Impact Of Climate Variability: On Rural Livelihoods In Nyeri County, Kenya - Softcover

Karienye, David; Ochola, Samuel; Muriithi, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659291080 ISBN 13: 9783659291081

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The study of environmental studies requires students to have basic skills of climate. This book is about impact of climate variability on community livelihoods. It investigates on the impact of climate and coping strategy in two agro ecological zone; zone 2 and 4. It bases its study on community livelihoods in Nyeri County, Kenya who are generally farmers. Climatic data was obtained from the Water resource Management Authority and Kenya Meteorological Department and was used to analyze the climate of Nyeri County for the last 30yrs. The feeling of the community was sought concerning the impact of climate variability and they also suggested the coping strategies. The book tries to compare the impact of climate variability and coping strategies available in the two agro ecological zones. This book will be found useful to secondary and tertiary students undertaking studies in geography and environmental studies.

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David Kamau Karienye was born in Nyeri County, Kenya. Currently he is a Lecturer at Karatina University College and Othaya Teachers College.He graduated with Bachelor of Education in 2001(Moi university) and Masters Degree in Environmental Studies in 2012(Kenyatta university). He is also EIA expert and holds a certificate in GIS and Remote Sensing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659291080
• ISBN 13: 9783659291081
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 92
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland