Nairobi City And Region

Author : Helene Charton-Bigot,Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789987081325

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Nairobi Today by Helene Charton-Bigot,Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres Pdf

Despite being a large capital city in Africa in terms of size and its regional role, Nairobi is an unrecognised entity. For the majority of its inhabitants, the capital of Kenya is a transit point rather than a dwelling place. Since its origins, Nairobi has been a city of migrants, more predisposed to their rural roots than to their current city status. It is a non-conforming town, which conceals its urbanity more than it claims it, and whose identity remains evasive. Nairobi presents itself as a mosaic of residential areas which bring to mind the citys history. The racial segregation that stratified the development of the colonial city has today disappeared, but it has given way to a form of social segregation. One must, therefore, not seek a unique identity in Nairobi, but rather, several identitiesthose of different communities that comprise the city and whose dynamics are seen at village and residential estate level. However, Nairobi is also a city that is contradictory. This East African capital city is often associated with slums and crime, and their increase and growth stigmatises the failure of urban policies. Therefore, it is at these cracks and fringes of the city that we should seek out the identities and dynamics that have shaped the city for a century. Nairobi is a fragmented city that can be understood in steps. The 13 contributory articles in Nairobi Today thus reveal the city. This multidisciplinary collective work invites us to gain entry into certain areas of the city, to visit its communities and to familiarise ourselves with its formal and informal institutions. This is a requirement in order to fully understand what makes Nairobi what it is today.

Author : William Thomas Wilson Morgan
Publisher : Nairobi, Oxford U. P
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Nairobi
ISBN : UOM:39015003674028

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Nairobi: City and Region by William Thomas Wilson Morgan Pdf

Author : Anthony M. Orum
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2919 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118568453

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The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies by Anthony M. Orum Pdf

Provides comprehensive coverage of major topics in urban and regional studies Under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Anthony Orum, this definitive reference work covers central and emergent topics in the field, through an examination of urban and regional conditions and variation across the world. It also provides authoritative entries on the main conceptual tools used by anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and political scientists in the study of cities and regions. Among such concepts are those of place and space; geographical regions; the nature of power and politics in cities; urban culture; and many others. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies captures the character of complex urban and regional dynamics across the globe, including timely entries on Latin America, Africa, India and China. At the same time, it contains illuminating entries on some of the current concepts that seek to grasp the essence of the global world today, such as those of Friedmann and Sassen on ‘global cities’. It also includes discussions of recent economic writings on cities and regions such as those of Richard Florida. Comprised of over 450 entries on the most important topics and from a range of theoretical perspectives Features authoritative entries on topics ranging from gender and the city to biographical profiles of figures like Frank Lloyd Wright Takes a global perspective with entries providing coverage of Latin America and Africa, India and China, and, the US and Europe Includes biographies of central figures in urban and regional studies, such as Doreen Massey, Peter Hall, Neil Smith, and Henri Lefebvre The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies is an indispensable reference for students and researchers in urban and regional studies, urban sociology, urban geography, and urban anthropology.

Author : Anders Ese,Kristin Ese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000096774

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The City Makers of Nairobi by Anders Ese,Kristin Ese Pdf

The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period. Although Nairobi was a colonial construct with lasting negative repercussions, the African population’s impact on its history and development is often overlooked. This book shows how Africans took an active part in making use of the city and creating it, and how they were far from being subjects in the development of a European colonial city. This re-interpretation of Nairobi’s history suggests that the post-colonial city is the result of more than unjust and segregative colonial planning. Merging historical documentation with extensive contemporary urban theory, this book provides in-depth knowledge of the key historical roles played by locals in the development of their city. It argues that the idea of agency, a popular inroad to urban development today, is not a current phenomenon but one that has always existed with its many social, spatial, and physical ramifications. This is an ideal read for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying the history of urban development and theories, providing an in-depth case study for reference. The City Makers of Nairobi broaches interdisciplinary themes important to urban planners, social scientists, historians, and those working with popular settlements in cities across the world.

Author : Ray C. Anderson,Louis Kotzé,Stephen Morse
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781933782744

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 9/10 by Ray C. Anderson,Louis Kotzé,Stephen Morse Pdf

Afro-Eurasia: Assessing Sustainability focuses on the geographic area where humans originated and first began to make use of the natural world - Earth's largest landmass, stretching from Portugal in the west across the steppes of Russia and south across Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. By examining the history of human expansion, as well as 21st century pressures to address ecosystem damage across the region, international scholars and regional experts weave sustainability into core curricular subjects. The interdisciplinary coverage includes national and regional environmental histories, as well as business and commerce, migration, educational institutions, law and government, and the lifestyles of diverse populations.

Author : Benna, Umar,Benna, Indo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522526605

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Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions by Benna, Umar,Benna, Indo Pdf

The social and economic systems of any country are influenced by a range of factors. As the global population grows in developing nations, it has become essential to examine the effects of urbanization. Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the role of urban growth on the socio-economic infrastructures in developing regions. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as job creation, sustainability, and transportation planning, this publication is an ideal resource for city development planners, decision-makers, researchers, academics, and students interested in emerging perspectives on socio-economic development.

Author : Susan Parnell,Sophie Oldfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136678202

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The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South by Susan Parnell,Sophie Oldfield Pdf

The renaissance in urban theory draws directly from a fresh focus on the neglected realities of cities beyond the west and embraces the global south as the epicentre of urbanism. This Handbook engages the complex ways in which cities of the global south and the global north are rapidly shifting, the imperative for multiple genealogies of knowledge production, as well as a diversity of empirical entry points to understand contemporary urban dynamics. The Handbook works towards a geographical realignment in urban studies, bringing into conversation a wide array of cities across the global south – the ‘ordinary’, ‘mega’, ‘global’ and ‘peripheral’. With interdisciplinary contributions from a range of leading international experts, it profiles an emergent and geographically diverse body of work. The contributions draw on conflicting and divergent debates to open up discussion on the meaning of the city in, or of, the global south; arguments that are fluid and increasingly contested geographically and conceptually. It reflects on critical urbanism, the macro- and micro-scale forces that shape cities, including ideological, demographic and technological shifts, and constantly changing global and regional economic dynamics. Working with southern reference points, the chapters present themes in urban politics, identity and environment in ways that (re)frame our thinking about cities. The Handbook engages the twenty-first-century city through a ‘southern urban’ lens to stimulate scholarly, professional and activist engagements with the city.

Author : T.M. Vinod Kumar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811085888

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Smart Metropolitan Regional Development by T.M. Vinod Kumar Pdf

This book discusses the concept and practice of a smart metropolitan region, and how smart cities promote healthy economic and spatial development. It highlights how smart metropolitan regional development can energize, reorganize and transform the legacy economy into a smart economy; how it can help embrace Information and Communications Technology (ICT); and how it can foster a shared economy. In addition, it outlines how the five pillars of the third industrial revolution can be achieved by smart communities. In addition, the book draws on 16 in-depth city case studies from ten countries to explore the state of the art regarding the smart economy in smart cities – and to apply the lessons learned to shape smart metropolitan economic and spatial development.

Author : Irving Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Kenya
ISBN : UVA:X030449850

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Area Handbook for Kenya by Irving Kaplan Pdf

Author : Prince K. Guma
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789463013253

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Rethinking Smart Urbanism by Prince K. Guma Pdf

Rethinking Smart Urbanism is an empirical exploration of the multiple ways in which cities and infrastructures are constructed and reconstructed through ICT innovation and appropriation. Drawing on the case of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the study explains existing infrastructure constellations through countervailing processes and rationalities in the context of splintered urbanism. In doing so, the study examines the relationship between urban plans and digital infrastructure development, place-based contexts that shape digital infrastructures, and the extent to which these infrastructures facilitate utility companies’ ambitions of extending centralized networks to new territories. It draws on the theoretical and empirical base of urban and infrastructure studies, particularly in the fields of smart urbanism, postcolonial urbanism, and Science and Technology Studies. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative research design and presents in-depth case studies that combine ethnographic methods with a thorough investigation of written sources. Ultimately, it is hoped to enhance our understanding of urban and digital possibilities, and add new insights to debates on technology and urbanity in Africa and beyond.

Author : Yuji Murayama,Courage Kamusoko,Akio Yamashita,Ronald C. Estoque
Publisher : Springer
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811032417

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Urban Development in Asia and Africa by Yuji Murayama,Courage Kamusoko,Akio Yamashita,Ronald C. Estoque Pdf

This book examines the urban growth trends and patterns of various rapidly growing metropolitan regions in developing Asian and African nations from the perspective of geography. State-of-the-art geospatial tools and techniques, including geographic information system/science and remote sensing, were used to facilitate the analysis. In addition to the empirical results, the methodological approaches employed and discussed in this book showcase the potential of geospatial analysis, e.g. land-change modeling for improving our understanding of the trends and patterns of urban growth in Asia and Africa. Furthermore, given the complexity of the urban growth process across the world, issues raised in this book will contribute to the improvement of future geospatial analysis of urban growth in the developing regions. This book is written for researchers, academicians, practitioners, and graduate students. The inclusion of the origin and brief history of each of the selected metropolitan regions, including the analysis of their urban primacy, spatiotemporal patterns of urban land-use changes, driving forces of urban development, and implications for future sustainable development, makes the book an important reference for various related studies.

Author : H.J. Diesfeld,H.K. Hecklau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642669354

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Kenya by H.J. Diesfeld,H.K. Hecklau Pdf

municable Disease Control, Dr. Itotia, Director of the The geomedical monograph on Kenya continues the National Public Health Laboratories, Dr. J. M. D. Ro series of Regional Studies in Geographical Medicine berts, Head of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, founded by Ernst Rodenwaldt in 1965, which may be considered as supplementing the World Atlas of Epidem and to Mr. Ted Abukuse, Chief Statistician at the Minis ic Diseases of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Since try of Health, Nairobi. The authors offer their particular thanks for support the appearance of the first volume in 1967 the series has and valuable suggestions to Dr. 1. C. Vogel, formerly been edited by Helmut]. Jusatz under the aegis of the Professor of Community Health in the Medical Faculty Mathematical and Natural Sciences Class of the Heidel berg Academy of Sciences. at the University of Nairobi and member of the Royal The authors wish to express their thanks to the edi Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. Thanks are due to the Survey of Kenya for their willingness to allow the au tor for his suggestion that they should undertake this thors to reproduce some maps in the National Atlas of kind of teamwork, and to acknowledge with gratitude Kenya. The authors extend their thanks to their col the manner in which Professor Jusatz ensured the most league, Professor S. H.

Author : Nadine Appelhans,Wolfgang Scholz,Sabine Baumgart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781000288797

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Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa by Nadine Appelhans,Wolfgang Scholz,Sabine Baumgart Pdf

This book critically explores the relationship between mobility patterns, transport provision and urban development in East African cities. Bringing together contributions on the futures of mobility in urban East Africa, the chapters examine transport provision, mobility patterns, location-specific modes of transport and transformative factors for transport and mobility in the rapidly urbanising region. The book outlines different mobility needs to be addressed in transport planning to serve and shape the respective cities and examines the decision-making process in transport planning and the level of accountability to the public. The contributors show the dialectic between innovation in transport/mobility and urban development under rapid urbanisation and discusses how to practically integrate mobility and transport provision into urban development. This book will be of interest to scholars in urban planning, transport planning, transport geography, social sciences and African studies.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210601849

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District Energy in Cities by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Pdf

This publication provides best practice guidance for cities and national governments to implement sustainable heating and cooling through four chapters on technology, local policy, business models and national policies and regulations, and a fifth chapter describing a methodology for cities to develop modern district energy. The publication is based on interviews, surveys and consultations with nearly 150 respondents from 65 cities around the world in order to gather expert and local stakeholder perspectives.

Author : Kenya. Regional Boundaries Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Kenya
ISBN : STANFORD:36105072204915

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Kenya by Kenya. Regional Boundaries Commission Pdf