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Dilemma of Sinking Cities and Implications on the Future of Nairobi

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Dilemma of Sinking Cities and Implications on the Future of Nairobi

Abstract

Environmental degradation continues to impact negatively on sustainable development with some of the consequences being the silent but painful subsidence of a number of cities worldwide. Our Research Fellow for Development, Michael Owuor, explores the possibility of land subsidence in Nairobi City within the context of uncontrolled excavation activities.

About the Author

Michael Owuor

Michael Owuor

Development and Transnational Organized Crimes (TOCs)