Institutional Framework for Collaborative Urban Planning in Afghanistan in view of the Transferring Process of International Urban Planning Systems

Authors

  • Habib Ahmad Javid Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tetsuo Kidokoro Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v2.n3.79

Abstract

This article provides an overview of Afghanistan’s urban planning institutional change in certain historical periods, particular dilemmas within the current urban planning system and its gradual shift from totalitarian urban planning approaches practiced during 1960s - 1980s to a different form of planning being practiced by the current government. In addition, it will seek to analyze the ease and tension caused by the three recent phenomena that have emerged after the establishment of a new democratic government in Afghanistan since 2001, such as private sector-led urban development, international funding community’s and NGOs’ role in planning and the delegation of certain roles given to different tires of the government. Another purpose of this work is to analyze the collaboration among urban planning institutions, private sector, international funding community, NGOs and civil society within the current urban planning arena of Afghanistan and to identify the roles, responsibilities and functions of urban planning institutions in different levels of urban governance. Finally find out what possible and necessary institutional changes and framework are needed in order to foster grassroots based inter-institutional collaboration and partnership among various tires of government. The methodological approach to the research is based on qualitative data analysis. For the analysis purpose, government urban planning data and in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with Afghanistan’s urban planning officials were thematically used, which provided in-depth information about involved actors in urban planning and their roles and relationships.

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Published

2015-09-21

How to Cite

Javid, H. A., & Kidokoro, T. (2015). Institutional Framework for Collaborative Urban Planning in Afghanistan in view of the Transferring Process of International Urban Planning Systems. International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v2.n3.79

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2015): International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2015

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