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Dr. -Ing. Elizabeth Kanini Wamuchiru

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  • Role in Center:

    Core Partner

  • Discipline:

    Urban and Regional Planning

  • University:

    The University of Nairobi, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

  • Country:

    Kenya

  • Contact Details:

    • Mailing address: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Nairobi; ADD Building, Off State House Road; P.O. Box 30197, 00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya
    • Phone number: 020 4913526
    • Email address: ewkanini@uonbi.ac.ke

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Dr.-Ing. Elizabeth Wamuchiru is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, the University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya. She is a registered and licensed Physical Planner with over ten years of experience in academia, research and practice. She is also an Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit expert. Her research interests lie in urban planning, human settlements, urban mobility and networked infrastructure systems. Besides academia, she has continuously worked in various consultancies as an urban expert involving international organizations, national government, county government, research institutions, corporate entities and individual entities. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (in Planning) from UoN, a Master of Arts Degree (in Planning) from UoN, a Master of Science in Human Settlements from KU Leuven, Belgium and a PhD in Urban Studies from TU Darmstadt, Germany.

Selected Publications:

  • Edited

    • Zhang, L., Ngomsi, C. A. M., & Wamuchiru, E. (eds.) (2023): The city in an Era of Cascading Risks: New Insights from the Ground. Singapore: Springer.

    Journal articles

    • Mwangi, I. K., & Wamuchiru, E. (2023). Role of Smallholder Farmers in Food Supply to Urban Consumers During Covid-19 Pandemic: Case of Kinale and Magumu Farmlands. In Africa Habitat Review, 18 (1), 2501–2512
    • Ambani, M., Ayonga, J., Ngayu, M., & Wamuchiru, E. (2023). Dynamics of Industrial Gentrification: A Review of Literature. In Africa Habitat Review, 18 (2), 2636–2646
    • Schramm, S., Kasper, M., Bohlen, S., Mwenje, E., & Wamuchiru, E. (2023). Governing pandemic waterscapes: COVID-19 and Nairobi metropolitan services as co-catalysts of waterscape changes. In Water Alternatives, 16 (2), 750–768.

Areas of Expertise:

Urban Planning
Human Settlements
Urban mobility

Current Position(s):

2025: Core Partner, Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (GCSMUS), University of Nairobi, Kenya
2018 – present, Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), University of Nairobi, Kenya
2017 – present, Associate Consultant, KREIS Spatial Planning & Consulting Associates Ltd. Nairobi, Kenya

Memberships & Networks:

Corporate member, Kenya Institute of Planners (KIP) (MKIP 280C)
Registered Physical Planner, Physical Planners Registration Board (RPP 0314)
Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit (EIA/EA), Associate Expert (2179).