Kabul Urban Survey - Groupe URD

technical tools in order to situate certain areas on them. The urban process requires
more precision and coordination with physical and administrative contexts.
Not administrative reference
They cannot be used as an administrative reference. The urban process requires more
precision and coordination with physical and administrative contexts.
Not coordination tool
The majority of international organisations and NGOs who are working in the urban or
building sector have to establish a GIS service in their own offices. One of the main
problems is that there are no links made between the different types of information
drawn on the various satellite maps.
5.1.4 Urban maps produced by or with the aid of international organisations
As explained above, there is a general lack of available updated data and administrative
urban plans. Afghan urban actors are accustomed to working with their own knowledge of
the city. However this results in much confusion and disagreements in the field and
additionally, the international community, who is funding the major urban rehabilitation
programmes, does not have sufficient information on the localisation of landmarks and
district boundaries in the city. To cope with this lack of spatial understanding, a number of
basic maps have been developed since 2002 by international organisations with a view to
developing a range of urban coordination spatial tools. Below is a list of the urban maps
made available by all the urban stakeholders (ranging from small to large scale).
• City map on a regional scale
Spatial data at the regional level is presented in the “Kabul City, Municipalities and Police
Districts” 30 map. This regional Kabul geographic plan, dating from 12 January, 2005, is
available in digital format. This map was produced both by the Afghan cartography military
department HQ KMNB G2-GEO and the International Security Assistance Force ISAF, and
has been approved by all the Afghan institutional authorities: the Minister of Interior Affairs,
the Mayor of Kabul City and the Governor of Kabul Province. The scale of this map is
1/75,000 and it covers an area of roughly 100km from west to east, and 45km from north to
south around Kabul city.
- It gives a technical geographical background for regional strategy development within the
MoUDH.
Comments
Urban regional reference
It important to underline that this map is a good urban reference for strategic planning.
- Designed on the basis of scientifically objective spatial data.
- Represents an institutional reference that has been approved both by the major
Afghan institutions and Afghan and International Military.
- Represents a common spatial reference for urban management and urban surveys,
as it was drawn up with the participation of engineers and managers from
Municipality - Office, Kabul City Office and KMNB within a working Group.
- Available for urban actors.
- Gives a wide geographical overview of Kabul city in relation to a regional area.
But it is not suitable for urban rehabilitation or implementation surveys
The map is too large for urban development (i.e. the scale is to small).
30 Annexe map n°1
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