The Thika Highway Improvement Project Changes in the Peri-Urban Northern Nairobi Metropolitan Region /

• Main Author: Teipelke, Renard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2014.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Economic theory.; Economic policy.; Public administration.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Public Administration.; Economic Policy.

Theory and practice of high-capacity infrastructure projects are the major focus in the development of countries in the Global South. Aiming at a more fine-grained understanding of such projects, Renard Teipelke studies the Thika Highway Improvement Project (THIP) and its outcomes in the peri-urban...

Table of Contents:

• Road Infrastructure Economics
• Nairobi: A Globalizing City and Its Challenges
• An Introduction to the THIP and Its Context
• The Outcomes of the THIP.