Abstract
This paper focuses on the practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) in developing countries, which both face more immediate problems than the developed world and have fewer resources to deal with them. It is the report of a graduate level workshop that took place at the School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati, USA from August through December 2014. The objective of the workshop was to prepare students to work overseas in data-poor environments as professional consulting planners. Several lectures were given to set the framework for the class of 14 students to operate in sector-level working groups or teams preparing a 5-year plan to help solve the urban environmental problems of Lagos, Nigeria, the largest, most environmentally complex metropolitan area in Africa, utilizing a real-world data base and a limited budget. This project culminated in the preparation of a professional quality plan. The instructor, who has over thirty years of planning experience in developing countries, including Nigeria, attempted to create an atmosphere within the project that duplicates the actual conditions of carrying out such a consultancy.
Highlights
This paper is a case study of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) in developing countries that summarizes the report of a graduate level workshop that took place at the School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati, USA from August through December 2014
This paper focuses on the practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) in developing countries, which both face more immediate problems than the developed world and have fewer resources to deal with them
Several lectures were given to set the framework for the class of 14 students to operate in sector-level working groups or teams preparing a 5-year plan to help solve the urban environmental problems of Lagos, Nigeria, the largest, most environmentally complex metropolitan area in Africa, utilizing a real-world data base and a limited budget
Summary
This paper is a case study of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) in developing countries that summarizes the report of a graduate level workshop that took place at the School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati, USA from August through December 2014. Considering that only 40% of the population was served in 2010, the Lagos Water Committee (LWC) responded with a Water Master Plan that identifies the implementation of water infrastructure projects in order to bridge the gap by 2020 This plan states that if the population grows to its projected size and the LWC does not improve the availability of water supply, there will be a 535 MGD demand gap. The installation of these water infrastructure projects will close that gap to 12 MGD. The large demand gap of 2010 was reflected in the typical 500% mark-up of water prices from vendors who receive water from LWC
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