Future Plan of Maputo, Mozambique

English I (ELG 30505) Oral Presentation

Group members: Tan Sheau HuiYee Zhen LiJolyn Low Ruo LinSiong Jia YiiChong Hui Xin

Maputo, Mozambique

Capital city of Mozambique.

It is endowed with rich and extensive natural resources.

Since 2001, Mozambique's annual average GDP growth has been among the world's highest. However, the country ranks among the lowest in GDP per capita, human development, measures of inequality, and average life expectancy.

Securitythe state of being free from danger

or threat.

City planning efforts were put on hold because of a lack of expertise and a limited budget available for renewal projects.

Reason Of The Bad Security 1

Reason Of The Bad Security 2

High rate of illegal activities

7 policemen in Maputo have been arrested for participating in the kidnapping

News reported:

There was a horrific case in Beira where a 14 year old was kidnapped for a ransom of 1 million US dollars. His parents alerted the police and within minutes the kidnappers phoned the parents and told them that they would never see their child again. He was tortured, decapitated and dumped on the road.

Future Plan 1Use the city’s available funds or current assets effectively:

• Spend money on learning new knowledge

• Imitate other countries and think of new ideas.

• As a result, the city can provide a more complete facilities to ensure the security.

Future Plan 2

Investment

Find out the way to obtain more current assets, such as invest others country shares or fixed assets.

Future Plan 3

Using high-tech security

• Compulsory for all homes / offices to use this so we can reduce the risk of burglary and other crimes.

Water and Waste Management

Waste management

oA basic requirement of ecologically sustainable development.

o It involves:- Monitoring- Collection- Transport- Processing- Disposal of waste materials

Effective waste management• Creation of cleaner• Less wasteful• More sustainable society

Aims :

• Control pollution of land, air, water and sediment

• Conserve resources of water, energy, raw materials and nutrients

• Enhance business performance and maintain cooperate social responsibility

• Improve occupational health and safety

Problems of Waste Management

Waste is piling up in the outskirts as the economy grows.

The smoke from burning garbage is dense over Hulene. It is almost 40°C.

Hulene is Maputo’s only landfill. About 800 tonnes of garbage is dumped here daily, overflowing the walls of the dump and spreading into the surrounding residential area. Informal garbage collectors, nearly 300 in total, are scavenging around broken glass, toxic flames and empty drinks cans.

Water Management

•The activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources.

Water Pollution Problem• The blooming of cyanobacteria is a serious pollution

problem because many species of these bacteria produce toxic components, so-called cyanotoxins.

• A higher incidence of cyanobacteria has been detected in drinking water reservoirs.

• Bacteria cells and dissolved toxins can be found in the drinking water.

• They can have a negative effect on human health.

Solution of Waste Management

Recycling of urban solid waste

• reduces the amount of waste to be buried • increases the useful life of landfills• saves energy in productive processes• reduces air and water pollution• reduces the levels of crime and drug consumption.

Future Plan

• Set a National Strategy for use of wastewater in agriculture;

• Demonstrate the benefits (social and economical) of Wastewater use in agriculture;

• Rise public awareness about Wastewater use in agriculture;

• Assure the potential health risks are not verified; • Promote the WTP across the nation;• Strengthening the capacities across the nation to deal, • Manage and maintain WTP.

Tourism and Hospitality

Tourism• The urban area is small and concentrated,

with wide avenues and old trees.

• People are generally out and about in the streets, walking, driving and getting on with life. • The vibe is healthy and active, with little begging and lots of street vendors and markets. • There is no heavy presence of police during the day.• Provides a range of accommodations, from five-star hotels to comfortable backpackers' hostels with reasonable options.

Hospitality• Accommodation in Maputo includes

Portuguese hospitality.• Portuguese is a language spoken by the

locals, much of the country's cuisine offered at some of the best accommodation in Maputo as well as at the city's restaurants and street cafés has a Portuguese influence. • The Southern Sun Maputo hotel is an example of top accommodation in Maputo.

Future Plan 1• Giving an education on expertise

Due to the economy, some people might have not given opportunities to be educated. Therefore, I suggest that government should at least give them some basic knowledge on expertise in order to achieve better future plans as soon as possible.

Future Plan 2

• Managing and organizing budget well

Plan well and make sure that the government is not running out of budget and consider of everything before making the first step.

Transport, Energy Management and

Disaster Relief

Disaster IssuesIn 2000 and 2001, floods had affected

about a quarter of the population and destroyed much of its infrastructure.

In 2002, a severe drought hit many parts of the city. Poverty remains widespread, with more than 50% of the citizens living on less than $1 a day.

Future Plan on Disaster Relief

• Reduce the impact of disasters through the development of policies and programming.

• Encourage countries to incorporate climate change adaptation needs into their poverty reduction strategies.

Energy Management

• Approximately 14% of the country has access to electricity.

• The majority of electried households live in urban areas, with only around 5% of rural people having access to electricity.

Imbalance energy supplies

Future Plan on Energy Management

• Use natural resources to generate energy.

• Discover underground fuels such as coals, oil and gas to generate more electricity to the whole city.

Reason of transportation problem

High urban population growth rates

• The population grew dramatically but the infrastructures have developed slowly.

• Migration is the main factor of this problem.

Future plan on Transportation

Emphasize on public transportation system

• City authorities should invest more on public transportation to reduce traffic jams and overcrowded situation.

• Create and provide new public transport vehicles.

Future plan of train system- Operating on city main streets

Water public transport- Reduce road traffic jams

and save spaces

Green Building

Background of Maputo in green building

Rhino group for sustainable business and living

• Help its clients to develop and maintain sustainable businesses and lifestyles

• Created two specialist divisions – “Food-water-energy” and “Green building Solutions”.

• Rhino Plastics provides green building solutions & products.

Living the vision• Green building solutions, energy saving &

solar power generation and water recycling technologies.

• Retrofit included natural light harvesting and LED lights

• Build a showcase energy and water self-sufficient house

• Ecola Plastics, the largest privately owned waste plastic recyclers

The companies take part in green building in Maputo

• Rhino AgriVantage• Rhino Water Technologies• Rhino Energy Solutions• Rhino Plastics

Future plans on Green Building

THE AIM OF GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL• Maximise living space with adequate parking,

cost effective design and materials

• Efficient construction using resources responsibly

• Design must be adaptable for all citizens

• Environmentally responsible building and operations

Greenization program• Using plants and trees through green

roofs, rain gardens , and reduction of rainwater run off

• Using low impact building materials or using packed gravel or permeable concrete instead of conventional concrete or asphalt to enhance replenishment of ground water

• Building is made from sustainable and energy- saving materials , from energy efficient computer and lighting systems to non-toxic cleaning materials.

• Green building have better capital values, higher occupancy rates and lower rental comparing to the non-green building

Conclusion• All in all, our future plans and strategies covered

every aspect and can ensure future success in Maputo.

• Supports and commitment from every field are needed in keeping the momentum of city development in the future.

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