Ideal cities are the future for us as urban living takes root

The unfolding troubles bedevilling some largescale developers of residential houses provide an important reality check while housing a rapidly urbanising population.

According to UN-Habitat, Africa is urbanising at an annual rate of four per cent – the fastest region in the world. A gathering urbanisation momentum suggests three out of every four Africans will be town dwellers by 2050.  With only three out of ten Kenyans currently living in towns, the country lags behind the sub-Sahara urbanisation average of half the population. But there are solid indicators that more Kenyans will migrate to Nairobi and other urban centres in the coming years.