Report on the findings of the "Map my Port-Louis" survey

REPORT ON THE FINDINGS OF THE “MAP MY PORT-LOUIS” SURVEY

An open process of citizenship participation participation in view of optimizing urban regeneration programs in Port-Louis Port-Louis

Landscope (Mauritius) Ltd. November 2016

“Elle a toujours fière allure, la vieille dame malgré tout ce qu'on lui fait subir. Avec la mer qui lui lèche les pieds et les montagnes qui veillent sur elle, comment ne pas l'aimer quand elle vous a vu naitre et grandir. Je suis extrêmement fière d'être portlouisienne.” (Anonymous, Map My Port-Louis, Port-Louis, September 2016)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ............................................. .................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. .......................... ... 3 Background ............................................ ................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. .................................. ...........3 Goals and Objectives ............................................. .................................................................... .............................................. ......................................... ..................3 Description of the tool .............................................. ..................................................................... .............................................. ...................................... ...............4 The “Map My Port-Louis” survey ............................................ ................................................................... ............................................. ......................4 FINDINGS ............................................. .................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ...................................... ...............5 General Findings............................................................... ...................................................................................... .............................................. .............................. .......5 Other General Findings ...................................... ............................................................. .............................................. ............................................. ......................7 Mobility ............................................. .................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ...................................... ...............8 Bus stations ............................................ ................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ................................ .........12 Arts, Heritage and Culture .................................................... ........................................................................... .............................................. ......................... 13 Like and dislikes ............................................ ................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ......................... 16 Security .............................................. ..................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. .................................... .............20 Quality of Urban Life..................... Life ............................................. ............................................... .............................................. ....................................... ................22 Residential and housing ........................................................ ............................................................................... .............................................. ......................... 24 Commerce & Business ................................... .......................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ......................... 27 The future of Port-Louis ............................................................... ...................................................................................... ....................................... ................29 SAMPLE POPULATION PROFILE ............................................... ...................................................................... ....................................... ................30 CONCLUSION.............................................. ..................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. ............................ ..... 32 ANNEXES ............................................. .................................................................... .............................................. .............................................. .................................... .............33
















INTRODUCTION The survey entitled “Map My Port-Louis” serves the purpose of participatory urbanism in the context of the Port-Louis capital city. Participatory Urbanism (PU) is about how ordinary people make sense of places and spaces. It is based on the idea of creating socio-political agency with an underlying action that involves revising or reinterpreting existing infrastructure. In the Mauritian context, there has been no previous large-scale initiative to deploy such a method in the field of urban development or regeneration. Background The urban regeneration of the capital city has been declared to be a government priority in the last budget program of 2016. The regeneration is understood to be focused on the larger central business district of Port Louis from Champ de Mars to the sea and from Reine de la Paix to Plaine-Verte. Different projects converge towards the same goal of regenerating the capital through economic and social initiatives (funded by both the public and private sectors) but none include an open citizenship participation in the process of planning and implementing projects. The “Map My Port-Louis” report fills this gap in order to provide baseline data on how the citizens perceive the capital to be and to change over the upcoming years. Goals and Objectives The overarching goal is to use citizens’ insights to inform policy makers, stakeholders and project developers involved in strategic urban projects of Port-Louis. The crowdsourcing of of insights is done by using interactive maps and questions online. In turn, this creates an anthropologically rich database that is generated by the local population. The realistic participation of the public results in an invaluable human and social capital. The findings are of qualitative, quantitative and geographic nature, and are crucial in rethinking the urban framework and future of the city. The steps and objectives of the study were as follows: STEPS

OBJECTIVE

TIMEFRAME

Step 1

Identify existing programs, relevant stakeholders and identified issues in the capital

1 June to 30 June

Step 2

Create, Design and Format the survey questionnaire

1 July to 8 August

Step 3

Face-to-face field data collection completed by Syntheses Mauritius in Port Louis Build a strong communication strategy and campaign

8 August to 16 September

Online data collection further to

19 September to 31 October

Step 4 Step 5

5 September to 10 September
















Description of the tool Based on an innovative IT framework, the Maptionnaire the Maptionnaire tool tool is an interactive mapping platform. Informants plot points geographically and can provide qualitative qualitative information explaining their action. This online survey is the first local process to promote urban citizenship engagement in Mauritius. It has incredible potential to revolutionise the way urban development is practiced and understood on the island. From a practical perspective, the tool enables each participating citizen to take ownership of Port-Louis, to exercise her or his civil rights, express herself or himself about the future of the city and finally to provide opinion on issues that directly impact on her or his quality of life (mobility, environment, housing, etc.). Online, the tool enables totally anonymous and confidential data collection. Data ownership belongs to Landscope (Mauritius) Ltd. The “Map My Port-Louis” survey The survey is in itself a civic and cultural experience as it enables one to revive memories in particular places and share experiences about one’s patterns and ways of living. The main aspects of the survey cover the following topics: topics : mobility, mobility, arts and culture, culture, security, security, housing, housing, business and commerce, commerce, environment & ecology. The ecology. The survey consists of nine main sections covering 14 questions, 10 geographic locations to plot, and one pedestrian itinerary to trace (see annexed copy of the questionnaire). The average time to complete the survey online online is 14 minutes. The survey survey was deployed in two phases: face-to-face and online surveys (see steps below). Between 6-10 fieldworkers completed 1’000 field surveys during seven weeks across 23 different regions of Port-Louis (see annexed Table 1). The remaining surveys were completed online (see annexed Table 2) with facilitated access1 from the Maptionnaire, State Land Development Company and Facebook websites.
















FINDINGS The findings of “Map My Port-Louis” involve: Total number of respondents: 2’642 Total number of visitors (Including those who did not answer anything): 5’573 Total number of map responses (Geographical data): 17’338 The findings are classified following the themes below: Mobility

Arts and Culture

Security

Residential and Housing

Commerce & Business

Quality of life

Type of transport system to prioritize

Preferred spots for arts & culture

Less secure areas

Type of housing preferred

Commercial axis

Green space areas

Disaster relief and Accidents

Essential Willingness to business move to PL matters to people Unwillingness to leave PL

Pedestrianizing Best transit methods

Favorite buildings Places that people like and dislike

Public utilities Pollution & littering

Parking spots Culture & life Use of bus stations General Findings Citizens’ general opinion and feeling about the capital is crucial to understand their level of engagement in the status of affairs of Port-Louis. It was found that the population views are quite unanimous, with a major 75% of the population that are proud of the capital and 3% that are indifferent. Are you proud of your capital city? Yes, definitely Yes, quite No, not really No, not at all I am indifferent

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Other General Findings Other general findings include areas that need to be focused upon primarily in order to improve the status of affairs in the capital. Informants were questioned on the eight areas below and asked to rate whether it had improved, degraded or or not changed over the last 10 years.

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! The results show that between 600-800 informants find that: Has improved Cultural entertainment and nightlife The relationship between citizens of PL

Has degraded Implication of population in organizing and managing the city

As a result, main areas considered as degraded by the population and are worth focusing on primarily are the security and cleanliness of the capital as well as the implication of the population in the managing the city. Mobility Results point toward decreasing vehicles and improving i mproving pedestrian options:

Decreasing vehicles in town

66% state this is of high priority

Regulate the entry of vehicles in the city

75% agree fully and/or moderately

Improve sidewalks and roads

81% state that it is of high priority

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By order of preference: On foot

33%

Metro-leger

26%

Own private vehicle

15%

Bicycle

9%

Electric car rental

7%

Taxi-boat

5%

Car-sharing

3%

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Need for additional parking spots illustrated by individual GIS points

Let’s zoom in on the very high demand for a parking spot in Champs de Mars: Profession related Gender-related

Higher percentage of manual (skilled & unskilled workers) Male informants prioritize Champs de Mars over other highly tagged areas in demand for parking spaces. Female-sensitive parking
















Interpretation Interpretation of the same GIS points using a heat map

Legend: Red: High intensity mapping Yellow: Peripheral mapping Green-blue: Green-blue: Diminishing areas of existing points

Hotspots area with high intensity - Independence square - Citadelle - Central Market - Caudan Waterfront - Victoria bus station - Champ de Mars

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Bus stations

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Arts, Heritage and Culture Areas that were considered favorite places for arts, culture and heritage, were declined by salary range of informants for socio-economic relevance of places to different groups. Informants earning Rs. 5’000 or less

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Informants earning Rs. 60’000 or above

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Particular findings show that:

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No tags on Champs de Mars (cut-off) Very low interest for Caudan Higher interest for the Central Market Line Barracks is considered as a general place for arts, culture & heritage

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Extremely high interest for Caudan Champs de Mars is tagged repetitively China Town’s area is acknowledged here.

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Like and dislikes The variety of most favourite places


















The variety of most disliked places (green) over liked places (turquoise)
















Female Common disliked areas

Victoria Bus station Independence square Jardin La Compagnie Central market

Differentiated Differentiated disliked areas

Higher rate of dislike at: 1. 2. 3. 4.

La Citadelle Champs de Mars Plaine Verte Camp Yoloff

Male

Higher rate of dislike at: 1. Shopping areas: Caudan, Royal St, John Kennedy St 2. Line Barracks
















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Security

! The major finding lies in 57% of the population that considers security to have decreased in the capital I think that security

Has improved more or less 27%

Has degraded more or less 57%

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Red circles (most salient areas) from left to right: 1. Victoria Station 2. Caudan Waterfront 3. Jardin de la Compagnie 4. Central market area 5. Municipality center area 6. Independence square 7. Champs de Mars Black Circles (less salient areas) from left to right: 1. Line Barracks 2. La Poudrière St area 3. La Citadelle 4. Plaine-Verte

! Disaster relief areas and security during rainfalls


















Quality of Urban Life The quality of life in the urban context is reflected through findings on the need to improve public lighting, the waste management system, the public and green spaces, and the calendar of cultural events. Findings on public lighting, the waste management system and improvement of public and green spaces:
















Heat map locating the need for additional green spaces: • •

Across the entire centre of Port-Louis Other flagged locations of interest (black circles from left to right): Signal Mountain o o Line Barracks o Jeetoo Hospital Chinatown o
















Residential and housing The findings on housing and residential needs indicate on: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Whether people would be willing to live in the capital Which type of housing would they prefer if they did Whether cultural events would encourage them to live in the capital For those who live in the capital, whether they would change status
















Will an increase in cultural events encourage me to live or visit Port Louis more often?

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Yes

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! Findings for the general sample • • •

45% believe that building new buildings is useless 40% believe that reconverting old housing and unused space into loft is a high priority 18% believe that both building or reconverting housing are important but not priorities High Priority

Priority

Important but not priority

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