Dynamics Shaping Rural Transformation in Rapidly Urbanising Rural Areas in Central Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMuriithi, Joseph K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T08:40:42Z
dc.date.available2024-05-27T08:40:42Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractIt has been observed that Africa is one of the fastest-urbanising continents. Over the last two decades, many rural areas in Central Kenya have witnessed considerable shifts towards urbanisation, which has affected many rural areas. This study explores the impacts of rapid urbanisation in rural Chaka town and its environs in Central Kenya, thus triggering the transformation of the entire landscape. The aim is to highlight the drivers shaping the transition to urbanisation in the case study town area. Using a qualitative research approach that used rapid rural appraisal techniques like transect walks and key informant interviews to collect data, the study reveals a trend towards increased land sub-division and real estate development in the Chaka area, which poses a challenge to traditional agricultural practices and an increase in non-farm activities, which indicates diversification of livelihood strategies by the residents as agricultural practices continue to face challenges, thus causing frustrations with farm-based activities and a decline in productivity. These findings reveal that the changing socioeconomic and environmental landscape in Chaka aligns to some extent with regional and national trends in the complex interactions between urban and rural areas. These findings imply that there is a need for policy interventions focusing on sustainable and balanced agricultural and urban development, the need for integrated land use planning, and skill development for liveable urban living in emerging urban and transformed rural areas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuriithi, J. K. (2024). Dynamics Shaping Rural Transformation in Rapidly Urbanising Rural Areas in Central Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ppp-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dynamics-shaping-rural-transformation.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27904
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPPPen_US
dc.subjectrural transformationen_US
dc.subjecturbanisationen_US
dc.subjectagricultural practicesen_US
dc.subjectland sub-divisionen_US
dc.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleDynamics Shaping Rural Transformation in Rapidly Urbanising Rural Areas in Central Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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