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Life Cycle Assessment of Fish Carbon Footprints
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2022-12)Fish is one of the few animal-source foods most consumed worldwide. However, transportation of fish releases harmful greenhouse gases, posing serious threat of global warming effects. The sustainable transport system for ... -
A longitudinal study of long-term change in contamination hazards and shallow well quality in two neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya
(Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015-04-17)Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing rapid urbanisation and many urban residents use groundwater where piped supplies are intermittent or unavailable. This study aimed to investigate long-term changes in groundwater contamination ... -
The Mitochondrial Genome of an Endangered Native Singidia Tilapia, Oreochromis Esculentus: Genome Organization and Control Region Polymorphism
(Informa Health Care., 2015-10-13)Singidia tilapia (Oreochromis esculentus) is a native Cichlid fish of important commercial value, distributed in Lake Victoria, East Africa. Due to its declining population levels in its natural habitat, this species has ... -
Multi-Criterion Optimization of Ecotourism Opportunities with Freshwater Environments: A planning Outline for Water-Based Recreation in Lake Victoria Kisumu County
(International Journal of Research In Earth & Environmental Sciences, 2015-01)Most waterfronts supply ecotourism potential world over, and it is believed that local inhabitants at recreational-potential sites bear the first-hand opportunity for exploitation of water-based ecotourism. However, the ... -
The Nexus between environmental knowledge and ecotourism attitude among the local youths in Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2013)Kenya’s pursuit to be among the top tourism destinations globally require strategic focus as envisaged in Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Ecotourism supports environmental conservation as well as ... -
The Nexus between environmental knowledge and ecotourism attitude among the local youths in Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya
(international journal of business and social research, 2013)Kenya’s pursuit to be among the top tourism destinations globally require strategic focus as envisaged in Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Ecotourism supports environmental conservation as well as ... -
Optimization of ecotourism opportunities within freshwater environments: A multi-criterion planning outline for water-based recreation at Lake Victoria, Kisumu County
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2016)Water-based recreation is an ecotourism genre that attracts participation in most developed countries, but seldom cuts a niche in developed nations. This paper presents synopsis of concepts from a study conducted in four ... -
Participatory and Innovative Design Guidelines to Planning and Managing Urban Green Spaces to Transform Ecotourism
(International Journal of Current Research, 2014-12-27)Community participation has been seen as an effective process towards implementation and sustainability of development projects. quality of urban green spaces in Kisumu city through public involvement. The objective of the ... -
A participatory methodology for future scenario analysis of sub-national water and sanitation access: case study of Kisumu, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This study pilots a participatory methodology for sub-national spatial planning of urban and peri-urban water and sanitation services. Three groups of key informants were presented with evidence on national historic and ... -
Physico-chemical charecteristics of Nyanza gulf in lake Victoria, Kenya.
(2011)Kisumu Bay is greatly impacted by pollution from anthropogenic activities around Winam Gulf and from increased levels of industrial and municipal discharges from Kisumu town. This has resulted in significant changes in the ... -
Planning and governance of food systems in Kisumu City
(2018)Kisumu City’s food system is shaped by forces that go beyond the county and national governments. While a few of the existing regulations directly focus on food security, their implementation is weak. Furthermore, the ... -
Planning Commercial Development in a Rapidly Urbanizing Population
(International Journal of Bus iness and Management Review, 2018-07)This research project is an attempt towards outlining the planning of commercial development in the context of a rapidly urbanizing population and the problems and limitations facing such national efforts. A lot of importance ... -
Protracted environmental issues on a proposed titanium minerals development in Kenya’s south coast
(Taylor&Francis, 2006-02-24)This study takes cognizance of the fact that the TIOMIN (TIOMIN Resources Inc of Canada) project has resulted in controversy over its handling of environmental issues and especially the Environmental Impact Assessment ... -
Rainfall and temperature variations overtime(1986-2015) in Siaya County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2017)This study was carried out in Siaya County. The purpose of the study was to analyze the variations on temperature and rainfall overtime (1986-2015) in Siaya County. The secondary data used for the Mann-Kendall test was ... -
Recreational waters under multiple stress: exemplifying sources, implications and sustainability options for ecotourism enhancement in Kisumu County, Kenya
(ABC Journals, 2015-06-23)Several natural water reservoirs, especially in the developing nations, have systematically experienced high ecological stresses and this has hindered the demonstration of their ecological utility. There have been little ... -
Relevance of formal education in rural youth participation in planning of community development projects in kenya
(International Journal Of Current Research, 2018-11)Socioeconomic factors which are inclusive of formal education, natural resources and how they are governed by culture and central government define the level of development in any community. The levels to which local ... -
Review of public forestry administrations and related institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Discov. Innov, 2009)The main findings of a study on forest administration and related institutional arrangements (PFA) are highlighted. The relevance and changing roles of PFA in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are covered in the context ... -
Rock Paintings and Engravings in Suba Region along the Eastern Shores of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2014-10)The subject of rock art elicits a lot of interests. Although the Trust for African Rock (TARA) Project has conducted research in this field across some parts of the country, not much of has been conducted about rock paintings ... -
Simbi Nyaima: An Interplay of Nature and Mythology in the Lake Victoria Region; Planning and Management for Ecotourism Transformation in Kenya
(Journal of Arts and Humanities (JAH), 2014-01)Many countries in the world exploit cultural heritage to reduce poverty, transform the community and support local livelihood. This paper focuses on ecotourism transformation, namely, nature (Simbi as unique Crater Lake) ... -
Situation Based Solid Wastes Source Characterization: The Kibuye Market and Other Peri-urban Ward Units -Kisumu City (Kenya)
(International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 2020-01)Solid Wastes managemeorigionant (SWs) characterization and 3Rs benefit is lacking and an integral problem of Kisumu city today, at best a scavenging level effort that needs a shift. The study characterized and quantified ...
