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Factors determining land use development in the unplanned suburbs of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(2015)
The paper demonstrated that land use development in the unplanned suburbs in Kisumu
Municipality is dictated by several factors. It covered three unplanned suburbs namely
Nyamasaria, Otonglo and Mamboleo based on Mixed ...
The role of non-motorised mode of transportation: a case study of hand-carts operation in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993)
This study was carried out in Kisumu Municipality(KM), Kenya and its main objective was to find out the role of hand-carts as an urban transport mode. In order to understand the role of hand-carts, objectives were set for ...
A Spatially Explicit Approach for Targeting Resource-Poor Smallholders to Improve Their Participation in Agribusiness: A Case of Nyando and Vihiga County in Western Kenya
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-10)
The majority of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face myriad challenges to participating in agribusiness markets. However, how the spatially explicit factors interact to influence household decision choices at the ...
Harnessing Social Capital to Improve Food Security of Peri-Urban Households. Experiences from Kisumu City, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019)
Although significant progress has been made in recent decades to reduce food insecurity in developing
countries, a larger percentage of the peri urban population still experiences food insecurity. The peri urban poor, as ...
Towards a better production of sugar cane by outgrower farmers' of Webuye division, Bungoma district
(University Of Nairobi, 1993)
Agriculture is the mainstay of Kenya's economy. The general agricultural policy has been guided by an overall strategy of meeting the objective of trying to maintain a position of broad self-sufficiency in foodstuffs and ...
A framework for inclusive transport planning in medium-sized Sub-Saharan African cities
(2017)
Cycling remains poorly integrated into urban transport in many sub-Saharan African cities despite its potential
to contribute positively to inclusive transport. Its active use in many medium-sized cities of the region has ...
Exploring the utility of the spatiallyconstrained accessibility measure in integrating urban cycling and land-use in Pune, India
(2013-09-12)
Urban cycling in many developing cities is greatly hindered by the physical barriers occasioned by the
dichotomous approach to urban land-use and transport planning. This divided approach to planning
engenders urban forms ...
Framing social inclusion as a benchmark for cycling-inclusive transport policy in Kisumu, Kenya
(COGITATIO, 2016-06-07)
Cycling in many cities of the Global South faces unending exclusion from street spaces despite the on-going transport
policy reforms. This exclusion worsens the marginalisation of the poor majority who use this mode. In ...
The role of non-motorised mode of transportation: a case study of hand-carts operation in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993)
This study was carried out in Kisumu Municipality(KM), Kenya and its main objective was to find out the role of hand-carts as an urban transport mode. In order to understand the role of hand-carts, objectives were set for ...
The role of bicycles in rural transport: A case study of Ngware-ini of Nyando Division
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1996)
The use of the motorised modes in rural area& .have been found to be low due to the fact that they are inaccessible to· the majority. The inaccessibility can be attributed to low 4ncome level and· iow surfaced roads ...