Case study 1: kibera, Nairobi and Newcastle under Lyme

Question 1

What kind of housing is available in Nairobi?

Answer 1

• Kibera is made up of INFORMAL HOUSING- it is not legally recognised and so an be moved/demolished if the government chose to. They have no SECURITY OF TENURE
• roughly 1 million people live in Kibera, in make-shift houses with no electricity, running water or sanitation. Police refuse to go into the settlement, therefor crime is high. HIV infection rates are high. There are no roads and railway line run through the settlement.
• Minitori Ridge is a wealthy neighbourhood 3 miles away from Kibera, the average house price here is £240,000. Most of the residents are descendants of Europeans

Question 2

Improvements

Answer 2

• Kenyan government and UN have agreed to rehouse people in blocks of flats
• to rehouse everyone it will cost an estimated $1.2 billion and will take at least 9 years
• The new apartments will also have schools and shops nearby
• The first 1500 people to be rehoused were moved into 300 apartments in 2009
• The flats have an affordable monthly rent of $10 Kiberian wages two dollars a day

Question 3

Location of Newcastle under Lyme

Answer 3

• is a large town in Staffordshire in the West Midlands
• it’s divided into three zones :
The inner city - close to the mixture of old houses a new flats. There is a good services.
The suburbs – houses built in 1930s. There are a few shops and other services but the houses are large and have bid houses
The commuter villages 6–8km run the CBD. Surrounded by countryside. Services and residents need to access a car

Question 4

Who lives where in Newcastle under Lyme

Answer 4

• The inner walls have a higher percentage of under 19s. The rule rule areas have more people aged over 45
• that in awards have high numbers with no qualifications. The rule areas have a high percentage what degree qualifications
• Quality of life various: in their inner suburbs, houses are more densely packed together and there is a lack of parking and open space. There are old industrial sites which can be deleted. However, there is good access to services in town centre
• towards the outskirts, there is more space. Houses are less densely packed together. There are few our services and people need a card to access these

Question 5

House prices in Newcastle under Lyme

Answer 5

Inner-city houses have lower than average prices.

Villages have higher than average prices

Question 6

How does quality of life vary in Newcastle under Lyme

Answer 6

• The north east of the city (in the city) has lowest quality of life.
• The life expectancy here is significantly lower than the average UK
• as you move towards the commuter villages in the south-west, that average life expectancy is significantly higher than the UK average

Question 7

What is the housing tenure of Newcastle under Lyme in the inner city

Answer 7

• inner-city: 50% owner occupied, 40% social housing

Question 8

What is the housing tenure of Newcastle underline in the commuter villages

Answer 8

82% owner occupied temper sent social housing

Question 9

What’s is the location of Kibera

Answer 9

Kibera is located to the south west of Nairobi city centre. Nairobi is the capital City of Kenya. Kenya is in East of Africa.
Population of over 3 million people in Nairobi