TRAINING MANUAL FOR TRAINER OF TRAINERS (ToTS) ON URBAN EXPANSION PLANNING (UEP) FOR CITIES IN UGANDA

Rural-urban migration is leading to rapid increases in the populations of secondary cities, causing
massive urban expansion. Between 2000 and 2020, the total urban population in less developed
countries grew by 70%, or 1.39 billion people . This growth is driven by
both natural increase and rural-urban migration.
Rapid population growth during this period has led to a quadrupling of the built-up area of cities in
less-developed countries . In particular, secondary cities in Sub-Saharan Africa
doubled their population and increased their extents by a factor of 2.5 during this period (Angel et
al. 2016). Much of this urban expansion took place in areas without adequate infrastructure, often
extending into environmentally sensitive areas (Friesen et al. 2019; Lamson-Hall et al. 2018).