An Assessmet of Road And Drainage Infrastructure System Integration And Provision In Shire-Indasilassie Town, Tigray
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2011-06
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
Wilh increasing Irend of urbanizalion, provision of adequate urban Slorm water drainage facililies plays
greater role in maintaining communily safety and municipal asset from flood hazard However,
development of Ihese syslems is al its infant level in many of the secondary towns of Ethiopia. Shireindasilassie
is one of the secondmy lawns in Ethiopia where huge amount of resource is depleted yearly
al household and municipal level because of flooding. Despite Ihe huge deslruclion of Ihe public
reSOllrce, seriousness of Ihe problem is, however, nOI well recognized by municipal aUlhorities.
IYmradays. Ihe ideal location of Ihe lawn wilh respeci 10 lawns such as Gondar, Humera. and Mekele is
am'acling people from Ihe nearby rural hillleriands and consequenlly exacerbale Ihe problem offlooding
alld illegal mulliplicalion of slums and squaller selliements ill Ihe town. These situalions Irigger the
researcher 10 select this research problem in Ihe lawn under discussion. Cognizanl of Ihe deplh and
breadlh of the problem, Ihe main i11lel1lion of Ihe researcher in conducting this swdy was to assess the
cOlldition of USWD system. delermine the eXlenl of road and USWD il1legration, and assess Ihe risk of
.flood hazard wilhin the COl1leXI of Ihe social, economic, physical and inslilutional almosphere of Ihe lown.
For Ihe accomplishment of Ihese objectives, the researcher employed mix of qualitalive and qualllilative
data from households and 1'Orious responsible municipal authorilies. Result of Ihe study c1earl" shows
Ihal Ihe exisling USWD facililies in Ihe town are inadequate to properly remove urban storm water in the
10H'n. As a result of Ihis, huge resources are depleled yearly bOlh at household and municipal level.
Resull of the household sUlTey on flood damage also reveals that income level of Ihe majorilY of Ihe
households in Ihe town is unable to solve the financial burdens of flood damage. The basic impeding
facto rs for USWD developmenl, according 10 the findings of Ih is research, are disil1legrated
infrastruclural managemenl. lack of qualified human power and lack of adequale finance. Finally, Ihe
researcher recommends Ihe municipalilY to strenglhen Ihe capacilY of human power and eSlablish
H"Orkable organizational structures conducive for communication of the variou5 slakehold2rs and
inlegration of related injraslruclural deparlmel1ls
Key Words: Gi'ban Storm !l'ater Drainage, Road injraslruclure, Conventional Storm WaleI' Drainage
Sntems, Source Control Measures 10 Flooding, impervious sUljaces, Infiltration
Description
Keywords
System Integration And Provision In Shire-Indasilassie Town, Tigray