Browsing RP-Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development by Issue Date
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Assessment of Beach Hotels Adaptation Capacity to Climate Variability : The Case of Mombasa County , Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2014-02)Climate change has been a worrying issue all over the world. The variability in terms of intensity and frequency of rainfall, wind, and temperature has impacted various ecosystems and economic activities especially in ... -
Combining Ethnography and Case Study Research Designs in Studying Forestry Co-Management Approaches
(ORIC Publications, 2014-07-31)The paper discusses how a combination of ethnographic and case study research designs can be appropriate in studying forestry co-management approaches and gives a step per step explanation of the methods that can be used ... -
Effect of Household Water-User Preference on the Sustainable Supply of Safe Water in Obunga Slums of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Globeedu Group, 2015)Access, availability, and quality of water must be in sustainable supply for humans to become water secure. Sustainable supply of water is ensured through efficient use of water on one hand, and integrated approach to ... -
Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
(Stockholm University Press, 2015)This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in ... -
Emerging Land Use Changes-Climatic Variability Nexus in Meru County, Kenya
(IISTE, 2015)The interplay between land use changes and climate variability are potential causes for the declining agricultural productivity in Meru County. Given that the agroecological disparities are attributable to the topography, ... -
A review of studies on ecosystem services in Africa
(Elsevier [Commercial Publisher], 2016)Assessments of ecosystem services (ES) are vital for Africa’s sustainability. ES supply and demand take place in distinctive patterns in Africa due to the continent’s characteristic spatial heterogeneity, rich biodiversity, ... -
Potential for co-management approaches to strengthen livelihoods of forest dependent communities: A Kenyan case
(Elsevier B.V., 2016)Many natural resource management researchers have focused either on institutional design and evaluation or on livelihood outcomes per se without explicitly acknowledging and rigorously examining linkages between the two. ... -
Local Rules and Their Enforcement in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve Co-Management Arrangement in Kenya
(BioOne, 2016)The management of common-pool resources is a key problem in global environmental governance: forests, freshwater resources, pastures, and land are often managed by communities and organisations (bureaucracies, NGOs) at ... -
An Examination of Various Wastes Emanating from Poultry Rearing in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
(American Association for Science and Technology, 2016)Poultry rearing is largely depended on by informal settlement residents as a source of their livelihood. Unfortunately most of the farmers rearing poultry are not aware of the types of waste generated from the poultry. ... -
Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and the Livelihood of Communities in Mandera County, Kenya
(SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2016)Background: Stone quarrying is one of the major practices carried out in the world by the construction industry. In Kenya and specifically in Mandera County area, stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years. ... -
Perceptions and Truism of Climate Variability within Smallholder Farming Communities in Meru County, Kenya
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A framework for linking forestry co-management institutional arrangements with their associated livelihood outcomes
(SAGE Publications, 2016)Co-management of forest resources has gained acceptance among governments, development agencies and development practitioners as an alternative natural resources management strategy to the top-down or centralized government ... -
Designing a Functioning Community Forest Association: A Case of Muileshi, Kakamega County, Kenya
(Knowledgia Scientific, 2016)Participatory Forest Management was introduced into law with the passing of the Kenya Forest Act of 2005, which provides a legal basis for communities in Kenya, to participate in forest management. In Kenya Participatory ... -
Enhancing benefits from biomass wastes within smallmedium scale coffee processing factories in Kiambu County, Kenya
(2017)Coffee processing is associated with various sustainability challenges largely due to high water and energy demand, biomass waste generation and lately low returns to farmers. The number of farmers actively involved in ... -
Conflict Resolution and Crime Surveillance in Kenya: Local Peace Committees and Nyumba Kumi
(GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2017)In the wake of widespread interethnic “clashes” and al-Shabaab terrorist attacks in Kenya over the last few years, the state has embarked on the devolution of capacities for ensuring security and peace to the local level. ... -
Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing debate: a case study application on indicators and linkages
(International Association for Landscape Ecology, Chapter Germany, 2017)Inadequacies in the indication of cultural ecosystem services (CES) are a hindrance in assessing their comprehensive impacts on human wellbeing. Similarly, uncertainties about the quantity and quality of CES, in real ... -
Essence of Environmental Governance in Solid Waste Management: A Spatial Analysis of the unplanned Dumpsites in Nairobi County
(African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2018)In Nairobi County, rapid urban settlement patterns have been on the increase and this in turn results to stretching the existing resources. Due to this, the existing Solid Waste Management systems have resulted to the ... -
The Influence of Stakeholder Participation Strategies on Domestic Waste Management in Biashara Residential Area, Ruiru Municipality Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2019)Stakeholder participation has been identified as one of the means through which the challenges of domestic waste management can be addressed. The objective of this study was to establish the influence of stakeholder ... -
Quantifying and Mapping Land Use Changes and Regulating Ecosystem Service Potentials in A Datascarce Peri-Urban Region in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Recent scientific developments are advancing to link land use and land cover (LULC) change with ecosystem service (ES) potentials. Such links within peri-urban ecosystems are scanty due to methodological and expertise ... -
Cooperation in the Midst of Violence: Land Deals and Cattle Raids in Narok and Laikipia, Kenya
(International African Institute, 2019)What drives the formation of ties and networks in ethnically hybrid spaces despite the occurrence of conflict? We approach this question by examining the actors involved, the institutions affected, and the economic and ...
