Integrating health to urban areas and cities to make them cool again

Vehicles parked along the pavements forcing residents to fight for space with vehicles [Photo:James Wanzala/Standard]

Kenya has been experiencing high urbanization and urban sprawl in towns. The main focuss has been housing projects developers putting up with little concern on health of the residents at the expense of maximizing their profit margins being the concept of a rational economic man.

Urban planning requires provision of infrastructure facilities and services to emerging population from the proposed developments in an area which has not been the case mainly due to the attitude of some rogue developers not willing to comply with stipulated standards and regulations.