Analysis of the Streets of Kampala City to Meet the Needs of Pedestrains: a Case Study of Central Division
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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN, ART & TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PHYSICAL PLANNING ANALYSIS OF THE STREETS OF KAMPALA CITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEDESTRAINS: A CASE STUDY OF CENTRAL DIVISION OMODING SETH 14/U/14107/PS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PHYSICAL PLANNING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY 2018 i i DEDICATION I dedicate this report first to the Almighty God, who supplied my needs abundantly and gave me the strength, health and sanity to finish it. I also wish to dedicate it to my dearest sister who supported me through my study Miss Tukei Dinah my Parents for their continuous prayer, encouragement and moral support during the research process. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend my deepest and most sincere gratitude to my supervisor, for his continuous support and for sacrificing his time to guide and assist me through this development project my project from initial stage to the finish. I would also like to appreciate the Department of Urban and Regional planning lecturers and other lecturers of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning whose input explicated my insight. I would like to appreciate my colleagues, urban and Regional Planning class whose interesting ideas and thoughts made this project a success. Above all, I thank God Almighty, for without his provision, nothing is possible. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ........................................................................... Error! 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DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... viii CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ................................................................................ 2 1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT .............................................................................................. 3 1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................ 4 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .............................................................................................. 4 1.6 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY ............................................................................... 4 1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................ 5 1.8 SIGNIFICANCE .............................................................................................................. 5 CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................ 6 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................... 6 2.1 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 PEDESTRIAN NEEDS.................................................................................................... 6 2.3 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ........................................................................................ 8 2.3.1 Aids to Pedestrians with Disabilities ............................................................................ 9 2.4 STREET AS URBAN SPACE ......................................................................................... 9 2.4.1 Health and well-being Urban ...................................................................................... 10 2.4.2 Economic benefits ...................................................................................................... 10 2.4.3 Democracy .................................................................................................................. 10 2.5 STREETS ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.5.1 Functions of streets ..................................................................................................... 11 2.6 QUALITIES OF GOOD STREETS .............................................................................. 11 2.6 STREET INFRASTRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 13 2.7 POLICY AND LEGISLATION..................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................... 19 iv RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................. 19 3.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 19 3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Data Needs .................................................................................................................. 19 3.3 THE STUDY AREA ...................................................................................................... 20 3.4 DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES ........................................................................ 22 3.4.1 Secondary data collection ........................................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Primary data collection methods ................................................................................ 23 3.5 DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES .............................................................................. 23 CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................................... 25 PRESENTATION OF FIELD FINDINGS ................................................................................... 25 4.1 PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 25 4.2 PEDESTRIANS USE THE STREETS .......................................................................... 28 4.3 CONDITION OF THE STREETS ................................................................................. 31 4.3.2 Street conditions at night .................................................................................................. 34 4.5 STREET CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................... 37 4.5.1 Safety and security ...................................................................................................... 37 4.5.2 Attractiveness ............................................................................................................. 40 4.5.4 Convenience .............................................................................................................. 45 4.7 walkways condition ............................................................................................................. 50 4.8 STREET LIGHT CONDITION ..................................................................................... 54 4.9 STREET CROSSING CONDITIONS ................................................................................ 56 4.10 EXISTING SITUATION IN BEN KIWANUKA STREET, NAMIREMBE ROAD AND LUWUM STREET s ....................................................................................................... 60 4.11 PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PEDESTRIANS .......................................................... 61 CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................... 64 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 64 5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................... 64 5.2 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................. 65 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 66 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 67 v LIST O F FIGURE Fig: 1.5 Proposed Luwum street design .......................................................................................... 5 Fig:1.6. Proposed Namirembe road design ..................................................................................... 5 Fig 2.3. Spatial needs for persons with disabilities ........................................................................ 8 Fig: 2.6.2 showing pedestrian road crossing marks .....................................................................