Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "Vulnerability"

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    • Adaptation Interventions and their Effect on Vulnerability in Developing Countries: Help, Hindrance or Irrelevance? 

      Eriksen, Siri; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Scoville-Simonds, Morgan; Vincent, Katharine; Muok, Benard; West, Jennifer Joy (Elsevier, 2020-12-23)
      This paper critically reviews the outcomes of internationally-funded interventions aimed at climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction. It highlights how some interventions inadvertently reinforce, redistribute ...

    • Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessment of a Coastal Aquifer: North Coast Of Mombasa, Kenya as a Case Study 

      Idowu, Temitope Ezekiel; Nyadawa, Maurice O; K’orowe, Maurice (International Journal of Engineering Research and Application, 2016-08)
      Groundwater pollution in the north coast of Mombasa is not only from surface sources but also from the intrusion of seawater via the Indian Ocean and creeks. This study assessed the vulnerability of the coastal aquifer to ...

    • An Understanding of the Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities Landscape: A Case of Banks in Kenya 

      Wakoli, Leonard Wafula; Ogara, Solomon; Liyala, Samuel (International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS) Volume 7, 2020-06-06)
      Cyber security threats in Kenya has been increasing steadily; particularly in banks. A Cyber security vulnerability is a software, hardware or procedural weakness that may provide an attacker entry to a computer or network. ...

    • Urban Climate Resilience and Its Link to Global Sustainability Agendas 

      Valencia, Sandra C.; Simon, David; Croese, Sylvia; Davison, Amy; Diprose, Kristina; Srinivas, Aishwarya Krishnaswami; Nesprias, Julia; Nordqvist, Joakim; Oloko, Michael; Sharma, Tarun; Buck, Nick Taylor; Versace, Ileana (Academia, 2021)
      This chapter examines urban climate resilience. It provides a conceptual introduction, followed by an explanation of how urban areas have been recognized in recent global agendas related to sustainability, climate change, ...

    • Vulnerability of Nyabarongo River Water Abstraction to Climate Change in Rwanda 

      Manikuze, Prosper; Maina, John Nyongesah (International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023-02-13)
      Purpose: Climate change in Rwanda is a great challenge resulting from increased temperature and causing abnormal variability in weather variables and threatening the socio-economic welfare of human beings. Water resources ...