| dc.description.abstract | Urban renewal is a continuous process in all growing and
aging cities. Over - time, standards change, life - styles,
population composition and structure, values, technologies
demands and needs change. No amount of flexibility can
accommodate all the possible changes, as there are elastic
limits for human and material adaptability. Urban systems
having a life span longer than the human generations can
.only be sustained and maintained by regular and periodic
repairs which may be di~stiC or surgical. While population increase accelerate urban growth and extension involving
-new residential developments, the changing pattern of needs
of the older residential areas must never be forgotten.
The study has focused on historical origins of the present
urban spatial structure and low income housing location in
Nairobi. The link of low income location and employment
centers has equally been established. The illusion of low
housing cost with distance from the employment center, age
and decay gradient however establishes needs to ~e~develop
the east lands at higher use intensities and integrate current
standards of services accommodation, and new land use demands,
e.g income-mix, enterprise and industrial mix.
Innovation in new urban forms and lands tenure system will
require policy guidelines for implementation• | |
