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dc.contributor.authorBoonabaana, Bonny
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-25T08:05:54Z
dc.date.available2022-04-25T08:05:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-12
dc.identifier.citationBoonabaana, Bonny. (2022).Planning for solid waste management in informal settlements. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University; Kampala, Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/11872
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the college of Engineering Design Art and Technology, department of Architecture and physical planning in partial fulfilment for the award of the Degree in Bachelor of urban and Regional planning at Makerere university.en_US
dc.description.abstractSolid waste management and planning is both an urban and rural problem. Almost every person is a generator of solid waste and thus a contributor to this problem. To generate waste is one thing, the type of waste generated is another and yet also the way the generated waste is managed or disposed off is quite a different issue. Hall (2002) defines planning as a process concerned with deliberately achieving some objectives and it proceeds by assembling some actions into some orderly sequence. Waste refers to unwanted materials and objects that people have thrown away, it is often called trash, garbage, junk or rubbish. Solid waste management is all the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inceptions to its final disposal. Main groups of waste management include source reduction and reuse, recycling, composting, landfills and incineration. Planning for solid waste management brings benefits like reducing pollution, conserving energy, creates employment for example those involved at different stages This study was carried out in kagugube ward in Kampala central division. The main objective of this study was to findout possible ways in which solid waste management practices in informal settlements like kagugube ward can be improved through physical planning . Most of the informal settlements in Uganda face challenges with solid waste manangemnet due to reasons like the high birth rates associated with informal settlemnts thus increase volume of solid waste generated per household .Also the nature of housing in informal settlements whereby many people stay in temporary houses with less facilities and knowledge regarding solid waste management is a reason the solid waste management problem in informal settlements like kagugube ward . The researcher applied various techniques of data collection which include ; interviewing ,questionarres ,observation ,photography ,field investigation and sketching . Some results from the field indicate that the methods of solid waste management in kagugube ward are still not improved for example from the use of questionarres ,it was found out that x 18% of the people collect solid waste in sacs ,01% use dustibins ,06%use composite pits ,56% throw on the ground whereas 18% burn the solid waste . With the results above the researcher came to recommend the following to be done in kagugube ward . Recycling of solid waste . Green vegetable matter like banana peels, pineapple and cabbage plus food left overs should be reused . The government should provide sanitary facilities such as dumping sites, in the neighboring areas so as to improve on the way people collect the solid waste. Encouraging the community members to find where they can put pits and impoundments to dispose the biodegradable wastes . Operators and regulators need to do much more to reduce the impact of the problem of solid waste management in kagugube ward.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSolid waste managementen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlements.en_US
dc.titlePlanning for solid waste management in informal settlements.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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