High-rise living in Nairobi’s Pipeline estate is stressful – how men and women cope

By Mario Schmidt, Associate Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Miriam Maina, Research Associate (African Cities), University of Manchester

Within sight of Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi’s east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise tenement flats, the estate has been described by the media as an urban planning nightmare. They point to its garbage problem, its waterlogged and frequently impassable streets, and the effect of dense living conditions on children’s health.

Pipeline’s…

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