Urban environmental management policies to improve the living condition in slum settlements : a case study of Tau Hu canal settlement, district 8, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | |
| Author | Pham Quang Dong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-01-12 |
| Subject(s) | Urban ecology--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh--Government policy Community development--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh--Environmental aspects Slums--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh--Environmental aspects |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study analyzes the urban environmental management policy recommendation for authority institutions and community participation mechanism for low-income households. Its purpose towards living condition improvement with focus on low-income people in slum settlement along canals in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam through sewerage and sanitation improvement. With this in view, this study focuses on investigating the current policies, plans and institutional characteristics related to sewerage and sanitation management. The study seeks to find out the gaps and weaknesses of them and try to recommend suitable policies and institutional reforms toward the local authorities through urban environmental management at the local level. The socio-economic status and current sewerage and sanitation conditions also are briefly reviewed to understand the current bad situations of living conditions of local people in slum settlement along Tau Hu canal. Based on some exploration of the root causes of these problems and constraints to solve them, this study provides some recommendations. At first, "Urban Environmental Management Plan" and clear vision of slum upgrading need to be created in macro level for long term. Second, a "Steering Committee" also is established as a special cell to combine and integrate all of plans, programs and activities deal with infrastructure improvement to avoid the overlaps, loopholes and gaps. Finally, suggestions to community participation at the micro level are very important and necessary roles to contribute the improvement of living conditions at the local level. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Perera, L. A. S Ranjith |
| Examination Committee(s) | Amin, A. T. M. Nurul ;Truong Quang |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) ;Canadian International Development Agency/Canadian Universities Consortium (CIDA-CUC) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |