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Understanding MukuruA Planning Perspective
The Spatial Setting
Uniquely Diverse
The Layout
Refined Setting
Organic Setting
The Existing Services
Access to Services (Limited Options)
Service Provision Resources, Power Relations, and Gender Dynamics
Service provision in
Mukuru is a function of
1) community and
power brokers’
relationships,
2) gender dynamics,
3) access and control
of resources
especially land
Power Dynamics in Water Provision
Power Dynamics
“… it is the Chief, elders and neighboursyou will have to consult before
constructing a facility…If you proceed without their knowledge, the leaders will
follow you up and stop the project...”
Focus Group Discussion Participant, 2014
Housing Typology and Services
Livelihoods
Improving Settlements from the Bottom-Up
• Tenure security encourages residents to invest in improvements
• Alternative Tenure Options
• Service Provision and Management – Formal and Informal Institutional Linkages
• Protection against Evictions – NB: Evictions forestall planning and sustainable livelihoods
Legal Interventions are a Prerequisite to
Create Sustainable Communities
Forward-Looking Plans in Mukuru
1. In situ upgrading framework: Provide housing and services with minimal disruption or changes to the existing conditions
2. Comprehensive / Total Upgrading framework: A new Mukuru
3. Mixed Approach: Negotiated approach
4. Land Share Model: Cede and gain – Win : Win
The Future Infrastructure and Nodes
Consolidated Model
The Housing Unit
•One-off construction with overall minimal displacement
•Infill design or total redevelopment of some parcels
•Targets middle class with potential for cross-subsidization
•Market-Driven (Landlords) or Civil Society-Driven (Social Empowerment)
•Allows for subletting
Planning Proposal for MukuruOn Services • Public and Private Partnerships• Create partnerships between service providers and community structures
On Gender Equity•Mainstream gender-equitable strategies, including particular efforts to ensure the visibility of women and girls• Give women equal opportunities to participate in the upgrading scheme • Ensure women enjoy equal representation and recognition when granting property rights.
On Skills Transfer to the Youth• Promotion of industrial trainings and entrepreneurial skills transfer
On Finance• Support for grassroots savings schemes in Mukuru
A Holistic Approach • Embrace multiple models of slum upgrading to cater for the diversity of issues and players