Jimmy, E.N. orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-1631 and Lombard, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-1794 (2024) Entangled rationalities: planning responses to informal housing practices within middle-income neighbourhoods in Nairobi City, Kenya. Planning Theory & Practice, 25 (3). pp. 299-320. ISSN 1464-9357
Abstract
This paper analyses planning responses to middle-income informalities in Nairobi city, an increasingly significant element of informal urban development focusing on ad hoc zoning practices and regularisation. The findings highlight aspects of fractured governance, negotiated planning, and power struggles involving middle-income housing developers and other actors that exacerbate housing informalities rather than ameliorate them. The article reveals how different rationalities drive the different spheres of government functionaries, some of whom use planning systems for financial and political gain. Building on debates around ‘conflicting rationalities’ in planning, the paper proposes the concept of ‘entangled rationalities,’ which has scope to highlight the nuanced, multi-actor and non-binary nature of interactions between planning, political and development practice characterising responses to middle-income informalities in the global south cities and how this shapes urban outcomes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Informa UK Ltd, trading as Taylor and Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Planning Theory & Practice. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Housing informality; regularisation; entangled rationalities; middle-class; conflicting rationalities; non-compliance |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Geography and Planning |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2024 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2024 14:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14649357.2024.2393572 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218680 |
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