Tanzania
A deep analysis of Tanzania National Urban Policy
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP per capita
Population (2016)
Population growth rate
Inflation Rate (2014)
Drinking water (rural)
Drinking water (urban)
Forested areas
CO2 emissions estimate
Labour force (females)
Labour force (males)
Female life expectancy
Male life expectancy
Unemp % of labour force
Urban population
Male education
Female education
Data presented above is obtained form 2018 NUP Database Booklet - (2018 WorldBank dataset), access it from the World Bank Dataset
TITLE OF NUP
National HumanSettlements DevelopmentPolicy (Partial)
STAGE OF NUP
Formulation Phase
LEADING AGENCY FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development
TIMELINE
N/A
FOCUS
Urban development is guided by the Tanzanian Master plan. The focus areas of the plan are economic strategies, social proposals, environment, infrastructure, governance, and design guidelines.
COMMENTS
There is no NUP, however, there are ongoing discussions and processes with UN-Habitat on developing a NUP.
Thematic scope of Tanzania NUP
Thematic attention
Economic
Development
Thematic attention
Spatial
Development
Thematic attention
Human
Development
Thematic attention
Environmental
Development
Thematic attention
Climate
Resilience
Graphical Representation
Legend:
12=Extensive
8=Moderate
4=Low
0=No Information
Measurement of how Tanzania NUP fulfils
SDG 11.a.1 Qualifier
Population dynamics
The National Urban Policies for Tanzania, does not respond to the population dynamics as an SDG11.a.1 qualifier. Tanzania NUP does not focus on demographic trends and needs in their Formulation phase.
NO
Territorial development
Tanzania NUP does not address a spatial coherent territory that includes a balanced system for human settlement. Cities and towns along the urban, periurban and rural continum is also focussed in the Tanzania NUP.
NO
Local fiscal space
Tanzania NUP does not address the local fiscal space as SDG.11.a.1 qualifier. Their NUP ensures that local governments have resources to carry out activities at the local level.
NO