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Factors Influencing Willingness to Recycle E-Waste in Kisumu City Central Business District, Kenya
(2016)
The ever increasing levels of electronic waste (e-waste) and limited capacities for disposal and recycling have worsened e-waste management in Kenya. An understanding of end-user of electronic devices (consumer) participation ...
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of mosquito species during the dry season along the Mara River and its tributaries, in Kenya and Tanzania
(2018)
Vector-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a major health problem among communities living along the major rivers of Africa. Although larger water bodies such as lakes and dams have been extensively researched, rivers ...
Relationship Between Riparian Vegetation Cover And Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In Kuywa River, Kenya
(2017-02)
The Kuywa River watershed has undergone riparian vegetation planting since 2006 in order to improve the
river health. The planted riparian buffer zone vegetation was to improve channel stability, promote biodiversity,
and ...
Relationship Between Water Quality Indicators And Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In The Kuywa River, Kenya
(2017-02)
The Kuywa River watershed has undergone riparian vegetation planting since 2006 in order to improve the
river health. The planted riparian buffer zone vegetation was to improve channel stability, promote biodiversity,
and ...
Influence of forest fragmentation on tree fragmentation on tree speciesdiversity in the detachment portions of Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya
(East African Scholars Publisher, 2020)
Forest fragmentation occurs when large continuous forests are perforated by small
holes or broken up into edges and smaller patches to form a non-perforated matrix of open
spaces. In various tropical developing countries, ...
Effect of land use on soil quality in Rivers Nyando and Yala catchments of Lake Victoria Basin, Western Kenya
(Agricultural Science Research Journal, 2020)
Soil, as a major subsystem of land, is rapidly changing with time as a result of
changes in its’ environment or management. Periodic soil quality assessment is
thus vital in evaluating agro-ecosystem sustainability, soil ...
The Effect of Rainfall Variability on Maize and Coffee Farming Activities between 1990 – 2014 in Machakos Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 2019)
Varying climatic conditions with increased uncertainty mainly in rainfall and temperature are salient features in
marginal areas globally, adversely affecting farming activities particularly in Africa. Kenya experiences ...
Heavy metals in surface sediments of lake naivasha, kenya: Spatial distribution, source identification and ecological risk assessment
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)
Heavy metals retained in sediments pose a threat to aquatic ecosystem and society. Knowledge of the status and sustainability of lake sediment in areas undergoing rapid economic development is scarce, and yet it is required ...
Crop Diversification, a Potential Strategy to Building Resilience through Reduction of Costs of Farming among the Small holder Farmers
(East African Scholars, 2019)
Globally, due to rapid population growth and continual urban sprawl, average arable land per household is
shrinking hence crop diversification is gaining increased importance in the quest for solutions to the perennial ...
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Changes in the use of Transport Modes in Kisumu, Kenya.
(Research gate, 2019)
Previous research in the city of Kisumu looked at the policies that were put in place by the government
causing the changes in transport mode choice. However, the research did not look at the sociodemographic, built ...