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ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN URBAN SLUM TRANSFORMATION IN KENYA

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Document Type: General
Publish Date: 2016
Primary Author: Emmanuel Mutwiri Marete
Edited By: Arsalan Hasan
Published By: Emmanuel Mutwiri Marete

The rapid urbanization and the high rate of population growth and the influx into urban areas result in overutilization of the available limited natural resources. Rural-urban migration is a major cause of population growth in urban areas. The urban populations in the developing world grew at a 3.35 percent rate annually between 1975 and 2007, and the development rate of the rustic populace stayed steady at around one percent. As a consequence of this trend, in 2007 the world’s urban populace surpassed the rustic populace (United Nations, 2008).

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