Impact of Short-Term Flooding on Livelihoods in the Kenya Rift Valley Lakes
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Date
2016
Authors
Obando, Joy Apiyo
Onywere, Simon
Shisanya, C.A.
Ndubi, Anthony
Masiga, Dan
Irura, Zephania
Mariita, Nicholas
Maragia, Haron
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Short term flooding episodes can have devastating impacts on both the
natural processes and community livelihoods. The Lakes Baringo, Bogoria, Nakuru
and Naivasha lie within the arid and semi-arid northern part of the central rift valley
in Kenya and are vulnerable to climatic variability with particular challenges
related to water resources. This chapter presents the extent of flooding of four
lakes in the central rift valley in Kenya over the period from January 2010 to
December 2014. Documentation of the changing spatial extent of the water levels in
the four lakes was conducted using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) digital
Description
Book chapter in the book Advances in Geographical and Environmental
Sciences