Urban Environmental Problems of the City of Banjul, the Public Health Challenges and where lies the solution. - By Abdoukarim Sanneh
The spatial and land use planning of the city Banjul, date back to colonial days and this led the genesis of land office now know as the Department of Physical Planning in colonial protectorate area. The development planning of the city of Banjul with the introduction of streets and their names, sewage and drainage facilities, electricity, pipe- borne water etc was the beginning of Towns and Country Planning in the country. Gambia’s planning laws is the extension 1948 English Towns and County Planning legislation into the colonies. Every legal instrument embodies into this legislation determine modern spatial geographical planning limited to only enforcement and development control. With shortage of trained man power and lack of local democracy and decentralisation, there is no consultative citizens’ participation in land use designation and democratic planning decision making.
The city’s urban planning in those days suits the development challenges of that time. For many years, Banjul has been an attractive place to leave, study and work but out of a sudden this unique environment is just degrading beyond our notice. What is the problem? What are the public health and environmental challenges confronting Banjul and Gambia’s urban landscape? There are many factors that are the cause and result of the dereliction of capital city of Banjul but the aim of this article is to look into the lenses of urban environment degeneration nexus and environmental health and sanitation.
Banjul, like many islands and Island cities are confronted with the challenges of Global environmental changes. Mitigating and re...
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...ter pollution incidence. For example in United Kingdom the legal foundation of Environment Act 1990 and Water Resource Act 1985 is frame in such that the legal liability for enforcement of pollution incidence is causing or knowingly polluting material into the to cause water system. For the Gambia our environmental legislation on water pollution or releasing polluting substance into the environment medium is not born or is at enfant stage even with our armies of highly educated legal experts. This can be seen through years of releasing untreated sewage waste water into the river estuary at Bund Road Ponder Station. The use of Gambia’s natural environment plays an important role in our social and economic development challenges and in essence we have to put in place laws and standardise regulations for its rational use and management for interest of sustainability.
One of the major facets of tourism is transportation. The ability for people and equipment to be able to move from one place to another smoothly is not only a convenience but a necessity. Air transportation is one of the largest and fastest growing industries associated with tourism. From passenger travel to food and supply transport there are seemingly ever increasing numbers of flights occurring to help meet the demand. With the increase in flights, comes the increase of pollutants into the air, water, and soil. These emissions, as well as those from the electricity production are linked to acid rain, chemical pollution and global warming. These pollutants have effects not only in populated cities, but also in isolated natural environments as well. S...
...tained a streak of sustaining a strong society when suggesting their laws into the Criminal Justice System. Nonetheless, the recent proposal discussed on whether environmental harm should be criminalized has sparked controversy. There are many pros and cons that can be acknowledged in this case. One main thing is certain; the environment is very sacred to every human being and should be well cared for. Thus, there are many other techniques that can do this rather than it simply being placed in the Criminal Code. Civilians need to have a fair chance to deal with problems and as a whole; they can come together to help this environmental issue. Non-legal regulators can work together with society to better our world. Taking legal action would make things more complicated than need be when considering a law that has more negatives to our justice system than positives.
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