Abstract
This study was set to elucidate the concatenating effects caused by the transformation of Morogoro Road to accommodate Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system. The study was conducted from 2013 to 2014 covering demolition, excavation and construction process of the new BRT system. Both field survey and literature reviews were applied, where the real case was taken at a strip between Manzese and Magomeni. Data collected in a form of in-depth interview, observations and questionnaires were analyzed by the use of Statistical Package for Social Studies (SPSS Version 16). About 200 respondents whose physical structures were affected by the demolition process were involved in the data collection. The study revealed that physical demolition directly affected about 70% of the respondents. The effects extended into financial implications, which, then trickled down into social, psychological and spatialaspects. According to the findings from the respondents, a number of various socioeconomic activities such as groceries, clothing shops, saw mill and building material shops were affected and as a result, the effect led into retrenchment of the supporting staff. One of the major findings in this study is that the government and consultants need to consider a wide scenario of what might be the effects of physical demolition at the social and family level so that they may prepare a program to take care of those who are affected when paving way for development, and that the compensation should be extended to the tertiary level to take care of social and psychological effects.
Highlights
For more than ten years, Dar es Salaam city has been experiencing high urbanization and transport challengesHow to cite this paper: Swai, O. (2016)
The government of Tanzania under the finance of the World Bank came up with an idea of introducing rapid transport system named as Dar Rapid Transport (DART) as a means of reducing transport hassles in the city of Dar es Salaam and its outskirts
Efforts to curb the situation had not been seriously thought to arrest the situation until when the World Bank through the Dar Rapid Transport (Dart) project came as a redeeming entity
Summary
For more than ten years, Dar es Salaam city has been experiencing high urbanization and transport challengesHow to cite this paper: Swai, O. (2016). For more than ten years, Dar es Salaam city has been experiencing high urbanization and transport challenges. O. Swai which needed a holistic approach to give a relief to road users bearing in mind that urbanization in Dar es Salaam has gone hand in hand with a demand for other corresponding services such as transportation systems, water supply, power supply, properly addressed land use strategies and employment to mention a few. The government of Tanzania under the finance of the World Bank came up with an idea of introducing rapid transport system named as Dar Rapid Transport (DART) as a means of reducing transport hassles in the city of Dar es Salaam and its outskirts. Transportation challenges for Dar es Salaam City have been of a high demanding as compared to other services. To residents living and conducting socio-economic activities along Morogoro Road the project is ill-received and perceived when it interferes with their means of bread earnings (socioeconomic activities)
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