Public open spaces in Nairobi City, Kenya, under threat

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dc.contributor.authorMireri, C.
dc.contributor.authorMakworo, M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-06T08:01:10Z
dc.date.available2013-12-06T08:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2011-10
dc.descriptionDOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.549631en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper demonstrates that public open spaces in Nairobi City have been increasingly threatened by congestion and deterioration as result of the rapid rate of urbanisation (5–7.5%), poor planning, weak management and illegal alienation. According to the 1948 Master Plan for the city, city planning was premised on the neighbourhood concept with ample provision of public open spaces. However, after Kenya’s independence in 1963, the implementation of the Master Plan was largely abandoned. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation meant that public open spaces that were intended to serve a population of 250,000 now serve over 3 million people. Public open spaces in the city suffer from degradation, overcrowding and insecurity, thus denying city residents access to the much-needed recreation and leisure facilities. Keywords: public; parks; spaces; Nairobi; Kenyaen_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Environmental Planning and Management Vol. 54, No. 8, October 2011, 1107–1123en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7836
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Environmental Planning and Managementen_US
dc.subjectpublicen_US
dc.subjectparksen_US
dc.subjectspacesen_US
dc.subjectNairobien_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titlePublic open spaces in Nairobi City, Kenya, under threaten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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