| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which the streets in the city of Nairobi were guided by
the street standards enacted by different statutes. The streets studied were Mamlaka, State House and Nyerere.
Mainly, the applicable standards adressed the functionality, safety and convenience, visual integrity and continuity,
proper response to topography of the street and integration of service utility including advertisements located
along the streets. Each of the street was evaluated for compliance with the standards. Data was collected through
observations to and interviews with street users. Qualitative analysis was carried out on the data. The main findings
were that the street standards were not complied with adequately and the street users such as pedestrians, street
vendors, cyclists and motorists perceived the street as unsafe, inconvenient, lack visual integrity and continuity of
streetscape elements. The study found that there were many agencies who were involved in implementing street
standards originating from different statutes. The study recommends that there should be full compliance of street
standards as laid down by different statutes, since the standards influence the spatial dimensions of the public
domain. Finally, the study proposes a need for an overall agency that would coordinate the design of the street
to ensure standards from different statutes are harmoniously implemented and overall street design objectives
of safety, convenience, functionality, visual integration and continuity, and, response to topography and natural
environment are met. | en |
