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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DECONGESTION MEASURES IN NAIROBI, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Traffic congestion is a wasteful phenomenon to businesses, society, environment and the economy as a whole. Its effects include delayed travel times, reduced productivity and business opportunities, accidents, frustrations, ... -
IMPACTS OF RESOURCE USE CONFLICTS ON FOOD SECURITY IN NYANDO WETLANDS, KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Nyando Wetlands are a multi-use resource that provides the riparian community with a range of interrelated environmental functions and socio-economic benefits, which support a variety of livelihood strategies. This study ... -
THE ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN KISUMU EAST SUB-COUNTY OF KISUMU COUNTY KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Poverty forces an individual to a state of powerlessness, hopelessness, and lack of self-esteem, confidence, and integrity, leading to a situation of multidimensional vulnerability. Several recent ... -
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF HARVESTED WATER RUNOFF IN MARIGAT DIVISION, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Water is vital to basic livelihoods and economic growth. Marigat division, Baringo County, Kenya experiences water scarcity during the dry periods, a situation that is further aggravated by droughts and erratic rains. ... -
POTENTIAL USE OF ALGAE FOR NUTRIENT REMEDIATION OF WASTEWATER AND PRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY
(University of Eldoret, 2014)The reliance on fossil fuels as a source of energy has led to environmental degradation and a myriad of health problems leading to a need for renewable source of energy that is economical and sustainable. Likewise, ... -
HABITAT SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS (Ceratotherium simum simum, Burchell 1817) TRANSLOCATED TO OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Translocation has been used extensively as a management tool in rhinoceros conservation. However, information on post release habitat preference and home range size has been modest. Thus six southern white rhinoceros, three ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN KAPLAMAI DIVISION OF TRANS NZOIA COUNTY, WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Land is key input into agriculture production in Kenya. However, soil degradation coupled with an increasing human population has a negative effect on increasing and sustaining agricultural productivity and the environment. ... -
Heavy metal remediation from municipal waste water using arrowroots (Amaranta arundinacea)
(2018)Municipal wastewater contains high levels of pollutants since it is a collection of wastes from various sources of human activities. Municipal treatment of such wastewater is usually aimed at lowering the ... -
Spatial Temporal Variation of Selected Water Quality Parameters along River Sosiani, Uasin Gishu County
(Africa International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (AIJMR), 2018-10)Surface water is a vulnerable resourceto pollution onthe earth surface due to the deterioration of its quality attributed to diverse sources of pollution. Thispaper sought to assess ... -
Role of GIS as a Toolfor Environmental Planning and Management
(International Journal of Research in Environmental Science(IJRES), 2019)A Geographic Information System is a computer based system for handling spatially referenced data and information. Its versatility has made it to find applications in a number of disciplines. ... -
Assessing the Social, Cultural, Economic and Environmental Conditions of Nambale Town in Busia County, Kenya
(2019)The preparation of an Integrated Urban Development Plan (IUDP) for an urban center requires a grasp of the situation in terms of issues and challenges facing the residents of that particular urban center. The strengths, ... -
Influence of Stakeholder Analysis on the Performance of Water and Sanitation Projects in Homabay County, Kenya
(International Journal of Strategic Management and Procurement (IJSMP), 2019)Water supply and sanitation are instrumental in the development of a community. Delays in completion of water projects in WSBs in Kenya are a common phenomenon. The main purpose of the study was ... -
Role of GIS as a Toolfor Environmental Planning and Management
(International Journal of Research in Environmental Science(IJRES), 2019)A Geographic Information System is a computer based system for handling spatially referenced data and information. Its versatility has made it to find applications in a number of disciplines. ... -
Implications of Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.)Biomass Harvesting on Nutrient Regulation in Nyando Floodplain Wetland, Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Open Journal of Ecology, 2019)Harvesting of papyrus biomass plays a significant role in regulating ecosys-tem services of which one of them is nutrient uptake and cycling. Despite Lake Victoria’s wetlands being important, little ... -
Understanding Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon Forest Ecosystem: Definitions, Opportunities and Constraints
(Research Open Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change, 2019)A number of approaches have been employed across the world to address adaptation to climate change impacts. The role of ecosystems in adaptation to climate change impacts has been recognized at the international level more ... -
Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
(Science Advances AAAS, 2019)River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized ... -
Assessing the social , cultural, Economic and environmental conditions of Nambale Town in Busia County
(Kenya.Urban and Regional Planning, 2019)The preparation of an Integrated Urban Development Plan (IUDP) for an urban center requires a grasp of the situation in terms of issues and challenges facing the residents of that particular urban ... -
Wastewater Treatment Using Green Technology
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019)Water is a vital, indispensable resource which organisms require for the sustenance of life. Currently, problem of water scarcity persists due to water pollution by heavy metals and eutrophic nutrients that have resulted ... -
Numerical modeling of translational dynamics forshallow landslides based on flume tests – specialcase of spherical-cap-shaped slope sections
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Slope failures can endanger human life and cause infrastructural destruction and socioeco-nomic loss. Geoscientists have strived to develop constitutive models and real-time slopemonitoring models and systems to abate these ... -
Nutritional composition of species in the vernonia hymenolepis complex in Kenya.
(International Journal of Scientific and research publications,, 2019)Vernonia hymenolepis species is a weed that is found in various parts of Africa and has traditionally been used as a vegetable because of its nutritional and medicinal value. The species complex in the genus Vernonia ...
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