Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Water allocation as a planning tool to minimise water use conflicts in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North Basin, Kenya

JK Mutiga, ST Mavengano, S Zhongbo… - Water resources …, 2010 - Springer
Inadequate water resources management and a general decline in rainfall have aggravated
water scarcity problems in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North Basin in Kenya. Furthermore, water …

[SÁCH][B] Tracers in hydrology

C Leibundgut, P Maloszewski, C Külls - 2011 - books.google.com
Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research is a comprehensive overview of the application of
natural and artificial tracers in hydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique …

Modeling the impact of land use change on the hydrology of a rural watershed

M Öztürk, NK Copty, AK Saysel - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Land use dynamics can have a significant impact on watershed hydrology. In this study, we
develop a land use dynamics model coupled with a spatially distributed three-dimensional …

Buffer capacity: capturing a dimension of resilience to climate change in African smallholder agriculture

C Ifejika Speranza - Regional environmental change, 2013 - Springer
Building resilience to climate change in agricultural production can ensure the functioning of
agricultural-based livelihoods and reduce their vulnerability to climate change impacts. This …

Impact of climate and land use change on the hydrology of a large‐scale agricultural catchment

L van Roosmalen, TO Sonnenborg… - Water Resources …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a quantitative comparison of plausible climate and land use change
impacts on the hydrology of a large‐scale agricultural catchment. An integrated, distributed …

Small-scale farming in semi-arid areas: Livelihood dynamics between 1997 and 2010 in Laikipia, Kenya

A Ulrich, CI Speranza, P Roden, B Kiteme… - Journal of Rural …, 2012 - Elsevier
The rural population of semi-arid lands in Kenya face multiple challenges that result from
population growth, poor markets, land use and climatic changes. In particular, subsistence …

Understanding (non-) adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Kenya using the reasoned action approach

FJ Van Hulst, H Posthumus - Land Use Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Conservation Agriculture has been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa
as an alternative farming system for smallholder farmers to address declining soil …

Climate change, land‐use change, and floods: Toward an integrated assessment

H Chang, J Franczyk - Geography Compass, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Floods occur from a combination of various hydrological, climatological, and land‐use
conditions. In this article, we review recent studies to identify primary causes of floods in …

Community water governance on Mount Kenya: an assessment based on Ostrom's design principles of natural resource management

J Dell'Angelo, PF McCord, D Gower… - Mountain Research and …, 2016 - BioOne
Kenyan river basin governance underwent a pioneering reform in the Water Act of 2002,
which established new community water-management institutions. This article focuses on …