Shadrack K. MurimiPhilomena MuiruriIronoh, Mary S.2022-03-242022-03-242021http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23333A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Award of the Degree of Master of Art in Geography, Department of Geography at Kenyatta University, November,2020As idevelopment iexpands, ithe ipressure iof iincreasing ipopulation ihas iresulted iin ian iincrease iin ilandslide ilosses iin iKenya iand iaround ithe iworld. iThis istudy iassessed iCommunity‟s iPerception ion iLandslides iVulnerability iin iMeteitei iHighlands, iNandi iCounty, iKenya. iThe ispecific iobjectives ithat iguided ithis istudy iincluded: ito iestablish ithe ifrequency iof ilandslide ioccurrences iin iMeteitei, iNandi iCounty iovertime ifrom i1961 ito i2018, ito ievaluate ithe inatural iand ianthropogenic ifactors ithat icontribute ito ioccurrences iof ilandslide iin iMeteitei, ito ianalyze ithe ieffects iof ilandslides ion ihouseholds, ito iassess icopying istrategies ito imitigate ilandslide ioccurrences iby ihouseholds ion iMeteitei. iThe iPressure iand iRelease i(PAR) iModel iand ithe iSustainable ilivelihood i(SL) iframework iwere iused iin ithe istudy. iThe itheory iof ireasoned iaction iand iexpected ibehavior iwas iused ito iexplain ithe ilink ibetween ithe istudy ivariables. iThe idescriptive iresearch idesign iwas iadopted iin ithis istudy. iThe istudy itargeted ihousehold imembers, iNon-Governmental iOrganizations, iagricultural iofficers, iand ilocal igovernment iadministration isuch ias iChiefs iand iSub-Chiefs. iThe iarea ichiefs iwere isampled iusing ia ipurposeful isampling imethodology, iwhile ithe imembers iof ithe ihouseholds iwere isampled iusing ia ibasic irandom isampling imethodology ibased ion ithe ithree isub-locations inamely; iKamelil, iSetek iand iTaptengelei iof ithe iDivision. iBased ion iKrejcie iand iMorgan's i(1970) itable iof icalculating iSample iSize ifor iResearch iActivities, iEducational iand iPsychological iMeasurement, ithe iresearch isample isize iwas i216. iIn iorder ito iaddress ithe ibasic iissues, ia iquestionnaire iwith idemographic iprofiles, ihuman iactivities, ilandslide iconsequences, iand ilandslide imitigation istrategies iwas icreated, iwith iboth iclosed-ended iand iopen-ended iquestions. iIn iaddition, iin-depth iinterviews iwere iconducted iwith ichiefs, iagricultural iofficers, iand inon-governmental iorganizations i(NGOs). iQuestionnaires, iinterview ischedules, iand ian iobservation ichecklist iwere iutilized ias idata icollecting itools. iThe idata icollection iprocedure iwas itested iprior ito igathering iactual idata iin iorder ito iverify iit, iand ia iCronbach ialpha ireliability iindex iof i0.774 iwas iobtained. iThe idata iwas ianalyzed iusing ibasic istatistical itechniques i(tables iand ipercentages) iand idescriptive istatistics iin ithe iStatistical iPackage ifor iSocial iSciences i(SPSS) iVersion i20. i(Correlations). iA itotal iof i216 irespondents iwere isampled ifor ithe istudy, iwith i207 iresponding ifor ia iresponse irate iof i95.8 ipercent. iThe ifindings irevealed ithat, iof ithe ithree ikey icomponents icorrelated, ithe iarea iunder iforest i(Km2) ihad isignificant ideforestation, ithe inumber iof ihouseholds iin ithe iMeteitei iHighlands iincreased iover ithe ispecified itime iperiod, iand ithe itendency iof ilandslide ioccurrences iin ithe istudied iregion iincreased isignificantly. iGenerally, ithe iperception iof ilandslide ivulnerability ihas ibeen ishown ito ibe ipredominantly itriggered iby ihuman iactivities, imost inotably icrop iproduction, iroad iconstruction, iand iexcavation iat ithe ifoot iof imountainous islopes. iIt iwas ialso idiscovered iand ishown ithat ithe ikind iof isoil iand iamount iof irainfall iin ithe istudy iarea iplayed ian iimportant ieffect iin ithe iincidence iof ilandslides. iThe istudy isuggests ithat iyoungsters ireceive ivocational itraining iso ithat ithey ican iengage iin ialternative ioccupations ithat ialleviate iland ipressure icaused iby ideforestation iand iongoing ifarming.enAssessmentCommunity’s PerceptionLandslides vulnerabilityMeteitei HighlandsNandi CountyKenyaThesis