Title: Migration, urban poverty, and the housing market: the Nairobi case.

POPLINE Document Number: 231606

Author(s):

Amis P

Source citation:

In: Migrants, workers, and the social order, edited by Jeremy Eades. London, England, Association of Social Anthropologists [ASA], 1987. :249-68.

Abstract:

"The aim of this paper is to show the complexity of the relationship between rural-urban migration and the creation of urban problems....It questions the common assumption that urban problems are partly the result of too many individuals migrating to the city, and instead considers the importance of the labour market, and of changes in methods of obtaining housing, i.e. entitlement relations, in a situation of declining urban incomes." The author uses Nairobi, Kenya, as an example. Findings indicate that it is the urban wage structure and not the rate of migration that is the main determinant of urban problems. (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

Kenya
Rural-Urban Migration
Social Problems
Human Resources
Income
Urban Population
Wages
Housing
Poverty
Inequalities
Manpower Needs
Resource Allocation
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Migration
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Economic Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Population Characteristics
Macroeconomic Factors
Residence Characteristics
Population Distribution
Geographic Factors
Financial Activities