Climate variability awareness among municipal waste management workers in Mombasa City, Kenya
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Date
2014
Authors
Wanyama, Alice Namwaya
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Climate variability is a multifaceted challenge for societies through its impact on,
human lives and the natural environment. To minimize these impacts, mitigation
strategies should be used to control the anthropogenic factors considered to be the
main causes of climate variability. The impact requires concerted effort in developing
awareness among workers in developed and developing world. This study intends to
determine climate variability awareness among municipal waste management workers
in Mombasa City, one of the areas in Kenya where workers awareness of climate
variabi Iity is underreported in Iiterature. The specific objectives include assessing
awareness of the causes of climate variability, determining its perceived effects by
Mornbasa waste management workers and the mitigation measures being undertaken
by Mornbasa municipality. A descriptive survey design will be used. A total of 138
workers out of a total population of 920 will be drawn from the four zones namely
Mainland North, Mainland South, Mainland West and the Island. Simple random
sampling technique by way of listing the names of the workers in alphabetical order
and picking the tenth subject will be used to arrive at the sample population. Primary
data collection will be done using questionnaires. The data collected will be coded
and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Climate variability awareness will be
determined by among other factors: gender, level of education, income, age and
sources of information. The results will be presented using charts, tables and bar
graphs.
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Department of Environmental Education