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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 ...
The paper reviews the local institutional landscape, information challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation that institutions within the Mara River Basin can utilize to support communities. At the local level, government, civil society and private sector institutions are at the frontline in harmonizing adaptation practices towards resilience to climate change. Local institutions act as the bridge between the national institutional frameworks and facilitation of local adaptation practices. The socio-political institutional landscape at the local level and its linkages provide institutions with climate change adaptation governance frameworks to enable undertake adaptation. However, information is a major challenge that hampers smooth uptake of adaptation knowledge and skills. This includes scarcity of information; limited access to available information; technical presentation of information; the cost of information; and poor flow of information in institutions. There are information opportunities within the landscape which can enhance institutions’ internalization and application of adaptation practices.
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2019)
This study evaluates the institutional structures and their role in hindering or supporting adaptation to
climate change. Structures are frameworks around which coordination, planning, management and
logistics takes place ...
Local Institutional landscapes and Information challenges as a crucial element for climate change adaptation: A case of Mara River Basin, Keny
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2019)
The paper reviews the local institutional landscape, information challenges and opportunities for
climate change adaptation that institutions within the Mara River Basin can utilize to support
communities. At the local ...
Applying a multi-level perspective to examine the potential transition to an accessibility-based approach to transport planning: Insights from cities in Sweden, Kenya and South Africa
(2019)
There is a growing acknowledgement among transport planning scholars that the traditional,
mobility-focused approach has created futures with undesired, unintended characteristics. A
paradigm shift regarding the fundamental ...
Land tenure challenges in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Net Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)
Rapid urbanization often results in land tenure conflicts commonly in urban fringe areas. Overly, this is
attributed to lack or in some instance unclear urban planning schemes. Kisumu city, the third largest city in
Kenya ...