Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action

Sri Lanka's country vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban vision, as defined in the government's development policy framework is to develop a system of competitive, environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in five metro regions and nine metro cities and to provide every family with affordable and adequate urban shelter by 2020. This policy note provides an initial assessment of Sri Lanka's urban characteristics, outlining the challenges ahead and broad policy directions for turning the urban vision into action. The policy note has six main sections. First section briefly outlines Sri Lanka's urban characteristics today. Second section discusses the main economic drivers of Sri Lanka's cities. Third section presents the main themes of Sri Lanka's Urban Vision (which includes the System of competitive cities vision and the adequate and affordable urban shelter for all vision) and discusses its economic rationale and viability given the urban characteristics and economic drivers of the country's cities. Fourth section outlines the main challenges for achieving the Urban Vision, based on the results of a diagnostic assessment carried out as an input to the policy note. Fifth section discusses recent government initiatives for implementing the urban vision, and how they have helped tackle the challenges. And sixth section offers broad policy directions and priority actions to achieve the Urban Vision.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-05
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS, ACCESS TO LAND, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIRPORT, ARTERIAL ROADS, BLOCK GRANTS, BORROWING, BOTTLENECKS, BUS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL GRANTS, CAPITAL PROGRAM, CAPITALS, CAR, CAR TRIPS, CENTRAL TRANSFERS, CITIES, CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY PLANNING, COMMUTERS, CONGESTION, DECENTRALIZATION, DRAINAGE, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC REFORM, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GOVERNANCE MODELS, HIGHWAY, HORIZONTAL EQUITY, HOUSING, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INSTITUTIONAL SETTING, LABOR MARKETS, LAND DEVELOPMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND MARKETS, LAND USE, LAWS, LICENSES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL LEVEL, LOCAL ROADS, MANDATES, METROPOLITAN AREAS, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT, MICROFINANCE, MIGRATION, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, MUNICIPAL FINANCE, MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL RESOURCES, NOW ACCOUNTS, PARKING FEES, PER CAPITA INCOME, POPULATION DENSITY, PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY TAXES, PUBLIC, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HOUSING, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC­ PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RAIL, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAY NETWORK, RAPID TRANSIT, RECURRENT EXPENDITURES, RENTAL HOUSING, REVENUE COLLECTION, REVENUE SOURCES, ROAD, ROAD CONNECTIONS, ROUTE, RURAL ENVIRONMENT, RURAL­URBAN MIGRATION, SANITATION, SHELTER, SLUMS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBSIDIARY, TAX, TAX ASSESSMENT, TAX RATES, TAXATION, TIRES, TOWNS, TRADE LICENSES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRUE, URBAN, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DWELLERS, URBAN ECONOMIES, URBAN ECONOMY, URBAN GEOGRAPHY, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN HOUSING, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN LABOR, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PLANS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN RENEWAL, URBAN ROADS, URBAN SECTOR, URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY, URBAN SERVICES, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN STRUCTURE, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, URBAN WATER, URBANIZATION, VEHICLE, VEHICLE PARKING, WAGES, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16823176/turning-sri-lankas-urban-vision-policy-action https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11929
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