Integrated Spatial Planning for Resilient and Sustainable Development
5th Spatial Planning Platform Conference | Kathmandu, 1-3 February 2023
Territorial planning for green, integrated urban sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region

Pinar Caglin | Programme Management Officer
Urban Lab | Planning Finance and Economy Section | UN-Habitat

Contents• Case Studies:I.

Conakry, Guinea: Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry

II.

Khorog, Tajikistan: Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements• UN-Habitat’s Integrated Spatial Planning Process and Approach

UN-Habitat’s Integrated Spatial Planning Process
Understanding, Planning & Transforming

The UN-Habitat has developed a series of steps and tools that together enables to respond to the growing
demand from cities and regions to find transformative solutions to complex challenges.

Case Study: Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry
Population: 10,5 M inh.

Reasons

Fulfil the Vision Greater
Conakry 2040

Urban population : 37% (World urban pop. 53%)
Conakry (capital): 1,7 M inh.

Job opportunities

Infrastructures

Public services

More investments

Greater Conakry ~ 3 M inh. (30% of the total)
5 cities with 100 000 to 250 000 inh.
15 cities with 20 000 to 100 000 inh.

Control/reverse themigratory process
Control urbanizationand sprawl
Preserve theenvironment
Ensure asustainable socioeconomic future
Provide a feasible
roadmap forimplementation

Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry
SDF – Spatial Development Framework (Matrix of Function)
Regional planning to create a balanced system of intermediary cities in a capital region
Level of social services and infrastructure provisionby commune

Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry
Chosen Scenario: Compact City-region

More ambitious projects and investments
Balanced investment in the metropolis
Improved polycentric region
Sprawl controlled in the metropolis (intensification)
Economic enhancement of intermediary cities
Stronger territorial policies
Environment preserved and restored
Better social services provision

Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry

RailHighwayRoad

Bus

AirportPort

Property
Steering
growthLand

Residential

Commercial

Mixed use

Utilities
Waste collection

EnergyWater

Telecom

Drainage

Resilience

Social and economic

Enabling
growthAgriculture

Industry

LeisureEducation

Community

Health50National

Conakry

Coyah

Dubreka

KindiaFria

Forecariah

Boffa

Total500Cout cumulatif
otal (eur milliards)

Transport

Project cost by prefecture

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Investment menu (projects) and territorial
policies by scenario

Couts des projets
par prefecture (eurmilliards)

Capital Investment Planning: Prioritisation of Investments

Balancing the Territorial Development in Great Conakry
Achievements• A simple but strong enough methodology for rebalancing the development• Implemented national strategies• Reinforced intermediary cities to relieve the demographic pressure on the capital• Realistic prioritisation of projects

Case Study: Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Tajikistan

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Challenges
Poverty distribution

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Poverty & unemployment due to lack of economic opportunities
Increased migration and emigration due to disasters and unemployment
Political instability and refugees (Proximity to Afghanistan)
Lack of unified governance at national, regional and city scales
Poor quality of infrastructure due to lack of maintenance (water, sewage,roads)
Limited regional connectivity due to topography and environmental hazards
Land scarcity and lack of construction management
Increased number and unpredictability of environmental hazards
Food insecurity due to lack of production and heavy reliance on externalsourcesPopulation density

Yearly emigration from Tajikistan

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Responses – National & Regional (policy) level•••••••

Diversify economic opportunities
Enhance hosting capacity
Revise legislation to adopt climate change mitigation and adaptation measures
Improve utility infrastructure network
Improve regional connectivity by hazard mitigation
Limit urban expansion and revise building codes
Enhance small scale farming and urban agriculture

Topography

Avalanche susceptibility

Risks facing GBAO

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlement
From strategies to actions

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Climate change related disasters: Hazard risk & vulnerability assessment
Which areas are at risk?

How many people areat risk in each area?

Extension of land is at risk?

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Responses – City level

Integrated Spatial Planning in Mountain Settlements
Spatially Targeted Capital Investment Planning
List of investment projects

Multi-criteria assessment

Budget fitting

UN-Habitat’s Integrated Spatial Planning Approach
Spatially Informed Capital Investment Planning

Step 1
Assessing the Place

Step 2
Identifying the Needs

UNDERSTANDING THE CITY

Step 3Developing Sustainable
Responses

Step 4
Identify Projects

PLANNING THE CITY

Step 5
Prioritising Projects

TRANSFORMING THE CITYUN-Habitat’s Integrated Spatial Planning Approach
Global Frameworks

Evidence-based Context Analysis

Vision & Recommendations
Translate policies and strategies into
projects, localizing SDGs on the ground

Legislation

UrbanPlanning

Urban
EconomyCompact

Connected

Inclusive

Vibrant

Resilient

Participatory approach and close collaboration with communities, local governments, technical experts on the ground.

UN-Habitat’s Integrated Spatial Planning Approach
International Guidelines of Urban andTerritorial Planning (IG-UTP)
The guidelines were approved on the Governing Council resolution 25/6 in 2015

A foundational framework for Multi-level /Multi-stakeholder / Multi-sector approach in planningA

Urban Policy
and Governance

B1

SocialDevelopment

Multi-scalar approach: National,Regional, City-wide, Neighbourhood
National Scale

Regional/Provincial Scale

City Scale

City District Scale

B2

Sustained
Economic
GrowthB3

EnvironmentC

Planning
Components

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Published by UN-Habitat in 2018

Published by UN-Habitat in 2015

Implementationand MonitoringThank you!