Negotiating "streets for all" in urban transport planning: The Case for Pedestrians, cyclists and Street vendors in Nairobi, Kenya

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-126

  Khayesi, Meleckidzedeck ^a   Monheim, Heiner ^b   Nebe, Johannes Michael ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liveable streets; Nairobi; Negotiating; Reversal; Streets for all

Indexed keywords

PAVEMENT; PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT; WALKING;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 74949088854     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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