Upgrading Mukuru(A 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