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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 ... -
Slum Upgrading in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ghana and Kenya
(Department of Geography and Resource Development, 2017)he proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely discussed in the literature as a great concern to most countries. The complexities of the slum problem make upgrading difficult. To help ... -
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 ... -
Traditional pottery techniques towards poverty eradication in Emuhaya constituency, Vihiga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2017)Poverty level in Emuhaya Constituency, Vihiga County, Kenya is 41% despite there is availability of a natural clay material in that environment for sustainability. This implies that pottery modeling technique opportunities ... -
The changing transport conditions and their implications for pedal cycling in Kisumu, Kenya
(2017-03-28)Background Current longitudinal studies focus mainly on understanding how travel choices respond to changes in events that are within the control of individuals. Such events include changes in family structures, residential ... -
The role of human resource development on the implementation of differential advantage approach in OVOP Projects, Kenya
(Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2018)The study seeks to fill an information gap of critical role of human resource development in the implementation of differential advantage approach in Kenya One Village One Product (OVOP) projects. It seems that Kenya ... -
Learning from Community Dynamics in Kenya’s ‘Informal’ Livelihood and Housing Strategies
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)his book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of ... -
Modalities of Space Production within Kenya's Rapidly Transforming Cities. Cases from Voi and Kisumu
(KU LEUVEN, 2019)This PhD research focuses on the social production of urban space within two rapidly transforming secondary cities of Kenya—Voi and Kisumu. The aim is to examine the conditions under which urban space is produced and used ... -
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 ... -
GIS technology Application in Urban Planning in Kenya
(Research gate, 2019)GIS technology is an indispensable tool that can transform the way urban planning is done in Kenya. However, Kenya urban planning system is still tied up in the outdated manual planning systems with disastrous results in ... -
Roles of Local Governance Institutions and Promotion of Urban Agriculture Practices in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2020)The role of local government institution and especially institutional structures and political culture often shape government performance including livelihood supporting activities such as Urban Agriculture (UA). The changing ... -
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
(MDPI, 2020)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 ... -
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 ... -
Effect of Production Management Skills on the Production Level of ESP Financed Aquaculture Farms in Kisumu West Constituency, Kenya
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2021)The Kenyan Economic Stimulus Program was developed with an objective to spur regional development. The program targeted the establishment of 200 fish ponds in the selected constituencies in Kenya. Farmers were trained on ... -
Effect of management skills on performance of economic stimulus Program financed aquaculture farms Kisumu west constituency, Kenya
(Adventist University of Africa, Kenya, 2021)In the endeavour to stimulate the Kenyan Economy after the post-election violence in 2008, the Economic Stimulus Program (ESP) was developed so as to jumpstart the economy. Commercialization ... -
Evaluation of incorporation of universal design parameters in the planning approval process of Kisumu main bus terminus
(East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2021)Consideration of the normate template by designers usually leads to the production of living spaces that fail to meet most of the spatial requirements of would-be users. This phenomenon arises due to the fact that the ...