Chapter 10. Tracking Regional Growth and Development: The Nairobi Case

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Part I. Twenty-First-Century Population Prospect
4. Chapter 1. World Urbanization: The Critical Issue of the Twenty-First Century 3
5. Chapter 2. Human Population Grows Up 24
6. Chapter 3. Measuring and Coping with Urban Growth in Developing Countries 32
7. Chapter 4. Urban Growth and Development at Six Scales: An Economist’s View 48
8. Chapter 5. Urban Growth and Spatial Development: The China Case 67
9. Part II. Urban Spatial Growth and Development
10. Chapter 6. The Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Demography Meets Geography 89
11. Chapter 7. Measuring and Modeling Global Urban Expansion 107
12. Chapter 8. Urban Growth Models: State of the Art and Prospects 126
13. Chapter 9. Monitoring Urban Growth and Its Environmental Impacts Using Remote Sensing: Examples from China and India 151
14. Chapter 10. Tracking Regional Growth and Development: The Nairobi Case 167
15. Part III. Urban Governance and Finance
16. Chapter 11. Strategic Directions for Local Public Finance in Developing Countries 177
17. Chapter 12. Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Governance: Coordinates and Policy Issues 191
18. Chapter 13. City Building in China: Implications for Urban Form Efficiency 212
19. Chapter 14. Financing Housing and Urban Services 234
20. Part IV. Cases in Urban Development
21. Chapter 15. Managing Urban Infrastructure and Services in India 255
22. Chapter 16. Sustainable Urban Development: Managing City Development in Uganda 276
23. Chapter 17. Thinking About Urban Services Needs in Fast-Growing Cities: Housing in São Paulo 294
24. Chapter 18. The Education of Urban Dwellers: The Kenyan Experience 310
25. Notes 323
26. Bibliography 331
27. Contributors 363
28. Index 367
29. Acknowledgments 377