Publications

Like many other developing cities, Nairobi is experiencing rapid urbanization and increasing disaster risks especially for the poor. The city historically has strong institutional focus on emergency response both at the practice and regulatory levels. With a focus on the present response, planning for the future of the city and associated risks remains unclear and unconsolidated with little consideration of the consequences of today’s decisions on tomorrow’s Nairobi. Despite their vulnerability, the Nairobi urban poor, mainly living in the informal settlements such as Kibera are rarely integrated or considered in urban and risk decision/planning processes. These two concerns impede adequate planning to support DRR for the poor and vulnerable groups in Nairobi. Through the Tomorrow’s Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE), this report highlights some of the aspirations of different social groups within Kibera that could make the area safe from disaster risks in the future. The report is based on a series of stakeholder consultations that culminated in a two-day visioning workshop bringing together different groups within Kibera

As we enter the final year of our project, it brings us great joy to share the latest developments and milestones achieved by the Tomorrow’s Cities Hub.

Tomorrow’s Cities extends its deepest condolences to the Turkish and Syrian people, and we reaffirm our commitment to help build the knowledge, skill and, most importantly, the political determination to ensure that future development will be very much more resilient to these inevitable events. Tomorrow’s Cities appeals that countries subject to high disaster risk develop the critical political multi-sectoral and transdisciplinary coalitions which are required to address such persistent, systemic threats.