“This area was dark, there was a lot of stealing, thugs, muggings but now we have light, all these have reduced. Crime has reduced and...

Dharavi Koliwada, a self-developed neighborhood with centuries of history, has faced challenges in street lighting due to its...

The Kibera Green Street (KGS) project transformed an underutilized wayleave in Kibera, Nairobi, into a multifunctional public space,...

Background The informal settlements in Nairobi form a huge chunk of the population in the city, where a majority of people migrating from...

Porto Alegre, Brazil, is a global pioneer in Participatory Budgeting (PB), implementing the process in 1989 to involve residents directly...

Makueni County in Kenya is a leading example of successful Participatory Budgeting (PB) implementation. Since 2013, the county has...

Coordinated by Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) and funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and SwedBio, this...

Through a collaboration with Bogotá’s city government and Bloomberg Associates, the project introduced “children’s priority zones” to...

This project (2015-2016) worked with residents of Kibera, local and national authorities and civil society organisations to build the...

This case is part of a larger study which aimed to, in cities in Columbia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia and Sierra Leone, answer the...

A compelling case study from Medellín, Colombia, highlights a successful approach to inclusive infrastructure in informal urban settings,...

The Korogocho Slum Upgrading Programme was initiated by the Kenyan government in partnership with the Italian Cooperation to improve...

Mukuru SPA is a detailed participatory planning initiative that was aimed at upgrading Mukuru, one of Nairobi's largest informal...

KISIP https://www.kisip.go.ke/kisip-i aimed to improve living conditions and strengthen the security of tenure in informal settlements...

The FireWise Communities Program is a national initiative in the United States that educates and empowers communities to reduce wildfire...

The Fire-Resilient Communities Program in California aims to enhance community preparedness and resilience against wildfires through...

Kayole-Soweto is one of only a few informal settlements in Nairobi that have been comprehensively surveyed and planned, its development...

The urban fabric initiative (UFI) brings out and supports small or temporary micro-projects, carried by the inhabitants and quickly...