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 - Couverture souple

Ning, Deng

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639120981 ISBN 13 : 9783639120981

Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639120981
• ISBN 13: 9783639120981
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
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