It should be noted that the survey only accounts for respondent countries in which professional institutes exist and that no architectural institute could be found in 9 Commonwealth countries, no town planning association could be found in 22 Commonwealth countries, no civil engineering association could be found in 7 Commonwealth countries and no quantity surveying association could be found in 25 Commonwealth countries. No built environment associations of any kind could be found in 5 Commonwealth countries; Kiribati, Nauru, Seychelles, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu; all of which are small island states and many of which are among the most vulnerable to climate change impacts.Â
Table 4 Commonwealth countries lacking one or more key built environment institute
Income Country (LMIC) 16 CRI: Climate Resilience Index; a measure of vulnerability to
climate change impacts 17 Anecdotal evidence suggests there is no recognised planning
profession in Sierra Leone, but that there are 19 Development Planning Officers (eg: Haja) in each of the councils. Haja is
Projected urban population growth 20202050
Surveying Institute?
15 ODA Status: Least Developed Country (LDC), Lower Middle-
ODA CRI16 status15
Planning Institute?
14 https://data.worldbank.org/region/small/states
Small states14
Engineering Institute?
13 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids/list
SIDS13
Architectural institute?
Country
Seychelles
Y
Y
-
116
12
122%
N
N
N
N
Kiribati
Y
Y
LDC
116
168
132%
N
N
N
N
Nauru
Y
Y
UMIC
-
58
185%
N
N
N
N
Solomon Islands
Y
Y
LDC
75
226
241%
N
N
N
N
Tuvalu
Y
Y
LDC
116
4
154%
N
N
N
N
Gambia, The
-
Y
LDC
101
2,088
245%
Y
N
N
N
Mozambique
-
-
LDC
37
25,494
313%
N
Y
N
N
St Vincent & Gren.
Y
Y
UMIC
116
14
142%
Y
N
N
N
Samoa
Y
Y
UMIC
116
7
146%
N
Y
N
N
Tonga
Y
Y
UMIC
116
16
162%
N
Y
N
N
Vanuatu
Y
Y
LDC
90
88
217%
N
Y
N
N
Cameroon
-
-
LMIC
97
21,474
244%
Y
Y
N
N
Eswatini
-
Y
LMIC
116
355
202%
Y
Y
N
N
Lesotho
-
Y
LDC
116
811
220%
Y
Y
N
N
Antigua & Barbuda
Y
Y
UMIC
20
2,629
167%
Y
Y
N
N
Grenada
Y
Y
IUMIC
116
8
115%
Y
Y
N
N
Guyana
Y
Y
UMIC
116
12
130%
Y
Y
N
N
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Y
Y
-
64
264
116%
Y
Y
N
N
Bahamas
Y
Y
-
-
81
124%
Y
Y
N
Y
Papua New Guinea
Y
-
LMIC
78
2,157
285%
Y
Y
N
Y
Sierra Leone17
-
-
LDC
15
4,271
224%
Y
Y
N17
Y
Bangladesh
-
-
LDC
16
53,022
1825
Y
Y
Y
N
Belize
Y
Y
UMIC
116
155
185%
Y
Y
Y
N
Brunei Darussalam
-
Y
-
116
112
132%
Y
Y
Y
N
Cyprus
-
Y
-
84
223
128%
Y
Y
Y
N
Dominica
Y
Y
UMIC
9
8
115%
Y
Y
Y
N
Mauritius
Y
Y
UMIC
116
85
116%
Y
Y
Y
N
Namibia
-
Y
UMIC
116
1,713
222%
Y
Y
Y
N
'000
as %
not a Town Planner per se and has no planning qualification, but their role does include spatial planning
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