Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia
One of the outlining challenges of the twenty-first century is managing rapidly urbanizing cities. If managed well and guided by sound urban governance principles, cities can act as instruments of growth, and the goal of urban sustainability can be realized. On the other hand, poorly governed cities...
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| description | One of the outlining challenges of the twenty-first century is managing rapidly urbanizing cities. If managed well and guided by sound urban governance principles, cities can act as instruments of growth, and the goal of urban sustainability can be realized. On the other hand, poorly governed cities can become hubs of poverty, disparity, and conflict. Thus, this study is aimed to explore the implementation of urban governance principles in Gondar city. UN-Habitat’s Urban Governance Index (UGI) is employed as an analytical framework. UGI is a straightforward, easy, and flexible framework suited to measure the quality of urban governance practices in the local context. This study’s data included quantitative and qualitative data related to customer satisfaction in service delivery, citizen charter, access to electricity, waste management, water supply connections, pro-poor water policy, citizen involvement in decision-making, and incentives for the informal market. The result indicated that the highest values had been achieved in the effectiveness and accountability sub-indexes, with scores ranging between 0.65 and 0.56, respectively. Similarly, the lowest values have been recorded in equity and participation sub-indexes with scores between 0.44 and 0.37, respectively. The results revealed that the city still needs to implement sound governance principles. Therefore, attention should be given to implementing good urban governance principles to achieve the city we need that fits the smart city paradigm. Innovative structures with systems to implement UGI should be needed for sustainable urban development and to make our cities livable and competitive in the paradigm of sustainable cities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ca19b7be3a7c4e16b6a00b9c6bbf9d962025-08-20T02:36:30ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862023-12-019110.1080/23311886.2023.2208934Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West EthiopiaErgo Beyene0Acamyeleh Gashu Adam1Amare Sewnet Minale2Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaDepartment of Land Administration and Surveying, Bahir Dar University, Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaOne of the outlining challenges of the twenty-first century is managing rapidly urbanizing cities. If managed well and guided by sound urban governance principles, cities can act as instruments of growth, and the goal of urban sustainability can be realized. On the other hand, poorly governed cities can become hubs of poverty, disparity, and conflict. Thus, this study is aimed to explore the implementation of urban governance principles in Gondar city. UN-Habitat’s Urban Governance Index (UGI) is employed as an analytical framework. UGI is a straightforward, easy, and flexible framework suited to measure the quality of urban governance practices in the local context. This study’s data included quantitative and qualitative data related to customer satisfaction in service delivery, citizen charter, access to electricity, waste management, water supply connections, pro-poor water policy, citizen involvement in decision-making, and incentives for the informal market. The result indicated that the highest values had been achieved in the effectiveness and accountability sub-indexes, with scores ranging between 0.65 and 0.56, respectively. Similarly, the lowest values have been recorded in equity and participation sub-indexes with scores between 0.44 and 0.37, respectively. The results revealed that the city still needs to implement sound governance principles. Therefore, attention should be given to implementing good urban governance principles to achieve the city we need that fits the smart city paradigm. Innovative structures with systems to implement UGI should be needed for sustainable urban development and to make our cities livable and competitive in the paradigm of sustainable cities.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2208934good governance indicatorsUN-Habitat’s urban governance indexurban governanceurban service delivery |
| spellingShingle | Ergo Beyene Acamyeleh Gashu Adam Amare Sewnet Minale Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia Cogent Social Sciences good governance indicators UN-Habitat’s urban governance index urban governance urban service delivery |
| title | Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia |
| title_full | Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia |
| title_short | Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia |
| title_sort | examining the practice of urban governance using un habitat urban governance index in gondar city north west ethiopia |
| topic | good governance indicators UN-Habitat’s urban governance index urban governance urban service delivery |
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