Nouakchott City Urban Master Plan Development Project in Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania Ministry of Land Use, Urbanization and Habitation (MHUAT) Urban Community of Nouakchott (CUN) Nouakchott City Urban Master Plan Development Project In Islamic Republic of Mauritania Final Report Summary October 2018 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) RECS International Inc. CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd. PACET Corporation PASCO Corporation EI JR 18-105 Currency equivalents (interbank rates average of April to June 2018) USD 1.00 = MRU 355.049 USD 1.00 = MRO (obsolete) 35.5049 USD 1.00 = JPY 109.889 MRU 1.00 = JPY 3.0464 Source: OANDA, https://www.oanda.com Nouakchott City Urban Master Plan Development Project Final Report Summary Table of Contents Introduction 1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 2 Target Area ............................................................................................................................ 2 Target Year ............................................................................................................................. 3 Reports and Other Outputs .................................................................................................... 3 Work Operation Structure ...................................................................................................... 3 Part I: SDAU ................................................................................................................................ 7 I-1. Reminder of the nature and scope of SDAU ................................................................ 7 I-1.1 Maijor Characteristics and Objectives ............................................................. 7 I-1.2 Strategic Document for Cordination ................................................................ 7 I-1.3 Regulatory Expectations .................................................................................. 8 I-2. Existing Conditions ...................................................................................................... 8 I-2.1 Regional Context ........................................................................................... 8 I-2.2 Physical Conditions ....................................................................................... 10 I-2.3 Constraints and Environmental Vulnerabilities ............................................. 11 I-2.4 Demographics and Macroeconomic Conditions ............................................ 13 I-2.5 Socio-economic Context and Cultural Characteristics .................................. 15 I-2.6 Characteristics of Urbanization ..................................................................... 16 I-2.7 Situation of Transport and Mobility .............................................................. 32 I-2.8 Infrastructure Conditions ............................................................................... 33 I-2.9 Summary of the diagnosis and design concepts ............................................ 34 I-3 Development Concepts ............................................................................................... 42 I-3.1 Basic Policy for Development of Nouakchott ............................................... 42 I-3.2 Elaboration of Basic Concepts for Nouakchott Development ....................... 43 I-3.3 Development Framework .............................................................................. 46 I-3.4 Future Urban Structure of Nouakchott City .................................................. 48 I-3.5 Land Use Planning ........................................................................................ 57 I-4 Implementation and Accompanying Measures ........................................................... 79 I-4.1 Major phases of implementation of the SDAU ............................................. 79 I-4.2 Recommended legal, administrative and institutional measures ................... 83 I-5 Environemntal Considerations ....................................................................................... 85 Part II: PLU 89 II-1 General Objectives ..................................................................................................... 89 II-2 Presentation of the PLU Target Area .......................................................................... 89 II-2.1 Perimeter of the Model PLU ......................................................................... 89 II-2.2 Scope of the PLU ........................................................................................... 91 II-3 Existing Conditions of the PLU Planning Area .......................................................... 93 II-3.1 Natural Environmental Conditions ................................................................ 93 II-3.2 Existing Land Use Conditions and Characteristics ....................................... 95 II-3.3 Current Status and Trends of Urban Development ........................................ 98 II-3.4 Planning Issues ............................................................................................ 102 II-4 Framework and Strategies ........................................................................................ 105 II-4.1 Setting Framework ...................................................................................... 105 II-4.2 Development Strategy and Land Requirements .......................................... 108 II-4.3 Future Land Requirement by Land Use Category for the Target Area ........ 109 II-4.4 Key Public Facilities .................................................................................... 112 II-5 Sectoral Arrangements .............................................................................................. 114 II-5.1 Road network and Transport ........................................................................ 114 -i- Nouakchott City Urban Master Plan Development Project Final Report Summary II-5.2 Other Infrastructure Developments in the Target Area ................................ 118 II-6 Zoning Plan .............................................................................................................. 119 II-6.1 Urban Growth Management ........................................................................ 119 II-6.2 Designation of Land Use Zoning ................................................................. 119 II-6.3 Zoning Application to the Target Area ........................................................ 127 II-6.4 PLU Zoning Plan ......................................................................................... 130 II-7 Recommendations for Future Implementation ......................................................... 133 II-7.1 Effective Implementation of PLU ............................................................... 133 II-7.2 Institutional Setup for Implementation of PLU ........................................... 133 -ii- Nouakchott City Urban Master Plan Development Project Final Report Summary List of Tables Table I-1 Regulatory Requirements for SDAU............................................................................ 8 Table I-2 Major Contents of PDALM ........................................................................................ 13 Table I-3 Evolution of Population and Built-up Area Growth in Nouakchott ........................... 16 Table I-4 Situation of the Occupancy of the Residential Land Plots in Nouakchott in 2017 .... 19 Table I-5 Identified Problems, Planning Issues and Implication in City Planning .................... 34 Table I-6 List Of Recommendations to be Taken into Account for Planning ............................ 40 Table I-7 Grouping of Problems and Recommendations into Priority Planning Themes .......... 41 Table I-8 Population of Nouakchott from 2013 to 2040 ............................................................ 46 Table I-9 GRDP projection of Nouakchott by the Economic Sector in 2040 ............................ 47 Table I-10 Verification Calculation For Establishment Of Existing Built-Up Gross Density Categories ............................................................................................................. 58 Table I-11 Criterion Used for Urban Expansion Potential Analysis of Nouakchott City .......... 60 Table I-12 Distribution of Night and Commuting Population per Traffic Zone in 2017, 2030 and 2040 ................................................................................................................ 69 Table I-13 Land Use Categories and Allocation of Densities in SDAU General Land Use Plan .............................................................................................................................. 71 Table I-14 Composition of Existing and Proposed Land Use .................................................... 75 Table I-15 Land Use Phase-wise Development Scenario .......................................................... 79 Table I-16 Realization Schedule of Strategic Orientations ........................................................ 82 Table I-17 Priority Actions to be Committed in The First Phase of Implementation (2019-2025) .............................................................................................................................. 83 Table I-18 Transport infrastructure mitigation measures ..........................................................