Promoting Sustainable Urban Land Use, Governance, and Service Provision in Ho Chi Minh City

The Capstone team was engaged to identify best practice examples in East and South Asia, and develop in-depth case studies to address metropolitan and regional strategic planning in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The team reviewed academic and professional literature and participated in the discussion on the World Bank Integrated Strategy Note on Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance prepared for the HCMC government. The team then wrote a background memo on metropolitan planning and management for HCMC with a focus on three topics: governance and planning, service provision (transportation, water, and sanitation), and municipal finance. In order to further address metropolitan and regional strategic planning in HCMC, the team assisted in a collaboration between the Regional Plan Association in New York, which included preparing briefing notes and participating in the RPA Annual meeting in New York City.