The Role of Strategic Development Planning in Local Authority in Confronting Urbanization Problems: Case Study Ramallah Municipality رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

This special study aimed at the effectiveness of the development plan of the local authorities in confronting the problems of urbanization -a case study of the Ramallah municipality-, The study dealt with ways to improve infrastructure, residential programming and urban planning to contribute to establishing development, and enhance and improve the health and environmental situation in the city of Ramallah, and contribute to the cultural and social development of the city of Ramallah. The study gained its importance from the importance of strategic development planning in achieving sustainable societal development, as this study examines the reality of the implementation of strategic plans by local authorities in Confronting problems and constraints they face in uncontrolled environmental conditions, The importance of the challenges that these plans face in the process of implementing these plans, and to achieve the goals of the study, the descriptive analytical approach was used, and the questionnaire was adopted as a main tool for data collection and analysis and discussion of the study questions that were distributed to a random sample of the study community represented by the administrative staff in facilities (Business, industrial, schools, medical centers, etc.) in the city of Ramallah, The study sample reached (90) employees, and (77) questionnaires valid for statistical analysis were recovered, at a rate of (85.5%), The data was entered and categorized via the Statistical Packages Program (SPSS). The study reached many results, the most important of which are that there are weaknesses and shortcomings in the process of involving municipalities and organizations in the decision-making process, In addition to a lack of sanitation VI networks in the city of Ramallah, And the presence of weakness in rain water networks, and the presence of weak interest in green areas within the city. The study concluded a set of recommendations for decision makers in the municipalities in general and the Ramallah municipality in particular, the most important of which are: You should work on the municipality’s participation of the beneficiaries of its services in the process of developing development decisions so that they can meet their needs. The need for the municipality of Ramallah to provide its services in a fair and equal manner that meets all segments of society (Education, health care, jobs, services, etc.), Rehabilitation of sewage networks throughout the city and the development of new recycling systems that allow the reuse of wastewater