Reconciling the right to a clean and healthy environment with economic growth: a case study of Kampala City
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2010-05
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Kampala international University college of humanities and social science
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As desperate and inhumane as conditions are in these slums and shantytowns. many people do more than merely survive there They learn to live in dangerous, confusing and rapidly changing worlds and have hope for the future. Saigo Cunningham (2001)
The problems that over whelm is today are precisely those we failed to solve decades ago Moslafa K Kolba These assertions describe challenges of reconciling the right to a clean and healthy environment with economic growth in space and time. Life is about pursuing multiple ends. That is what the human rights concept is about. Cities resemble ecosystems in which in
habitats participate in exchange of matter and energy with their environment. The benchmark of this study is environmental ethics. It emphasizes examination of the observed degradation, evaluation, of systems approach and clever planning for sustainable economic development in Kampala (from 1986-2003) Questionnaires were individually administered to the respondents in cluster selects through both stratified and random sampling. Key-informants were individually interviewed using a semi-structured preset interview schedule. Their responses helped the researcher to elaborate and discuss research findings. Research assistants were employed to fill in the gaps of the researcher’s limited accessibility. Ground field surveys were carried out. Direct observation was applied, photography, use of base maps, desk research and note books helped in data collection and recording, different methods of data analysis were used in editing, coding, classification and interpretation to ensure quality control and meanings. The relationship between economic growth, human rights and the physical environment was examined. High levels of entropy especially on the valued environmental components were registered. Evaluation of the challenges of reconciling the right t a clean and healthy environment with economic growth proved that Kampala urban area has suffered un 18 ending conflict of value-systems. Equitable economic development of Kampala meant understanding of the functioning of the biosphere and mainstream environmental rights. Whereas quest for rapid economic growth presented challenges to enjoyment of the right to a clean and healthy environment, it provided rare opportunities. Since ~everyone has a right to a clean and healthy environment” coupled with “right to development” it means that everyone has
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A thesis presented to the school of postgraduate studies and research Kampala international university Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of masters in human rights and development
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Economic growth, Clean and healthy environment, Kampala City