| dc.creator | Van Zwanenberg, R. | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-04T14:11:38Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-04T14:11:38Z | |
| dc.date | 1972 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:54:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:54:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Van Zwanenberg, R. (1972) History and theory of urban poverty in Nairobi: the problem of slum development. Discussion Paper 139, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/498 | |
| dc.identifier | 318934 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1853 | |
| dc.description | This paper attempts to explain the generation of poverty in
Nairobi. The first part is theoretical and considers the validity of
the assumption that urban development in Africa has been and will be
comparable to urban growth in the West. Parts two and three consist
of an empirical study of the Nairobi slums during the colonial era.
The paper considers the reasons why people migrated to the city and
what problems this caused in terms of housing, health and municipal
resources. It also considers the response of the Colonial authorities
to the influx, which was partly expressed in terms of segregated urban
facilities and the control of population movement. The failure of these
policies is demonstrated.
The paper concludes that the problem is still unsolved although
the administrative responses have changed. The basic problem is of an
urban population growth rate too high in relation to available housing,
and a level, of wages too low to finance sufficient housing or to meet
high rents. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;139 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Poverty | |
| dc.title | History and theory of urban poverty in Nairobi: the problem of slum development | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
