Dire Dawa Administrative Council Integrated Resource

Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. OBJECTIVES AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
1.1.1 Objectives Of The Study
The objectives of the Integrated Resources Development Master Plan of Dire Dawa
Administrative Council as stated in the Terms of References are:
• To prepare a Master Plan for an integrated development of the natural resources
of the Dire Dawa Administrative Council for 30-50 years to come.
• To prepare the Council’s’s natural, human and animal resources optimum
utilization, with its best contributions to the DDAC economic development with
minimum possible environmental impact.
The study intends to identify different scenarios of development plans and select
development plans that are justifiable and achievable or socially acceptable and
economically viable.
The master plan study is planned to be carried out in three phases i.e. Phase I:
Reconnaissance, Phase II: Data Collection Survey and Analysis and Phase III: Master
Pplan Preparation.
The Reconnaissance Phase I was submitted in June 2002. The current report is Phase II:
Data Collection, Survey and Analysis, which was commenced in September 2002.
1.1.2 Phase II Activities and Reports
The phase II activities are data collection and acquisition, site surveys and investigations,
development of GIS and resource analysis. The outputs of the sectoral studies are
presented in Section II of the Phase II reports, which is organized in five volumes. The
maps are given in section III at a scale of 1:100 000 except hydrogeology map scale
1:50000, which shall be updated to 1:50000 based on the comments to be given by the
Steering Committee.
The current main report contains Section I and describes the surveys carried out,
development opportunities and constraints, planning issues, proposed sectoral
development issues, initial development project ideas, and the program for the master
plan phase.
1.1.3 Objectives of the Main Report
The main report objective is to show the development opportunities, constraints,
problems, challenges and project ideas and strategies. In addition it describes the survey s
that have been undertaken and draws the summary results of the sectoral studies.
Phase II- Data Collection - Site Investigation Survey & Analysis – DDAC - Main Report
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