School of Planning & Architecture: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Transit oriented development in medium cities in Africa: Experiences from Kisumu, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2021)Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a planned area with land use that has optimal reach of public transport by urban populace it serves. Availability and accessibility of public transport minimizes reliance of use by ... -
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 ... -
Tracing Kisumu’s path in the co-production of knowledge for urban development
(Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities, 2015)This chapter traces the history of Kisumu from 1900 to the present to demonstrate the various levels of knowledge co-production over the years and how these have shaped the development of the city. Kisumu is said to have ... -
Collective efficiency and its effects on infrastructure planning and development for small manufacturing enterprises in Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Public Management, 2011)This paper explores the extent of use of collective efficiency among the wood enterprises in Kenya and its effect on the infrastructure planning and development. Small manufacturing enterprises are known to contribute ... -
Determinants of SMEs growth (wood enterprises): Infrastructure, technology and collective efficiency
(Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2011)Economic development is said to be dependent on industrial development. Industrialization is seen as key in the promotion of sustainable development since it creates productive employment, generates value added capital ... -
The role of urban parks and socio-economic development: Case study of Kisumu Kenya
(Research Center in Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies, 2009)Urban parks are now viewed as an important part of the broader structure of urban and neighborhood development rather than just recreation and leisure facilities. While most of the world has recognized the multifunctional ... -
Accessibility of water services in Kisumu municipality, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2010)One of the key challenges to the developing countries is increasing access to safe water supply to the rapidly growing urban population, consequently, billions of dollars have been invested in pursuit of the goal of ... -
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 ... -
Rural women’s participation in Agro forestry and its implications on a sustainable environment in Nyando District
(University Of Nairobi, 2002)Poverty has led to a deterioration of the rural environment in Nyando District. This study set out to examine women’s participation in agroforestry as a land use approach that can contribute to a sustainable rural environment ... -
Catchment Property Rights And The Case Of Kenya's Nyando Basin
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005)Attention to watershed management is increasing across the developing world. In India, for example, more than US $500 million is invested in watershed projects every year. There are compelling reasons to believe that this ... -
Hydronomics and terranomics in the Nyando basin of Western Kenya
(2005)This paper uses the concepts of hydronomics as systems of rules that define water management and terranomics as systems of rules that define land management and explores their linkages in rainfed agriculture and irrigation ... -
Dynamics of poverty, livelihoods and property rights in the lower Nyando basin of Kenya
(CORE, 2005)Much institutional analysis in the water sector at national as well as global levels has focused principally on the working of law, policy and administration of water sector—the three pillars of water institutions. In ...