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        Romanus Opiyo

        Programme Leader

      • SEI Africa,
      • Expertise: Urban Sustainability
      • romanus.opiyo@sei.org
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      Romanus Otieno Opiyo is the Programme Leader for Sustainable Urbanization at SEI Africa. His area of expertise is urban sustainability and holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Nairobi, Kenya where he has also gained 14 years academic experience covering research, lecturing and student supervision (Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels).

      His area of research interest includes: transportation and mobility, sustainable environment, urban security and safety, governance and participatory frameworks, smart cities and spaces, land use planning and climate change. Romanus has also collaborated with various African and European universities and scholars working in both urban and planning oriented topics.

      Romanus has researched, collaborated and consulted with and for a number of Kenyan Government Ministries, UN and other local and international agencies, notably: UNEP, UN-HABITAT, UNDP,  UNCRD, World Bank, UK Department For International Development (DFID), international Development Research Centre (IDRC)  as well as national and international NGOs and CBOs. For these he has undertaken commissioned research, evaluations, project development and facilitation of processes.

      He has published in the area of urban and rural transport, smart cities, citizens’ participation, urban security and informal sector planning and has presented in various conferences both nationally and internationally including making presentations at the prestigious in the 5th World Urban Forum (WUF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010.

      Publications by Romanus Opiyo

      • Using creative participatory approaches for inclusive climate resilient transport in Africa: Guidelines for practitioners
      • Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability
      • Línea base de localización de los ODS: cómo los actores locales están impulsando el cambio y avanzando en la consecución de la Agenda 2030
      • SDG localization baseline: How local-level actors are driving change and advancing the achievement of the 2030 Agenda
      • Inclusion in urban environmental governance of small and intermediary cities of the global South
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      Perspectives by Romanus Opiyo

      • Urban wetlands restoration builds resilience and liveability
      • Aislamiento resalta el valor de espacios verdes en las ciudades
      • Lockdown highlights the value of green space in cities

      Featured stories with Romanus Opiyo

      • Legislation for clean air in Kenya
      • Exploring the quality of government and WASH outcomes in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
      • A tale of two cities: inequalities in urban wellbeing in the Global South
      • Urban October 2021
      • Parliamentarians draw on science to develop air quality management frameworks for Nairobi
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      Projects and tools with Romanus Opiyo

      • Upscaling small scale organic waste processing ventures for circular economy in cities in SSA and East Asia
      • Linking quality of government and water and sanitation outcomes
      • Equitable Mobility for City Health and Wellbeing
      • Accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level
      • Inclusive climate-resilient transport in Africa
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