Assessing the impact of urban sprawl on the provision of public services.

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to make an assessment of the urban sprawl and its impact on the provision of public services, causes of urban sprawl, the areas that have come up due to sprawl in the municipality, and the possible strategies to redirect the impacts of urban sprawl on ththe provision of public services in Nansana municipality. While in the field, various methods of data collection such as in-depth interviews, administered questionnaires, documentary reviews and sampling methods were applied. Observation was used in this research and the researcher remained a passive observer, observing activities to draw conclusion. Interview method was mainly used to collect qualitative data to a larger extent as it involved discussion of ideas and interactions between the researcher and a selected person(s) using open ended questions to gain a deep insight into the topic. This engagement was a person-to-person interaction and with this method the researcher was able to find out the population of Nansana municipality, land coverage and public services in the area. using this method and the last method used was the questionnaire method which involved the use of pre-determined questions printed on papers which was delivered in person to the respondents to be answered in writing. It was the above methods that were used to collect data while in the field which data was analyzed to come up with the findings and then a conclusion and recommendations were reached at. This study was also presented in five chapters, chapter one covered introduction of the study, chapter two, literature review, chapter three, research methodology, chapter four, presentation and discussion of the research findings and chapter five, the conclusions and recommendations