TITLE:
Formalization of Informal Settlements: A Study on Kabul Urban Areas
AUTHORS:
Ahmad Shoaib Jahani
KEYWORDS:
Informal Settlements, Land Readjustment (LR), Urban Redevelopment (UR), Flat For Land (FFL), Upgrading
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.8 No.3,
September
16,
2020
ABSTRACT: Kabul Region with around 5 million population, which
are 60% live in Kabul City 103,049 Ha (MUDH, 2016), covers around 69% of Informal settlements, which
suffer from lack of basic infrastructure, potable water, public spaces, and
urban management system (Amiri & Lukumwena,
2018). Urban Institutions and other related stakeholders
try to cover the previous issues that happened due to mismanagement and rapid
migration, after a long time public sectors supported preparing Master Plan in
2011 and other strategic plans to lead the
city development toward a systematic manner (JICA, 2011a). Previous master plans and the relevant detailed
plans did not apply very well and couldn’t answer the Kabul Residents’ demand,
in addition after the year 2001 and rapid migration there was not a pre-plan to
control the marginal part of the city. Then,
the lack of acceptable method(s) among urban sectors and residents
caused the issues to get hands together and change the City aspect. The purpose of this research is to find proper
methods of intervention to formalize the informal settlements where the
living standards get higher and the other side increasing the public services
by tax collection. At the existing situation tax (Safaie) of 31% planned area
is a budget of services provide by Kabul
Municipality. This research will help Kabul Municipality and other stakeholder
organizations to select the development tools for the betterment of urban conditions based on the existing situation,
environmental and applicable according to the socio-economic situation of Kabul
City with the lowest budget and demolition. Meanwhile, this will draw a proper path for those
organizations implementing the improvements project without future
development outlook for the city.