Working for a World Free of Poverty and Slums | INTRA-CITY DIFFERENTIALS IN URBAN POVERTY AND SLUMS IN NAIROBI, KENYA: MEASUREMENTS, DETERMINANTS, CONSEQUENCES, AND IMPLICATIONS

Deng Ning

ISBN 10: 3639120981 / ISBN 13: 9783639120981

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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Working for a World Free of Poverty and Slums | INTRA-CITY DIFFERENTIALS IN URBAN POVERTY AND SLUMS IN NAIROBI, KENYA: MEASUREMENTS, DETERMINANTS, CONSEQUENCES, AND IMPLICATIONS | Deng Ning | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639120981 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Working for a World Free of Poverty and Slums | INTRA-CITY DIFFERENTIALS IN URBAN POVERTY AND SLUMS IN NAIROBI, KENYA: MEASUREMENTS, DETERMINANTS, CONSEQUENCES, AND IMPLICATIONS
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639120981
• ISBN 13: 9783639120981
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 287 grams
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Synopsis

This dissertation research intends to document methods for measuring and analyzing urban poverty in developing Cities by using Nairobi as my primary case. Through recoding and aggregating Census data, I propose to construct a composite material poverty index using principal components analysis. Next, I will build a 2SLS (two stage least square regression) model to identify the most significant determinants of material poverty. Finally, a cross- sectional regression analysis will be undertaken to examine the effect of living in a slum and residential segregation of slums from non-slums on local child mortality rate. The findings will have a three-fold implication for anti-poverty or anti-slum practices. First, a composite material poverty index has a distinctively empirical utility for the direct measurement of the living conditions of the urban poor and slum dwellers. Second, lower population density significantly decreases material poverty , which lends some support to anti-slum strategies aiming to de-densify the slum areas. Lastly, de- segregating slum dwellers from non-slum dwellers is effective at least from a health perspective.

About the Author

Dr. Deng Ning is an expert with strong international background in planning, urban poverty, housing, developmental policy and mortgage finance. His paper published on leading journals such as International Development Planning Review, urban planning review, etc. Deng got his PhD in urban planning from the University of Colorado.