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4. Perspectives and results
In 2013, the research for the historic analysis and inventory of the Ng’ambo began.
Research on intangible heritage is still continuing. Parallel, with this pilot work, a small
project on housing was also initiated. All of this research concluded with a visionary
meeting that was organized in 2014 to inform the public on the result of the Ng’ambo
project. The project has enabled the public to better understand the social and cultural
values of the Zanzibar town, to strongly enhance the emergence of civic conscience
for the inhabitants of the town: “planning by the people”, to strategically create a new
understanding between conservation management and development and to forge an
inclusive partnership toward sustainable development. The implementation of HUL
approach in the Ng’ambo Tuitakayo project was an occasion to develop a Local Area Plan
(LAP) - a tool for spatial strategy and urban planning - to make culture a driver and enabler
of sustainable development in Zanzibar.
Image: Visionary Event for Ng’ambo Tuitakayo (the Ng’ambo that we would want) project (2014)
CASE STUDY: Zanzibar, Tanzania