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Kenya's focus on urban vulnerability and resilience in the midst of urban transitions in Nairobi

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  • Linda I Beyer
  • Jay Chaudhuri
  • Barbara Kagima

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Addressing urban vulnerability requires an understanding of the underlying determinants of resilience for individuals, households, communities and institutions -- to withstand shocks, to adapt and to change. Analysing urban resilience utilises the results of five rounds of the Indicator Development for Surveillance of Urban Emergencies surveys conducted in three informal settlements of Nairobi. Results show a significant deterioration in food security and household hunger in marginalised urban populations, with other deprivations including insecurity, negative coping behaviour and inadequate access to water and sanitation. Within slum populations, there was a significant variation in income and expenditure (p > 0.05) with lowest income quintiles spending over 100% of their income on food. Significant gender disparities have been shown in lowest income quintiles, with female breadwinners earning 62% compared with male breadwinners (p > 0.05). Recommendations from this analysis include establishing thresholds for vulnerability and concrete dimensions for measuring resilience that can initiate and guide related interventions.

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  • Linda I Beyer & Jay Chaudhuri & Barbara Kagima, 2016. "Kenya's focus on urban vulnerability and resilience in the midst of urban transitions in Nairobi," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 3-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:33:y:2016:i:1:p:3-22
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1115739
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    1. Oscar Ingasia Ayuya & Katrine Soma & Benson Obwanga, 2021. "Socio-Economic Drivers of Fish Species Consumption Preferences in Kenya’s Urban Informal Food System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-15, May.
    2. Zoltán Nagy & Dóra Szendi & Tekla Szép, 2021. "Linking smart city concepts to urban resilience," Theory Methodology Practice (TMP), Faculty of Economics, University of Miskolc, vol. 17(si), pages 31-40.

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