An investigation into the impact of roadside businesses on the traffic flow in Kampala city : a case study of Katwe road.

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dc.contributor.author Ebong, Willy Bunga
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-11T09:05:58Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-11T09:05:58Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01
dc.description Planning research project submitted as a partial fulfillment for the award of a degree in Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning en_US
dc.description.abstract KatwehasbeenaslumrightfromwhenhumanhabitationstartedtoappearalongtheKampalaKaseserailwaytracksintheearly20thcenturyandhascontinuouslyattractedyoungmenand women,withlittleeducationandpracticalskills,whoingeniouslyimproviseand‘manufacture’ imitationsoforiginalelectronicappliancesandautomobilespareparts,looselycalledMagezi gaBaganda(Wisdom oftheBaganda).Famedforbeingthecentreofcreativity,non-residential useslikecommercial,institutionaletchavegraduallyinvadedtheareaturningitintooneofthe mostsoughtafterfast-growingbusinesscentresinKampalaCitytoday.Katwe’sstrategic locationaladvantage,economicactivitiesandimprovementintransportrouteshaveledtoan increaseintheintensityofnewinformalactivitiesintheareaduetothehighdemandfornew spacestoaccommodatethemandthishasresultedintoaninfluxofvariousmodesoftransport anditsassociatednegativeslikecongestion,pollution,accidentsandcreationofunpleasant environsespeciallyalongKatweRoad.Thehigherthelevelofroadsidebusinesses,thelower thetransportationperformanceoftheroad,hence,thisstudydelvesdeepandinvestigatesthe impactsoftheseroadsidebusinessesontheflowoftrafficalongKatweRoad. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Ebong, W.B. (2020). An investigation into the impact of roadside businesses on the traffic flow in Kampala city : a case study of Katwe road. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University. Kampala, Uganda. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10653
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Roadside businesses en_US
dc.subject Traffic flow en_US
dc.subject Katwe road en_US
dc.title An investigation into the impact of roadside businesses on the traffic flow in Kampala city : a case study of Katwe road. en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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