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Rescaling TOD:

Examining Dar es Salaam

Kate Owens, Urban Development Manager, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

KATE OWENS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

RESCALING TODExamining Dar es Salaam

DAR ES SALAAM: SPRAWLING STATUS QUO

Source: Owens, dissertation 2014

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More than a 2 million new residents between 1988 - 2012

Majority of the growth was on the outskirts of the city

BRT: FIRST ATTEMPT TO COMBAT SPRAWL

Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review

TOD: BOLD VISION TO LEVERAGE BRT

Source: Kinondoni Municipal Government

How do you finance this?

How you do obtain land?

Who will use this space?

FINANCE: LAND VALUE CAPTURE

Source: Owens, background report for Tanzania Urbanization Review

$3,900 annually

$23,000 annually

Betterment Levies: huge operations implications & little fiscal impact

LAND ACQUISITION: CHALLENGE OF SMALL PLOTS

Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review

SOLUTIONS: LAND POOLING

Pros

• Local ten cell leaders have deep

knowledge of ownership

• Residents are long term

• Potential of spreading benefits

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• Operationally and institutionally

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• Slow process in need of long term

support

• Potential for collusion

Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review

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SOLUTIONS: RESCALING THE VISION

Source: Owens, background paper, Tanzania Urbanization Review

Existing Land Use is mixedLarge parcel for redevelopmentUpgrading existing is financially feasible

CONCLUSIONS

• Land use changes around BRT investment

is not automatic

• Land pooling needs to be better explored

and supported

• Reposition investment and development

expectations

• Incorporate design elements that are

locally relevant