Urban settlements and cities in Africa continue to become more chaotic as increasing population put more pressure on capacity of urban ities to provide services to their residents. The cost of urban infrastructure and services (Housing, Water, Transport, Healthcare, and sanitation among others) has become unaffordable to majority of urban dwellers due to widespread poverty, and low-income levels. This has resulted to the growth of slums and informal settlements, which are unplanned, lack basic infrastructure and services such as water, electricity, roads, lighting and sanitation among others. It therefore emerges that Housing planning and development policies and concepts applied have failed to meet the demand for housing, infrastructure an...
The rapid growth of poverty and insecurity in slums is alarming and needs more attention. The by cit...
A detailed situation analysis reveals key linkages between meagre services, insecure land tenure, an...
In Kenya, the direct provision of housing by the state is limited to slum upgrading and housing for ...
Due to limited resources and for purposes of economic growth, some degree of concentration of activi...
Developing trend of urbanization due to industrialization worldwide caused overwhelming strain to ho...
This paper discusses the sustainability of two different approaches to upgrade water and sanitation ...
This paper overviews the role of slums in urban Africa, focusing on Nairobi. It reveals the characte...
Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life oppor...
The chapter examines major sustainability challenges faced by people in the poor urban slums of Nair...
Informal settlements are a common occurrence in developing countries. Each settlement, however, has ...
This paper documents and examines Housing in the Third world cities generally and the effect of pove...
Slum dwellers in Nairobi constitute the majority of the city’s population, with an estimated 60 per ...
Purpose The arrival of native African communities from rural Kenya looking for opportunities led to...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.In Kenya, as in most developing countries, ...
The proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely discussed in t...
The rapid growth of poverty and insecurity in slums is alarming and needs more attention. The by cit...
A detailed situation analysis reveals key linkages between meagre services, insecure land tenure, an...
In Kenya, the direct provision of housing by the state is limited to slum upgrading and housing for ...
Due to limited resources and for purposes of economic growth, some degree of concentration of activi...
Developing trend of urbanization due to industrialization worldwide caused overwhelming strain to ho...
This paper discusses the sustainability of two different approaches to upgrade water and sanitation ...
This paper overviews the role of slums in urban Africa, focusing on Nairobi. It reveals the characte...
Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life oppor...
The chapter examines major sustainability challenges faced by people in the poor urban slums of Nair...
Informal settlements are a common occurrence in developing countries. Each settlement, however, has ...
This paper documents and examines Housing in the Third world cities generally and the effect of pove...
Slum dwellers in Nairobi constitute the majority of the city’s population, with an estimated 60 per ...
Purpose The arrival of native African communities from rural Kenya looking for opportunities led to...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.In Kenya, as in most developing countries, ...
The proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely discussed in t...
The rapid growth of poverty and insecurity in slums is alarming and needs more attention. The by cit...
A detailed situation analysis reveals key linkages between meagre services, insecure land tenure, an...
In Kenya, the direct provision of housing by the state is limited to slum upgrading and housing for ...