| dc.description.abstract | The study was for a dissertation for an award of Bachelors Degree of Urban and Regional Planning
at Makerere University. It looked at slum upgrading and its associated challenges, it aimed at
mapping stakeholders involved in upgrading of the area, looked at examining the process and
approaches used in slum upgrading of Katanga looked at investigating the basic slum upgrading
principles applied in Katanga, assessing the challenges faced in upgrading of Katanga and also
looked at finding out slum upgrading strategic interventions. This can be achieved through
qualitative and quantitative data which involves; use of questionnaires, interview guide,
observation, photography, literature review, coding, tabulation and computation. These helped me
to know the stakeholders involved in the in the upgrading of Katanga that is to say; central
government, private sector, residents, CBOs, NGOs. It also helped me to know the slum upgrading
process and approaches used in the upgrading of Katanga, slum upgrading principles, the
challenges associated with upgrading of the area, the strategic interventions that have been
conducted to handle the challenges associated with upgrading of Katanga.
For upgrading of the area to be successful, Katanga has to be included in the city’s planning and
also looking at all possible measures to make Katanga a self-contained area in different designs of
Kampala city. All stakeholders involved in the upgrading of the area should also be brought on the
board for successful upgrading of Katanga. | en_US |
