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Infrastructure Projects Concern Not Only Engineers

by Renard Teipelke From the end of 2008 until the end of 2012, the first ‘Superhighway’ in East Africa was constructed between Kenya’s capital Nairobi and the industrial satellite town of Thika in the Northern part of the Nairobi Metropolitan … Continue reading

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The Vision, the Superhighway, and the Local Poor

by Renard Teipelke Kenya Vision 2030: “A national long-term development blue-print to create a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by 2030, that aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a … Continue reading

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Places like, let’s say, highways?!

by Renard Teipelke Studying ‘streets as places’ through in-situ research is nothing new to social science. A classic in this regard is Doreen Massey’s work on the global sense of place with the example of Kilburn High Road in London. … Continue reading

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