A Case Study of Urban Nairobi

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A Case Study of Urban Nairobi

A Case Study of

q A developing world city

q Urban growth in an economically developing country

q Housing problems and strategies in an economically developing

country

Why is there migration to Nairobi?

The Urban Pulls to the city

q Good employment prospects

q Tall beautiful buildings

q Good cheap communications

q Good public utilities-water, electricity, hospitals

q Smart clean people

q Centre of Kenya

q Recreational facilities

q Good shopping facilities

q Self-advancement

q Enjoyable social life.

The pushes from the countryside

q Drought

q Famine

q War

q Not enough government funding

q Not enough work

q Thinking that the city is better

Problems of living in Nairobi

q Housing problems

q Theft

q Thugs

q Car accidents

q Violence

q Sewage systems

q Unemployment

q Road problems

q No place to grow food

q Cholera and disease in the slums

Housing Problems

This is one of the major problems of living in Nairobi. There are so

many immigrants that the city cannot support them. Most of the people

cannot afford to buy/rent a conventional house, so they have resort to

living in shanty towns. The houses are made of cardboard, corrugated

iron and any other materials available.

Unemployment

Although the prospect of employment is one of the main reasons for

migration to Nairobi it is in fact not a reality. There is very little

employment for people coming from the country and the employment that

there is is such low pay that it is not possible to support yourself

or a family on it. The problem of unemployment leads to all the other

problems. Without employment the people have no money so they have to

live in shanty towns where the crime, facilities, violence and

cleanliness are all at a much worse standard than in the rich areas.

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