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PRICE £5.00 PRESENTATION OF THE WORLD HABITAT AWARDS WORLD HABITAT DAY 2004 NAIROBI, KENYA Prepared by Diane Diacon and Silvia Guimarães © Building and Social Housing Foundation 2004 Extracts from this publication may be reproduced without further permission provided that the source is fully acknowledged. World Habitat Awards 2005 Entry Fo r m Please provide the following information relating to the entry that you are submitting. At the prel i m i n a r y submission stage this need only be in the form of a concise summary of the scheme, which contains the following informa t i o n Please note that entries can also be made directly on the BSHF website at ww w. b s h f. o r g BA CKGROUND INFORMATI O N • When did the project commence? • Who initiated the project? • What is the main purpose of the project? PROJECT DESCRIPTION • What are the key features of the project? • Who are the main beneficiaries of the project? • Describe briefly the costs and/or planned future funding of the project. • What has been the involvement of the local community in the project (if applicable)? PRESENTATION OF THE • What future plans (if any) are there for the project? IN N O V ATION AND TRAN S F E R WORLD HABITAT AWARDS • What are the key innovative aspects of the project? • To what extent has the project been transferred or adapted for use locally, nationally or internationally (if applicable)? SU P P O R TING INFORMATI O N You are asked to submit the following supporting information, where possible: • Photographs showing the key elements of the project. • A plan of the main features of the scheme. I CONFIRM that the information contained in this entry is accurate to the best of my knowledge and there ar e no restrictions or fees payable on the publication of any material submitted. Signed Date WORLD HABITAT DAY 2004 NAIROBI, KENYA 40 WORLD HABITAT AWARDS 2005 ENTRY FORM C o n t e n t s WORLD HABITAT DAY MESSAGE 1 Mr Kofi Annan, Secret a r y-General, United Nations CITIES – ENGINES OF RURAL DEVELOP M E N T 3 Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Direc t o r , UN-HABITAT THE WORLD HABITAT AWARDS 2004 5 Mrs Diane Diacon, Direc t o r , Building and Social Housing Fou n d a t i o n WORLD HABITAT AWARD WINNING PROJECTS 8 La Paz Pos t - e a r t h q u a k e Rec o n s t r uction Programme, El Salvador The Eldonian Village, Liverpool, United Kingdom 2004 HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWAR D S 24 RE C O M M E N D ATIONS OF THE INTER-REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT LINKAGE S 26 THE KENYA SLUM UPGRADING PROGRAM M E 28 SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATI O N 35 WORLD HABITAT AWARDS – AN INVITATION TO ENTER 37 A World Habitat Day Message The theme of World Habitat Day this year, countries. The fastest growing cities will be Cities – Engines of Rural Development, was se c o n d a r y and market towns, which are chosen to remind development policy- especially close to rural areas. This growth ma k ers at every level not to think of ‘urban’ can help to improve rural life and ease the and ‘rural’ as separate entities, but rather problems associated with mega-cities. But as parts of an economic and social whole. to do so, it will need to be well managed, with significant investments in Cities interact with rural areas in many communication, transport channels and ways. Migrants living and working in cities other infrastruc t u r e, and with concerted send money to families in rural areas. Cities efforts to ensure that all people have access absorb excess rural populations, and offer to adequate servi c e s . m a r kets for farm produce and other ru r a l pr oducts. They provide services and While there are obvious differen c e s amenities – such as universities and hospitals between urban and rural development that – that may not be available or feasible in req u i r e different interventions, ultimately rural areas. Cities are also the locus of most sustainable development cannot and global investment, raising demand for should not focus exclusively on one or the goods, labour and other inputs from rur a l ot h e r . On this World Habitat Day, let us are a s . recognize that cities have a cruc i a l contribution to make to rural development, In the next 25 years, virtually all population and let us pursue development in a gr owth will take place in the world’s cities, co m p r ehensive way that reflects that most of it in the cities of developing understanding. Mr Kofi Annan Secretary-General, United Nations A WORLD HABITAT DAY MESSAG E 1 Cities – Engines of Rural Development The United Nations has designated the first magnets for rural trade, and the gateway Monday of October each year as World to national and international markets. They Habitat Day. It is an occasion to reflect on benefit from rural demand for their output. the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. The better the links between cities and their hinterlands, the easier it is for rural people The theme of World Habitat Day on to get jobs in cities, and thus ease the Monday 4th October this year is Cities – pr oblem of rural unemployment. It is Engines of Rural Development. We chose important that cities absorb excess rur a l this theme to underline the economic, la b o u r . But in the developing world, poor social and environmental interde p e n d e n c e development in urban areas has res t r i c t e d between urban and rural areas. Sustainable the options that would normally be open development can only be achieved in both to rural people. areas if they are considered holistically as part of the same, integrated system. A major hurdle to be overcome in developing countries is the fact that The links between cities and the countrys i d e secondary and tertiary towns are under- depend on the infrastructure connecting supplied and under-developed. This can be them. Improve the infrastruc t u r e network, remedied by improving the road, rail and and rural production increases, giving other vital communications networks people in the countryside better access to between them. Economic development in markets, information and jobs. Cities are small towns can have a positive impact on Dr Anna Tib a i j u k a Executive Director, UN-HABITAT 2 CITIES – ENGINES OF RURAL DEVELO P M E N T 3 The World Habitat Aw a r d s the surrounding rural economies through It is imperative, theref o r e, that if we are to The annual World Habitat Awa r d significant and lasting improvements, not a greater demand for rural produce from achieve sustainable economic and social competition was established in 1985 by the only to their housing but to many other urban residents who normally have a development nationwide Governm e n t s Building and Social Housing Foundation to aspects of their lives. Details of the two higher purchasing power. must integrate their country’s urban and id e n t i f y innovative and sustainable housing pr ojects are set out in the following pages. rural areas as a matter of policy. Stimulating solutions. The Foundation also works to In t e r mediate towns provide natural balanced development between urban and en s u r e that the ideas and approa c h e s His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., destinations for rural migrants seeking rural constituencies means stren g t h e n i n g developed in the winning projects are M.P., President of Kenya and Mrs Anna better opportunities. They also help national, regional and local planning bodies. widely shared, by organising study visits, Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN- cushion the impact of major migration as well as publishing and disseminating HA B I T AT presented a cheque for £10,000 flows towards large cities. On this World Habitat Day, we call upon all in f o r mation in a range of forma t s . and a World Habitat Awa r d trophy to each those concerned about rural growth to of the two winners. In many poor countries, the scattered integrate urban development fully into their The winning projects receiving awards in na t u r e of rural settlements renders the plans and to bring a more holistic 2004 are FUNDAS A L ’s La Paz Pos t - The sterling silver trophies are individually pr ovision of infrastruc t u r e and services perspective to our common future: Cities Ea r t h q u a k e Rec o n s t r uction Programme in designed and crafted by students of 3D to rural areas ext r emely costly.