{"id":2906,"date":"2019-06-04T07:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","slug":"sustainable-urbanization-can-create-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/04\/sustainable-urbanization-can-create-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Urbanization Can Create Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By KELLEN KIAMBATI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is estimated that the world\u2019s urban dwellers increase\nby 50 million annually with 90 percent of this growth taking place in\ndeveloping countries. This number is expected to double by 2050, leading to\nunprecedented rates of urbanization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urban areas are always\nconsidered a nexus of prosperity and job opportunities because of organizations\nbeing located in close proximity, increasing productivity and raising revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, this\nconnection is not always smooth as it is accompanied by many challenges. One of\nthem is that youth living in cities are affected largely by spatial mismatch as\nthey seek employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further, the problem is\nworsened by the fact that the current infrastructure layout falls short in\npromoting walkability, accessibility, and dense developments coupled with smart\ngrowth principles. This huge distance between residential areas and work places\nas well as poor layout leads to high costs of searching for jobs and commuting\nto work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investments in\ninfrastructure delivery can have important implications for employment\ncreation. Cities expand because of their capacity to attract business and\ncreate jobs to drive that growth\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessdailyafrica.com\/analysis\/columnists\/Sustainable-urbanisation-can-create-jobs\/4259356-5143734-w1jkg\/index.html\">Read More&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By KELLEN KIAMBATI It is estimated that the world\u2019s urban dwellers increase by 50 million annually with 90 percent of this growth taking place in developing countries. This number is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}