TYRE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PROJECT

INTRODUCTION  Tyre is a Lebanese Mediterranean millenary city  Its archaeological vestiges have Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Mameluke and Ottoman roots  Tyre faces problems at different scales:  Developmental crisis due to insufficient economic growth  Major issues in terms of sustainable development constraining territorial and environmental balances

DIAGNOSIS (1)  Major stakes  Socio-economic: demographic growth, poverty, unemployment  Environmental: galloping ecological degradation  Urban: anarchic urban development, informal settlements, precarious zones and misery belts.  Patrimonial: plunders and clandestine digs, excessive and abusive touristic activity.  Orientation of the CDS  action plans that control and manage sustainably the city development.  reach an economically developed city reconciled with its environment

DIAGNOSIS (2)  Local economic development strategies  minimize environmental constraints through measures that ensure coastline protection, fight against soil degradation, marine pollution  Urban growth control while taking into account the cultural and natural heritage while improving living conditions, reducing social disparities and reinforcing urban governance  Tyre should proceed to a reform within its local development policy through establishing a city strategy based on sustainable development

TYRE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Focus on the satisfaction of the community social needs, in particular vulnerable population Action Plans  Introduction of a participative policy, fighting against exclusion  Optimization of educational and health systems  Adoption of an integrated local development plan, based on solidarity, social equity, poverty eradication, living conditions improvement  Integration of vulnerable groups

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Stimulation of economic growth respecting environmental constraints and targeting poor and middle classes  Improvement of the city competitiveness on the national and regional scale Action Plans  Promoting and reinforcing micro and small enterprises and industries  Identification of the city needs in terms of job creation  Building up working population skills

TOURISTIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (1) Objective  Identification, valorization and preservation of the heritage elements Action Plans  Improvement of tourists stay quality  developing the touristic infrastructure  performing the hotel management  organizing vocational training to the labor force working within this sector  Production of territorial products reinforcing the city identity

TOURISTIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (2)  Creation of tourist attractions such as museums, patrimony house, organization of festivals  Rehabilitation of the traditional architectural fabric  Creation of leisure activities along the coastline and preservation of the marine public domain  Estimation of the tourists’ impact on the natural and historical sites  Definition of local dynamics in order to ensure the durability of the touristic sector  Integration of the touristic development strategy within the territory dynamics

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Optimal management of agricultural spaces  Fishery Preservation and Development Action Plans  Improvement of the quality of the product  implantation of food processing industries  Introduction of the organic agriculture  Preservation of the agricultural spaces from urban sprawl  Reform within the fishery policy through:  improving the techniques and protecting fishermen rights  Development of sustainable aquaculture

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Commercial vitality and diversity  Improvement of the quality of life within the city and reinforcement of quarters’ conviviality Action Plans  Development of commercial zones and diversification of the supply  Development of the accessibility of commercial areas: solving parking problems, developing sidewalks and pedestrian areas  Maintenance of public spaces within the commercial areas

URBAN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Alleviation of the anarchic urban growth Action Plans  Integration of peripheral quarters to the development process  Revision of the city master plan  Renovation of the urban fabric while avoiding gentrification  Conservation of the social and economic diversity  Development of the city gates  De-densification of the urban fabric without affecting the residential and economic functions of the city quarters

ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Objective  Improvement of the city image and living conditions Action Plans  Improvement of the air quality and to fight against sonorous nuisances  Protection of the biodiversity and natural sites  Management of the waste volume  Treatment of the waste water  Protection of the underground water  Rationalization of energy and resources consumption  switching to renewable energies solutions  Reinforcement of the green character of the city

MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (1) Objective  Evolvement of Local authority role from services supplier to development agent Action Plan  Improvement of the local governance through  decentralization process  reinforcement of the institutional structure of the local authority  Adoption of the participative approach through  involving all stakeholders including citizens in dialogue and decision-making

MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (2)  Building capacity of local administration staff  Promotion of the establishment of a local observatory aiming at monitoring and defining priorities ensuring the efficiency of the CDS  Support the local strategic planning by adopting new computer tools and software (GIS)  Cooperation with national, regional and global partners in exchanging knowledge and experience

CONCLUSION Inter-relation between the three pillars of the sustainable development results in:  Generation of new sustainable economic opportunities respecting the natural, cultural and human environment  Promotion of an active participative approach, integrating the sustainable development to the social culture  Promotion of the social equity and fight against social exclusion and urban segregations

CONCLUSION (2)  Valorization of the natural sites, the patrimony, landscapes while ensuring ecosystems balance, resources durability  Reinforcement of security measures on all levels: solve insalubrities problems, alleviate natural and technological risks, reduce pollution  Improvement of the local governance through decentralization and the reinforcement of the municipality structure responsible for the management and control of the implementation of the City Development Strategy

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