Urban planning and governance in Lima city.

1. Lima urban structure
is composed by a
messy distribution of
districts around
Lima's main plaza.
Lima was created
under a colonial city
planning. Over time,
population growing
in the capital, due to
migration times, was
happening without a
modern urban
planning; triggering
that the settlement
of districts was
adjusting to the old
type of planning,
shaping the chaotic
city that now Lima
is.
Lima (Perú),
“big city in
nappies”

2. Lima is considerate the
social, cultural and
economic capital of Perú,
which entails that be the
most crowded city of the
country. Almost the third
part of the whole
Peruvian population lives
in Lima. This factor is the
main cause of the
challenges that Lima is
going through in order to
become in a city with a
sustainable development.
The cause

3. Caused by:
1. Deficit in vial education
of the population.
2. Increase of the number
of cars in the city due to
scarcity of jobs.
3. Almost absence of
urban planning in Lima.
4. Lack of accountability
and planning capacity by
Lima municipality.
This challenge is part of a
social, economic and
environmental urban life
issue.
Challenge 1: Traffic
jam

4. Lima city has a water inefficient supply, there is lack of waterworks, drainage, sewerage and
sanitation systems. Lima municipality does not invest enough money in water and drainage
urban infrastructure, additionally is institutionally weak with the water supply company to enforce
it bringing a quality infrastructure and service to the population. However, ministers agree the
urgent to bring this basic service to the rural population to reduce or avoid child malnutrition and
diseases.
Challenge 2: Lack of
water and drainage
services

5. Street workers appeared as
consequence of the high
rate of unemployment in the
capital. These people found
a job working informally on
the streets selling clothes or
food. This cause
environment pollution,
traffic and chaos. Lima
municipality does not invest
in training the skills of the
population in order to
achieve a social stability.
This reflects the lack of
urban governance of Lima
municipality, shows that
does not pay attention to
the importance of the socio-
economic processes in
urban life.
Challenge 3: Control of street workers (“Ambulantes”)

6. Lima city has become in a notorious center for crime, juvenile delinquency, drugs,
and prostitution. There is no control by part of the major to the minor authorities
(judges and police officers) which do not apply the rules of law or fines. There is a
very strong lack of transparency and corruption in this kind of institutions.
Challenge 4: Insecurity

7. The implementation of the health
program for elder people. This
program aims to improve the
process of aging. This program is
free, is for any Peruvian older that
60 years old that has the national
health insurance and is presented
in each elder people health center
of Peru. Furthermore, this kind of
centers are widespread in all the
districts of Lima as well as in the
rest of districts of Perú.
However, Perú is starting to
change a bit for a more
inclusive development with …

8. The construction of a electric
train, a trunk urban
infrastructure to connect the
most crowded districts of Lima
with the main economical and
cultural districts. Despite its
construction is not finish, is an
initiative of Lima municipality for
an urban planning, which will
benefit to the social and
economic aspect of the city,
very important roles to look
after for achieving a good urban
governance.

9. In conclusion: despite of the context where Peru is developing currently (lack of transparency and
security) the last governments have tried to tackle it implementing more inclusive and
decentralized programs, whose results have been successful. This is a good sign in the path of
achieving a good urban governance for Lima city.
Beca 18, is an educational
program that brings
scholarships to good students
with few economical resources.
This national program
implemented by the
government 5 years ago, shows
the government’s interest for
investing in the “social capital”,
as an attempt to achieve a
social sustainable development.

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