Community Voices in Sustainable Slum-Upgrading Processes: The Nairobi People Settlement Network

Humphrey Otieno (1)

1 IFRA / FIRA Nairobi - Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique / French Institute for Research in Africa

This article presents the slum upgrading activities of the Nairobi People Settlement Network (NPSN) beginning with an historical background of this movement. It focuses on the participation of the community in these processes through highlighting NPSN goals, achievements and challenges in contributing to sustainable slum-upgrading programmes.

Mots clés: Slum upgrading; Community; Nairobi People Settlement Network

Domaines: Science politique; Sociologie; Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Humphrey Otieno. Community Voices in Sustainable Slum-Upgrading Processes: The Nairobi People Settlement Network. Les Cahiers de l'Afrique de l'Est, 2011, 44, pp.65-74. ⟨halshs-00751859⟩