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Learning from Community Dynamics in Kenya’s ‘Informal’ Livelihood and Housing Strategies
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)his book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of ... -
Mapping the spatial dimension of food insecurity using GIS‑based indicators: A case of Western Kenya
(Springer, 2022)Food insecurity elimination is a major focus of the Sustainable Development Goals and addresses one of the most pressing needs in developing countries. With the increasing incidence of food insecurity, poverty, and ... -
Modalities of Space Production within Kenya's Rapidly Transforming Cities. Cases from Voi and Kisumu
(KU LEUVEN, 2019)This PhD research focuses on the social production of urban space within two rapidly transforming secondary cities of Kenya—Voi and Kisumu. The aim is to examine the conditions under which urban space is produced and used ... -
Pushing Back the Frontiers of Property: Community Land Trusts and Low-Income Housing in Urban Kenya
(Pergamon, 2013)Property lies at the heart of the urban development process. While it creates the wealth needed to finance the urban economy, property can also be a source of disenfranchisement, especially among those unable to cope with ... -
(Re)Designing Land Tenure to Meet Housing Needs of The Urban Poor: Implementing Community Land Trusts In Kenya
(Planum Association, 2013)The sheer pace of urbanisation in Kenya today far outstrips the ability of the state to provide housing for the ever-expanding urban population. Implicated in this housing crisis are existing forms of land and housing ... -
The role of urban parks and socio-economic development: Case study of Kisumu Kenya
(Research Center in Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies, 2009)Urban parks are now viewed as an important part of the broader structure of urban and neighborhood development rather than just recreation and leisure facilities. While most of the world has recognized the multifunctional ... -
Slum Upgrading in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ghana and Kenya
(Department of Geography and Resource Development, 2017)he proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely discussed in the literature as a great concern to most countries. The complexities of the slum problem make upgrading difficult. To help ... -
State-Vs. Community-Led Land Tenure Regularization in Tanzania
(Lap Lambert Academic Publ, 2012)The importance of security and certainty of land tenure among the urban poor cannot be overemphasised. A key justification for it is that tenure security provides incentives for investment in land and hence an impetus for ... -
Tracing Kisumu’s path in the co-production of knowledge for urban development
(Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities, 2015)This chapter traces the history of Kisumu from 1900 to the present to demonstrate the various levels of knowledge co-production over the years and how these have shaped the development of the city. Kisumu is said to have ... -
Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Social Innovation and Settlement Upgrading in Voi, Kenya
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013)Access to land in Kenyan towns is severely constrained by supply (Yahya 2002; Bassett 2005). The official land delivery processes premised on conventional state and market mechanisms have proved inadequate in coping with ...