dc.description.abstract | Inadequate housing and related infrastructure exacerbated
by rapid urban growth has seriously affected the social and
economic development in Kenya. This research seeks to
analyse the spatial dynamics underlying the relatively
successful strategies attempted by Kenya to meet the housing
specifically, the research analyses the factors influencing
needs of the low-income residents in Nairobi, Kenya. More
location, layout, form and scale of low-income housi09.
The research compares site and service schemes with Conventional
housing extendable (core) housing; and squatter and slum
upgrading, strategies adopted by the Government of Kenya (GOK)
to provide low-income housing and related infrastructure in
the characteristics of residents in these schemes and their
different locations within the city of Nairobi. market,
institutional and professional factors influencing location,
layout and form of these schemes are examined.- In determining
the scale of provision, emphasis is placed on the relative
costs of schemes. Socio-economic surveys are used to determine
reactions to the location, layout and form of the houses and
layout, form and scale of provision,
facilities provided or required Reconnaissance surveys
wil~ be carried out to "map" the sampled schemes in terms of
their location, layout, form, and on-site and off-site
infrastructure.
Recommendations are made as a means of solving current and
future low-income housing problems with respect to location, | en_US |