Corridor contre corridor : Nairobi

Corridor contre corridor : Nairobi

Nairobi est une étape structurante du Northern Corridor, axe majeur en cours de réalisation destiné à désenclaver les vastes territoires intérieurs de la région des Grands Lacs et de l’ouest du Kenya. Mais son tracé rencontre des espaces protégés et interfère avec les objectifs de conservation de la...

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Main Authors: Véronique Fourault-Cauët, Jean-Fabien Steck
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2019-10-01
Series:EchoGéo
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Nairobi is a key milestone of the Northern Corridor Project
which aims to open up inland areas such as Kenyan West Highlands or Great lakes subregion. As this route meets some protected areas
it interferes with some nature conservation policies. Located in the heart of the city
Nairobi National Park highlights some opposite issues of corridors
which try to reach on national and metropolitan scale both economic development and protection of nature. Nairobi is an interesting example of contradictory strategies of various stakeholders concerning different models of corridors
in the specific context of incomplete devolution of Kenya. The sustainable coexistence of a national park
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/18006
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