues:
Women,
Youth, Urban
Safety, IDPs
and urban
marginalised
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4. Methodology
LAND
USE
• Satellite images
• New Municipal Boundaries
• Image interpretation and field
checks
House
Count
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Mazar findings
• This is an innovative, affordable and a quick approach in understanding the situation of the city.
• Pioneering this approach
with UN-Habitat in Afghanistan.
• We can roll this out to other
countries i.e. we can have State of Indian, or Myanmar, or Nepal etc. Cities Report.
• UN-Habitat can provide technical support
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Discussion papers
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Contact details
Muhammad Farid
Urban Researcher, SoAC
Peter Dalglish
Country Representative, UN-Habitat Afghanistan
Mathew French
Urban Management and Shelter Adviser
Project Manager, SoAC