Transcript INTERGRATED URBAN DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN FOR THE …

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
(SEA)
FOR
INTEGRATED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
MASTER PLAN (NIUPLAN) FOR THE CITY OF
NAIROBI
SUB COUNTY- NJIRU
VENUE- DANDORA SOCIAL HALL
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2013
INTRODUCTION
The proposed NIUPLAN has the potential to
generate environmental, social and economic
impacts to the citizens of Nairobi County and its
environs.
SEA is therefore a necessary tool to evaluate
potential environmental, social and economic
impacts of the proposed NIUPLAN.
WHY SUBJECT NIUPLAN TO SEA?
Legal requirement:
•EMCA 1999;
•SEA Guidelines 2012;
It’s a consultative tool used to capture
people’s concerns on expected
impacts of
the NIUPLAN.

To ensure that identified issues are fully
studied and appropriately addressed at the
earliest stage of planning and decisionmaking.

STUDY AREA
PROGRESS SO FAR
ACTIVITY
PERIOD
1
stakeholder
workshop 5 August 2013
conducted prior to the scoping
study:
Preliminary 18 public meetings Late August to Early September
conducted during the scoping 2013
study stage:
Submission of Scoping Report and 28 September 2013
Terms of Reference for the
Detailed SEA Study to NEMA for
approval
ISSUES ARISING FROM FIRST PHASE OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
Issue
Comments
Public
and Schools,
social
halls,
rescue
Social facilities
centres,markets,rehabilitation centers,
training centers, health centres, cultural
centres.
Industry
development
Environmental
issues
Questions on Way
Forward
What
is
the
precise
shortcoming (for each sector)
within these facilities including:
•
Physical presence
•
Facilities
•
Man-power
•
Accessibility
(Distance
and cost)
There is need for creation of sections Propose sites for putting up
for
factories/godowns
to
attract the industries.
investors.
Make ponds for hippos etc. to serve as Suggest such area that exist in
wildlife tourist site.
the sub county favourable for
such habitats.
ISSUES ARISING FROM FIRST PHASE OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
Issue
Comments
Waste management
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Urban agriculture
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Set up of a waste
recycling plant.
Dandora dumpsite has
led to many residents
falling sick.
The problem should be
sorted out within the first
24 months i.e. the
dumpsite
should
be
closed.
Questions on Way
Forward
Propose a site to put up such
a facility
What measures would you
propose to manage the
“shutting down” of dandora
dumpsite?
What measures can be put in
place to control dumping and
to
manage
dandora
dumpsite?
Peri-urban and urban
Which agricultural activities
agriculture should be
would you expect to be made
included in the master
permissible in the sub-county.
plan as this will help in
What resources should be
curbing food insecurity
and also as a sustainable availed to facilitate urban
agriculture
way of eradicating
poverty.
ISSUES ARISING FROM FIRST PHASE OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION cont..
Issues
Comments
Questions on Way
Forward
Pollution control and Construction of factories near What measures can be put in
zoning
residential
areas
should
be place to
ensure
these
prohibited. These factories pollute factories
reduce
their
the environment.
pollution rates.
Possibility of a mixed use Which uses do you consider
to
be
compatible
with
development.
industrial uses?
Which uses do you consider
to
be
compatible
with
residential uses?
What would you consider to
be a functional mixed use
development?
Needs of the disabled
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The disabled should be
involved in the master plan.
How can their needs be
addressed in the different
thematic areas of the master
plan.
ISSUES ARISING FROM FIRST PHASE OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION cont..
DISCUSSIONS
FUTURE CONSULTATIONS