Housing and land use policy studies and implementation programmes
In this Action Plan tackling of housing deprivation can under no circumstances lead towards greenfield developments around Paramaribo that further support urban sprawl. Therefor following four objectives from the different baseline studies are relevant to improve the housing market and make residential suburban greenfield developments on the fringes of Paramaribo no longer the most attractive housing strategy: Concerning the goal to densify the compact city • Detect opportunities to renovate, expand or replace buildings within the existing housing stock • Detect opportunities of densification of the existing urban tissue Concerning the quest for reprogramming the urban perimeter • Development in the peri-urban area through urban farmsteads And concerning the aim for decentralisation of housing market and economic activities • Detect on a national scale communities and secondary urban concentrations that can be activated so the urban primacy of Paramaribo diminishes and a geographical wider housing market can emerge
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