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Title Economics of rural urban interaction: Case study of Kikuyu Division
Full text http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/11295/23930
Date 1989
Author(s) Njoroge,James
Abstract This paper examines the impact of urbanization on farmers'management decisions on farms in the "ft-inges" o Nairobi City with a view to identify the factors responsible fo farm dis-investment in favour of rental housing investment. The farming business is evaluated using farm gross margin and a standard housing evaluation technique is used to assess t value of the rentals. The value of farm output is subsequently scaled by an uncertainty factor; The values of the two invest options are then discounted over a selected range of discount r for a period of five years,the effective life of wooden rental~ predominant type of rentals constructed by the farmers. - An econometric model is used to isolate factot-s responsible for allocation of land to rental housing constructi( by the land owners. The study shows that the farmers investment decisions a rational. Land subdivision is identified as the main cause o disinvestment; "Jhile rurel electrification and access roads ha significan-tinfluences on the attractiveness of rentals in the The paper suggests that the areas which are already in t middle of the economic transformation should be encouraged to convert their Iand to rentals
Language en
Publisher University Of Nairobi
Type of publication Thesis
Format application/pdf
Identifier Master Of Arts In Economics
Repository Nairobi - University of Nairobi
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