The first USF diagnosis concerning Burkina’s major urban problems raise the following points:
– The lack of Regional Planning tools
– The Peri-urban areas are prone to anarchic uses, without any official documents
– The Pattern Planning through housing procedure results into the urban sprawl of cities
– The lack of “access rate” of urban services
– The lack of statistical data for an efficient study on urban economy
– The absence of a global social housing policy: self-construction and real estate companies are the only “housing actors “
USF has begun the organisation of a conference in Ouagadougou with the main actors: local elected representatives, technical services, experts in town planning and urban development. The Conference program, held in Ouagadougou, will focus on the following key:
– Growth and Urban development
– Planning documents
– Position of the Grand Ouaga Master Plan
– Uncontrolled housing & treatments
– Problematic of urban transportation
– Stakes of city centre dynamics
