African Cities, Please Change the Narrative on Non Motorized Transit! Likoni Cable Express Line: Transforming Coastal Mobility The Nairobi Pedestrian: An Unwanted Species Blog Awards: Vote for africancityplanner.com #MjiWetu: Mixed Land Use is not Random Land Use #MjiWetu: Do Walls improve the Security of our City? Nairobi: Mixed Use Zones are Redefining the City Is Nairobi Central Business District DEAD? Nairobi, Kenya, faces a Growing Challenge of Noise Pollution Kenya: Teaching Public Service Drivers First Aid and Safety Any Future for Nairobi’s Dandora Dump Site? Nairobi, Kenya: No BRT due to Poor Planning? Nairobi and the 100 Resilient Cities Programme Nairobi’s Long Rains: A failure in Urban Resilience? Intern at The Global Grid Participation: Using Social Media in the Urban Planning process Nairobi Public Spaces: Viable or open for Grabbing? Kenyan Blog Awards: Blog Needs your Vote! Nairobi: How can buses help decongest? Public vs Private Urban Housing, what direction for Nairobi, Kenya? Aerial Cable Transit: Urban Gondolas for African Cities? How Sustainable are the emerging Private Cities around Nairobi, Kenya? Urban October: Public Spaces for All Nairobi’s Tom Mboya Street: User Friendly or Not? Countering the Increasing Energy Consumption in Growing Cities Kenya: Two Railway Lines Running Parallel on Different Gauges Mi Teleférico: Worlds Highest Cable Car Transports over 42,000 people daily Cable Cars: Introducing the Likoni ‘Air-Line’ in Mombasa, Kenya Planners: Does Security in Urban Centres begin with you? Moving Urban Dwellers through the Air to alleviate Traffic Congestion When the call to drive at 30 kph in Nairobi, Kenya is necessary! Land use management in Nairobi, Kenya is key to reducing congestion. Nairobi, Kenya: Neglect of NMT makes it less safe, less convenient and less attractive. Nairobi, Kenya aims at Regularizing Unauthorized Structures How can Nairobi, Kenya deal with its ‘Buildings of Death’ ? Harmonizing Initiatives: Nairobi, Kenya works towards developing an NMT Policy

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Constant Cap, Environmental Management, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Land Use Management, Urban Design, Urban Planning

#MjiWetu: Mixed Land Use is not Random Land Use

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Recent trends in urban development have encouraged cities to transform in a more ‘people oriented approach.’ This trend places emphasis on the importance of cities to be commuter friendly (walkability and connectivity), environmentally sustainable and to create opportunities for human interaction and cohesion. A strong sense of place in cities and communities has also emerged. […]

Community Activism/Empowerment, Community Development, Constant Cap, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Land Use Management, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Nairobi: Mixed Use Zones are Redefining the City

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Both Homer Hoyt’s Sector Theory of Urban Development and Ernest Burgess’ Concentric Zone Theory highlight how cities grow outward from a core district (the Central Business District) towards the periphery with distinct land use zones.  Without good land use management, cities run the risk of growing too far out, a concept known as urban sprawl. […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Economic Development, Environmental Management, Historic Preservation, Human Settlements, Land Use Management, Transportation Planning, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Is Nairobi Central Business District DEAD?

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The Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) has undergone a gradual transformation in the last few years that has seen it turn into a large bus yard and parking area for public transit vehicles (towards the east), a queuing zone for authorized buses (around the centre) and a large taxi park (towards the west). Retail stores […]

Community Activism/Empowerment, Community Development, Constant Cap, Environmental Management, Institutions, Land Use Management, Urban Planning

Nairobi, Kenya, faces a Growing Challenge of Noise Pollution

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Noise Pollution is defined as a form and level of environmental sound that is generally considered likely to annoy, distract or even harm other people. The sounds we hear become noise when they are unwanted, that is, when they interfere with thinking, concentrating, working, talking, listening, or sleeping. By virtue of rapid and continuous growth, […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Environmental Management, Land Use Management, Urban Planning

Any Future for Nairobi’s Dandora Dump Site?

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The Dandora Municipal waste dumping site is Nairobi’s main (and only official) solid waste disposal site. The former quarry comprises a 30 acre expanse located to the east of Nairobi, about 8 kilometers from the city centre. The dumpsite is surrounded by both working class estates like Kariobangi North, Dandora and Babadogo as well the […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Environmental Management, Human Settlements, Land Use Management, Urban Planning

Nairobi and the 100 Resilient Cities Programme

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More than half of the world lives in cities. Estimates indicate that by 2050 about 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Cities are the centres of civilization, commerce, innovation and culture. They have diverse populations with different needs dependent upon various variables such as age, culture and economic levels. However, they […]

Community Activism/Empowerment, Community Development, Environmental Management, Human Settlements, Land Use Management, Parks and Recreation, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Nairobi Public Spaces: Viable or open for Grabbing?

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As a means of ensuring a good quality of life for residents, city planning guidelines require provision of public spaces in all residential areas. These include space for playgrounds, public parks, gardens and general open spaces. Public purpose land use management also provides for market centres, shopping areas and public halls  In Nairobi City, most residential […]

Community Activism/Empowerment, Community Development, Constant Cap, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Land Use Management, Urban Planning

Public vs Private Urban Housing, what direction for Nairobi, Kenya?

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The recent drive towards an open market economy has led to the private sector providing various services that were traditionally under the mandate of the state or municipality. Critics, however, view this development as an opportunity for well-connected individuals to control essential services and reap profitable returns. In Nairobi, Kenya, some of the key areas […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Economic Development, Environmental Management, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Land Use Management, Regional Planning, Urban Planning

How Sustainable are the emerging Private Cities around Nairobi, Kenya?

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Years back Ebenezer Howard proposed a ‘Garden City’ in his famous text ‘Garden Cities of Tomorrow’. The world famous urbanist envisioned self-reliant and independent cities that are spacious and organized; have limited/controlled populace and unified land ownership. Le Corbusier later analyzed the challenges faced by increased urbanization in Europe and came up with his version […]

Community Activism/Empowerment, Community Development, Constant Cap, Environmental Management, Human Settlements, Land Use Management, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Urban October: Public Spaces for All

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‘Urban October’ was launched by UN-Habitat in 2014 to emphasize the world’s urban challenges and engage the international community towards the New Urban Agenda. Starting with World Habitat Day on 5th October and concluding with World Cities Day on 31st October under the motto ‘Designed to Live Together’, urbanists are organizing events centered around urbanization, […]

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