A Situational Analysis of Metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Strategic Citywide Spatial Planning

A Situational Analysis of Metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Strategic Citywide Spatial Planning

In February 2010, Haiti, particularly the capital Port-au-Prince was hit by an earthquake that caused extensive damage and loss. In 2008-2009, prior to the earthquake, UN-Habitat undertook an urban planning assessment of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, which hosts more than 40% of the Haitian population.

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Strategic citywide spatial planning. A situational analysis of metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Strategic citywide spatial planning. A situational analysis of metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Haiti

This situational analysis of metropolitan Port-au-Prince gives a thorough background to the city’s situation in terms of urban development and planning and presents a way forward for future planning of the metropolitan area. It argues that the main stakeholder for any urban development intervention should be the state, more precisely the municipalities.

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