Development of “Consent-based, Participatory” Strategic Environmental Assessment Framework for the Master Plan Formulation Study in Developing Countries:

Case Study of Nairobi Urban Development Master Plan Study in the Republic of Kenya.

Abstract

Intensive participatory and “consensus-based” Strategic Environmental Assessment Framework is formulated, and then, applied for a JICA-funded “Project on Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (MP) for the City of Nairobi in the Republic of Kenya”. Approximately 100 stakeholder meetings are conducted across Nairobi region, and a broad consensus of the proposed urban development MP is established through a series of discussions held at each stakeholder meeting, in association with the development of the website as well as hot lines, established for the proposed MP development project.