Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
ABBREVIATION 12
1. INTRODUCTION 13
1.1. Background 13
1.2. Problem Statement 14
1.3. Research Objectives and Questions 15
1.4. Scope 17
1.5. Significance of the Research 17
1.6. Organization of the Thesis 18
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 21
2.1. Kigali City and its Development 21
2.2. Overview of Road Infrastructure Development Initiatives in Kigali City 24
2.3. Overview of City Master Planning in Kigali City 27
2.4. Holistic Urban Development and its Importance 31
2.4.1. A City Master Plan 32
2.4.2. Road Infrastructures 33
2.4.3. The integration of road infrastructure with Master Plan 35
2.4.4. Challenges and Opportunities for Holistic Urban Development in Kigali City 37
2.5. The fast-track development approach 40
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 43
3.1. Introduction 43
3.2. Study area 45
3.3. Research Design and Data Collection 46
3.4. Questionnaire design 47
3.5. Population and Sample Size 48
3.6. Data Validity 50
4. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS 51
4.1. Demographic Description of Respondents 51
4.2. Data Analysis 56
4.2.1. Kigali City Master Plan and Holistic Urban Development in Kigali 57
4.2.2. Effectiveness of how Kigali City Master Plan guided the development of road infrastructure 59
4.2.3. Alignment of road infrastructure development initiatives with the Kigali city transportation master plan 61
4.2.4. Insights provided by survey participants regarding the optimization of the integration between the Kigali City Master Plan and the development of road infrastructure 62
4.2.5. Effectiveness of roads placement on the Master Plan 68
4.3. Comparative Analysis of South Korea and Rwanda's Approaches to Urban Development through Road Infrastructure and City Master Planning 72
4.3.1. Historical Context and Urban Development Objectives 73
4.3.2. Road Infrastructure Development 74
4.3.3. City Master Planning 74
4.3.4. Holistic Urban Development Outcomes 74
4.3.5. Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations 75
4.4. Comparative Analysis Between Fast Track Development vs. Holistic Urban Development 75
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 82
5.1. Engagement in initiatives related to urban development 85
5.2. Acquaintance with the Master Plan of Kigali City 85
5.3. Perceived Importance and Effectiveness of the Master Plan 85
5.4. Alignment of Road Infrastructure with the Master Plan 86
5.5. Insights from Survey Participants 86
5.6. Comparative Analysis with South Korea 86
5.7. Balanced Approach for Kigali's Development 87
6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 88
6.1. Conclusion 88
6.2. Recommendation 89
6.3. Recommendations for Future studies 90
BIBLIOGRAPHY 92
APPENDIX 99
초록 107
Table 1. The progress of Kigali City in time, space, and number of inhabitants. 13
Table 2. Respondents age range 51
Table 3. Respondents Occupation 53
Table 4. Time respondents lived in Kigali City 54
Table 5. Involvement status of respondents in urban development and Infrastructure projects in Kigali 55
Table 6. Familiarity of respondents to Kigali City Master Plan 56
Table 7. Importance of Kigali city master plan for achieving holistic urban development 58
Table 8. Kigali Master Plan Guidance to road infrastructure development 59
Table 9. How well do road infrastructure development initiatives align with the Kigali city transportation master plan 61
Table 10. Fast Track Development vs. Holistic Urban Development 76
Figure 1. Map showing the geographic location of the study area 21
Figure 2. Master Plan for Development Control and Sustainability 22
Figure 3. Master Plan 2013 vs Master Plan 2020 23
Figure 4. Overall view of planned Kigali Central Business District - CBD 24
Figure 5. Integrated land use and transport planning 25
Figure 6. Proposed Kigali Master Plan 2050 27
Figure 7. Goals of the Transportation Master Plan 28
Figure 8. Kigali CBD proposed cultural, recreational and commercial esplanade, facing the wetland 29
Figure 9. Kigali historical commercial node and conservation zone within the new CBD urban fabric design 30
Figure 10. Implementation Framework Diagram 30
Figure 11. Kigali Integrated Neighborhood MP 33
Figure 12. Neighborhood around Kimihurura roundabout located in central Kigali 37
Figure 13. Conceptual framework or Research framework 47
Figure 14. Graphical presentation of Respondents age range 52
Figure 15. Graphical presentation of Respondents Occupation 53
Figure 16. Graphical presentation of Respondents time lived in Kigali City 54
Figure 17. Graphical presentation of Respondents involvement in projects/ Kigali City 55
Figure 18. Graphical presentation of Respondents involvement in projects/ Kigali City 57
Figure 19. Graphical presentation of Respondents' view KCMP and HUD 58
Figure 20. Graphical presentation of Respondents' views with Kigali City Master plan and infra development 60
Figure 21. Graphical presentation of Respondents' view on alignment of roads with Kigali City Master plan 61
Figure 22. Example of misaligned roads under RUDP project: Agatare upgrading project 68
Figure 23. Example of misaligned roads under RUDP project: Mpazi upgrading project 69
Figure 24. Example of misaligned roads under KIP project: Mageragere road 69
Figure 25. Example of misaligned roads under KIP project: Kimironko road 70
Figure 26. Example of misaligned roads under KIP project: Gisozi roads 71
Figure 27. Kigali: A City of tomorrow 71