EDITORIAL: CAPACITY OF THE STATE TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVITY

Abstract

The challenges of inclusivity transcends the realm of physical infrastructure provision. Inclusivity touches on cultural,
racial, and infrastructure divide. However, beyond the infrastructure and cultural dimension of inclusivity, there is the
challenge of capacity of the various organizations both at governmental and private levels which is a critical issue for
consideration when dealing with inclusivity. This challenge of capacity determines how cities responds to the various
issues related to inclusivity. The capacity determines how state entities ensures that plans and planning are holistic
and responsive in dealing with various challenges of segregation and disparities across the city. This journal
issue emanated from the 2023 conference of SARChI Chair for inclusive cities where various presentations
were made and Seven (7) papers where selected and put up for rigorous peer-review and the authors were able
to respond to the comments comments and observations on the papers leading to their acceptance.