Nakuru

Nakuru’s urban planning is being guided through an Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan that treats land use, transport, housing, infrastructure and environmental management as parts of one spatial framework. The plan is intended to direct both the outward growth of the city and the organisation of development within the existing urban area, rather than allowing infrastructure to follow settlement after the fact.

This integrated approach is especially important as Nakuru consolidates its role as a large regional centre. County development planning links physical investment to public services and economic programmes, while the urban plan provides the spatial structure for those decisions. The result is a city agenda focused on coordinating growth, mobility, serviced land and environmental management across a rapidly changing urban footprint.