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The Role of Participatory and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Urban Development of Nairobi, Kenya: A Participatory Approach

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This paper is based on a PhD project seeking to develop a unique participatory and inclusive urban governance of model of Nairobi city in Kenya. This paper, therefore sets to address the gap in the life chances between the haves and have nots in the city of Nairobi by using a participatory action research (PAR) approach in the course of rapid untamed urbanization. The paper moves to discuss contemporary challenges associated with such development and how they can be mitigated for a sustainable future. The paper is based on the hypothesis that the more an urban governance scheme is participatory and inclusive; a. the greater the life chances of citizens and b. the more sustainable the urban development process.

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  1. Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia

    Stanley Machuki & Janet McIntyre-Mills

  2. University of Nairobi and UN Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya

    Janet McIntyre-Mills

  3. UN Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya

    Stanley Machuki

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  1. School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Janet McIntyre-Mills

  2. Department of Adult Basic Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Norma Romm

  3. Discipline of Women's Studies, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes

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Machuki, S., McIntyre-Mills, J. (2018). The Role of Participatory and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Urban Development of Nairobi, Kenya: A Participatory Approach. In: McIntyre-Mills, J., Romm, N., Corcoran-Nantes, Y. (eds) Balancing Individualism and Collectivism. Contemporary Systems Thinking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58014-2_13

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