Paper short abstract:

The research tries to set the relation between the development of these large development plans and the governance process behind them. The case study analysed is Kigamboni, an area of 6.492 hectares in the southern part of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, selected to be the site for the development of a New City.

Paper long abstract:

New urban plans are popping up all over Sub-Saharan African cities. Private firms and consortia are all involved in the preparation of the future plans and images of these cities. These images represent stunning, supermodern, high-rise glass buildings, mesmerizing seductive words to investors and politicians. These projects include both new areas of development, usually placed in proximity of the primate cities, or they strategically define the new city schemes: satellite centres, new centralities.

The research tries to set the relation between the development of these large development plans and the governance process behind them.

The case study analysed is Kigamboni, an area of 6.492 hectares in the southern part of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, selected to be the site for the development of a New City. The project has been sponsored directly by the MLHHSD, and tries to reach foreign capital to be invested in the real estate sector.

The case study investigates the governance of these new plans. The necessity to overcome the different public institutions difficult to coordinate and to manage is replaced by other kind of institutions. In the case of Kigamboni, the size of the project seems to justify the proposal of a new local authority over the project area, with the possible birth of a new agency, basically a new Municipality.