| dc.description.abstract | The development of uncontrolled urban
settlements has become a common phenomenon of urban
growth in Africa and most other parts of the
developing world. Urbanisation in East Africa :Ii:g .not
an exception to this pro o~_em, although this fact
has only become apparent during the past decade or
so. Known variously as squatter or peri - urban
settlements slums or shanty towns, these areas have
proved to be highly resistant to the modern and
formal means of urban planning and control.
Since the problem is aggravated by rural - urban
migration together with the shortage of low cost
housing, we are, therefore, faced with the problems
of determining the appropriate methods of approach
to accommodate these migrants into the urban
communities.
'this study thus· Bet out to study the factors
influencing the residential patterns in uncontrolled
urban settlements with the aim of providing
socio - economic and culturally determined solutions
to the problems facing the urban migrants.
The study has taken a case study of the
Changamwe area of Mombasa , and examined the physical,
economic and socio - cultural influences on it's
residential pattern | en |
