چکیده:
This paper examines the structure and form of the Alley spaces in Kampala Central BusinessDistrict, with purpose to examine their uses, and the potential for urban renewal. The study employed multiplemethodological approaches and procedures including document review, case study approaches and analysis anddeduction of empirical findings, and explanation building. The study findings reveal that alleys in Kampala’s CBDare significant outdoor spaces of linear nature, each with a distinct identity with respect to location, size and qualityinitially designated for municipal service infrastructure but now taken over by the informal commercial enterprisethat sees value of these spaces and from them harnesses a means of survival, henceforth defining their character andquality. The paper concludes that the users most often focus on subspaces of activity concentrations without necessarilynoticing the configuration of the whole space. For effective urban renewal to take place and for the alley to performeffectively, it should be perceived not only as a space for movement but also a place of social interaction of a diverseurban population.
خلاصه ماشینی:
2015 This paper examines the structure and form of the Alley spaces in Kampala Central Business District, with purpose to examine their uses, and the potential for urban renewal.
The study findings reveal that alleys in Kampala’s CBD are significant outdoor spaces of linear nature, each with a distinct identity with respect to location, size and quality initially designated for municipal service infrastructure but now taken over by the informal commercial enterprise that sees value of these spaces and from them harnesses a means of survival, henceforth defining their character and quality.
This is in line with Samuel Gross’ submission that alleys are linear and parallel planes used for circulation and movement "spanning as little as half a block or connect across intersections and traverse miles of city blocks… Alleys come in many shapes and sizes; they go by many names such as passages, lanes, narrow streets generally utilized by pedestrians or service vehicles between or behind buildings.
In older city centers that were developed before the early 1900’s, alleys were standard streets utilized for moving people and goods on foot, horse, or bicycle, and after the invention of the car, they were planned or converted for deliveries, maintenance services, emergency vehicles, and for parking" (Gross, 2015, 1-3).
However, in attempt to create sanity in the streets and to curb informal trading and vending within the alleys of the CBD, Kampala Capital City Fig. 9: Figure ground diagram of Kiyembe lane and its im- mediate built environment Authority often disperses and arrests some of the vendors for illegal trading in the alleys.