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Bridging Weak Links of Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements
(Journal of Environment & Development, 2017)
Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is fragmented and insufficient with most household waste ...
Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-08)
The Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda recognise the role of cities in achieving sustainable development. However, these agendas were agreed and signed by national governments and thus implementing them ...
Food Systems Sustainability: An Examination of Different Viewpoints on Food System Change
(MDPI, 2019-06-07)
Global food insecurity levels remain stubbornly high. One of the surest ways to grasp the scale and consequence of global inequality is through a food systems lens. In a predominantly urban world, urban food systems present ...
How Did Kachok Dumpsite in Kisumu City Develop into a Crisis?
(2019-01)
Municipal solid waste management is one of Kenya’s most pressing environmental problems evidenced by the many overflowing dumpsites with their associated environmental and health hazards. Their growth is precipitated by ...