dc.contributor.author | Mburu, Joseph M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-19T10:00:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master of Arts in Planning | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14616 | |
dc.description.abstract | One of the key problems that Kenya and most other developing
countries have in common is the high population growth- rate, which
has become an impediment to growth and led to poverty- ridden slum
cities . 'This is threat to development since the population growth rat e
of 3 percent i s higher than the economic growth of about 2.6 percent
recorded last year ,” according to reproductive health expert s (Daily
Nation, June 28, 2010, p 17) . Most informal developments in the area
of study, as is the case in similar areas , included illegal extensions
and highrise buildings that attracted a large a population. This
increased population out reached the infrastructure, leading to burst
s ever s , heaps of uncollected garbage, water rationing and over loaded
transformer s .
This study focused on issues surrounding solid waste management
services . The study endeavored to investigate how the concentration of
people with their myriad activities , and the densities of buildings
impacted on solid waste management in a social environment . It also
offered suggest ion on ways resolve related problem is sues . The study
area was one of Nairobi’s densely populated and low- income
neighbourhood of Kawangware. The neighbourhood is located 12 km
to the west of the City’s CBD. Kawangware borders the high- income
residential area of Lavington to the west , Nairobi River to the north
and Riruta Satellite to the south | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Densification of urban residential spacem and it’s effect on solid waste management: | en |
dc.title.alternative | A case study of kawangware residential neighbourhood – Nairobi , Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of Urban and Regional planning Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development School of Built Environment | en |