Hustle urbanism: making life work in Nairobi

While plans can be made and futures imagined, plans are expected to be altered at best and broken most of the time, so in practice what “gets done” is never what was planned but rather what was put in place given the structures of opportunity at hand.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-09-21
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https://doi.org/10.14749/33952234
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Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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Hustle urbanism: making life work in Nairobi

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Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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Hustle urbanism: making life work in Nairobi

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Abstract

While plans can be made and futures imagined, plans are expected to be altered at best and broken most of the time, so in practice what “gets done” is never what was planned but rather what was put in place given the structures of opportunity at hand.

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Sustainable cities and communities
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Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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