1. An example of how urban planning is improving the quality of life for the urban poor
Kampala: Case study of a city in a LIC by Witts & Owen 2016 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

2. Get thinking...
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) are in charge of the regeneration of Kampala.
One of the actions they are taking to improve the quality of life people in Kampala is building a bus rapid transit system.
Look at the information about this on the next two slides.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this system?
To what extent do you think it will improve the lives of people in the squatter settlements?

3. Bus rapid transit system

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJR9uCSyGKM BRT Key info
What: dedicated lanes for hybrid/diesel busses and pre pay ticket machines prior to boarding on 9 key routes across Kampala
How much: $1.181 billion
Who: Funded my Ugandan Government and a loan from the world bank
The BRT system the KCCA is building in Kampala was inspired by this one in Brazil. What are the advantages and disadvantages to the BRT system? To what extent do you think this will improve the lives of people in the squatter settlements?

5. Environmental Challenges
The Bus rapid transit system in Kampala is example of an Urban planning programme to use when you are answering exam questions.
You need to remember how the KCCA Urban regeneration program attempts to address:
Economic challenges
Social Challenges
Environmental Challenges

6. Learning objectives
To evaluate the effectiveness of an urban planning scheme.
To review the ‘Kampala: A case study of a city in a LIC’ topic, identifying areas of strength and areas for development.

7. TASK 1: Exam alert! Answer the following question:
Evaluate the effectiveness of an urban planning scheme you have studied. (9 marks/3 marks SPAG)
Success criteria:
AO1 Demonstrates thorough and detailed knowledge of an urban planning scheme
AO2 Shows a comprehensive understanding of the effectiveness of an urban planning scheme by demonstrating a detailed and balanced appreciation of its advantages and
disadvantages.
AO3 Demonstrates thorough application of knowledge and understanding in evaluating the
effectiveness of an urban planning scheme

8. TASK 2: Quiz
Review the content for this topic using the quiz available at:

9. Reflection… Think about how you got on in the quiz:
Which are your areas of strength?
Which are the areas you need to work on?
What will you do to improve your knowledge and understanding of these areas?
If there is time you could start revising one of your areas for development now.

10. Homework:
Revise the Kampala Case Study so that you can answer an exam question on _____________.