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The Application of Integrated Water Resource Management Principles in Urban Kenya: The Case of Kapsabet Town
(Journal of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2024-02)Water is life, as societies need sufficient amount of it to drive their economic and social development. The environment needs water too for its ecological functions. Water issues like shortages and supply deficits are ... -
Significance of Carbon Farming for Improved Household Incomes in Baringo County, Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology (AJEST), 2025-05)Baringo County experiences high poverty rates of 40 percent which is above national rates of 36 percent. Climate change has aggravated this by negatively impacting farm productivity especially because of the high dependency ... -
Analysing The Factors Influencing Climate Information for Improved Carbon Farming Among Smallholder Farmers in Baringo County, Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology (AJEST), 2025-05)Smallholder agriculture has been a mainstay of livelihoods in Baringo County for decades, but due to climate change effects, it’s dependency is extremely challenged. Using survey data of 380 households collected using ... -
Spatio-Temporal Changes in Land Use and Land Cover in Kipkunurr Forest and Its Adjacent Landscapes, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology (AJEST), 2025-05)The essential status of forests for climate control and biodiversity protection together with supporting local subsistence requires tracking their spatial and temporal patterns. The process of studying land use and land ... -
Land Use and Cover Change Patterns in Lower Moiben Sub-County Catchment Area, Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology (AJEST), 2025-05)The changes in land use patterns in Lower Moiben Sub-County catchment area are examined in this study, with a focus on the change between 1995 and 2024. Major land use changes have occurred in the Sub-County catchment area ... -
Modeling the Impact of Landscape Dynamics on Soil Erosion in Eastern DR Congo: Implications for Sustainable Land Management
(Wiley, 2025-03)Human activity and related land-use/land cover (LULC) changes are the primary causes of accelerated soil erosion during the 21st century. However, there is limited information about the spatiotemporal dynamic of soil ... -
Land use/land cover (LULC) changes modeling and susceptibility mapping using the binary logistic regression at the territorial level in eastern DR Congo
(JOURNAL OF DEGRADED AND MINING LANDS MANAGEMENT, 2024-07)The Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes are commonly used to determine the landscape conditions and have significant impacts on the earth's surface processes. During the last three decades, there has been an acceleration ... -
Spatio-Temporal Land Use Land Cover Changes in Moiben River Watershed (1990–2021) and Impacts on Hydrology
(Journal of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2025)This paper investigates the spatio-temporal changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and their hydrological implications in the Moiben River Watershed, Kenya, from 1990 to 2021. Remote sensing and GIS tools were used ... -
Modeling Future Scenarios for Moiben River Flow Using SWAT and CA-Markov: Implications for Sustainable Watershed Management
(International Journal of Education, Science and Social Sciences, 2025)This study utilized an integrated Cellular Automata–Markov (CA–Markov) and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) modeling approach to forecast the hydrological response of the Moiben River watershed to future land use ... -
Gender Dynamics Affecting Bamboo Adoption and Commercialization in Busia and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties, Kenya
(Journal of Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2025)The objective of this study was to evaluate gender dynamics affecting Bamboo adoption and commercialization in Busia and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties in Kenya. The study was guided by Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (SRL) ... -
Livelihood Dynamics from Bamboo Utilization and Commercialization in Busia and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties, Kenya
(Journal of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2025)Bamboo has the potential to enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, generate employment and promote community development. Despite government and institutional initiatives aimed at promoting bamboo utilization ... -
Land degradation vulnerability modelling for landscape restoration planning in Eastern DR Congo using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geospatial techniques
(GEOMATICS, NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISK, 2024-11)Land degradation is a major issue for attainment of sustainable development in Eastern DR Congo. This study aims to assess and model the spatial pattern of land degradation vulnerability (LDV) in this region through the ... -
Manifestation and Management of Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of the Old Towns of Kenyan Coastal Region
(Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2024-10)The study examined the current manifestation of intangible and tangible cultural heritage of old towns of Lamu and Mombasa in the coastal region of Kenya, with a view of evaluating management efforts by heritage managers ... -
ExaminingLand Use ChangesAround Marura Wetlands of Uasin Gishu County from 1985to 2015
(Journal of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2024-10)Wetlands are invaluablenatural resources that provide essential benefits like water filtration, flood controland habitats for biodiversityhowever,they are increasingly threatened by human activities.The ... -
Urbanization and its effects on environmental resources: a review of key issues
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2016)Urbanization is the rapid development and transformation of a region, including increase in the size, population and human activities at a given period of time. The major problem of rapid urban growth is the changing land ... -
Socio-Economic and Environmental Outcomes of Street Food Vending and its Sustainability in Selected Urban Areas of Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2024)Street food (SF) vending is a common livelihood activity in many urban areas globally. It is driven by a lack of employment opportunities in the formal sector and by the demand for cheap ready-to-eat food by urban ... -
Effects of management strategies on the performance of street food vending in urban areas of Western Kenya
(World Journal of Advanced Research and Review, 2024)Street food (SF) vending is a common livelihood activity in many urban areas globally. It generates income for the vendors and contributes to the urban economy. However, the trade performs poorly due to the strategies ... -
INFLUENCE OF LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES ON SOIL EROSION IN ELGEYO ESCARPMENT, KENYA
(ResearchGate, 2022-06)Land use land cover changes (LULC) are known to cause land degradation in various forms including soil erosion. The Elgeyo Escarpment is within the Kenya’s Rift Valley, a mountainous section with rugged terrain and receives ... -
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER IN ELGEYO ESCARPMENT, KENYA
(ResearchGate, 2022)The Elgeyo Escarpment has undergone land use and land cover (LULC) changes over the last five decades. However, past LULC change assessments focused on forests and river basins and little on LULC changes and their drivers ... -
THE ROLE OF WETLANDS IN ENHANCING HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN OKANA IN THE LOWER NYANDO RIVER BASIN, KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Innovation, 2023-06)Wetland ecosystems have rich biodiversity ranging from various communities of flora and fauna to particular species. They provide numerous goods and services to the riparian communities. This is through their socio-cultural, ...
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