Essentials for Orderly Urban Growth: Managing Urban Development in Kenya

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Episode 1 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Cyrus Mbisi, a Town Planner and Chairperson of the Town Planners Chapter of The Architectural Association of Kenya.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="s1" style="font-size: 10pt;">Listen or watch to understand:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Why the management of urbanization and growth is so important in the Kenyan context.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The place of technology and related innovations (and digitization of Kenya’s land Registry).</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The tools that exist for managing urban development.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Financing the required tasks for improved urban management for local authorities.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The future of Kenya’s cities and towns in terms of urbanization and how to adapt these towns to the threat of climate change and how to build resilience.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The cities and urban areas that people actually want.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">the magic bullet for resolving the problem of coordination in regards to mandates and responsibilities in managing growth and urban development<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li> <li class="li1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The place of stakeholder engagement in development planning and implementation. Who needs to make it to the negotiating table? Whose city is it? Who has what stake, and who needs to determine what happens in the city? Who has what power, how much power?</span></li> </ul> <p class="p3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About Cyrus Mbisi</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cyrus is a Town Planner and Chairperson of