Robert Obudho
PhD, Rutgers University, 1974
Urbanization, urban and regional planning with particular emphasis on Africa
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Dr. Obudho is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Nairobi. He is the founding Editor of African Urban Quarterly Journal and the African Urban and Regional Science Index. He is an advocate of urban planning and helped develop the department at the university. He is also active in spearheading the development of policies for various sectors in Kenya. Dr. Obudhu has held faculty positions at the State University of New York at Albany, College Saint Rose and Vassar College Poughkeepsie, and Rutgers University. He also served as a Planning Analyst at Johnson and Johnson Worldwide. Dr. Obudho returned to the University of Nairobi after a fifteen year sojourn in the United States.