A5068517249- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
- African history and culture studies
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- International Development and Aid
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- African history and culture analysis
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Mining and Resource Management
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
- Diverse Specialized Academic Research
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Bowling Green State University
2005-2025
ABSTRACT The Winam Gulf in the Kenyan region of Lake Victoria experiences prolific, year-round cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) which pose threats to human, livestock, and ecosystem health. To our knowledge, there is limited molecular research on gulf’s cyanoHABs, thus, strategies employed for survival proliferation by toxigenic cyanobacteria this remain largely unexplored. Here, we used metagenomics analyze Gulf’s composition, function, biosynthetic potential. Dolichospermum...
SMEs in Eldoret face multiple challenges including inadequate access to financing and a lack of proper training on environmental conservation practices. These issues contribute their inability thrive competitive market, further exacerbating insensitivity conservation. Therefore, this study sought explore the influence practices business performance Municipality, Kenya. This was anchored Dynamic Capability theory. The area carried out Municipality Uasin Gishu County, employed descriptive...
Abstract This paper explores the impact of mining on everyday lives people in Wassa West District, Western Region, Ghana. It is based an interpretative methodology involving focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, complemented with analysis policy documents. The results reveal extensive geographic transformation livelihoods at various scales as a result local being displaced from their lands that have become contested economic spaces. Monetary compensation for farmers who lost to...
The Nile perch (Lates niloticus L.) commercial fishery for Lake Victoria in East Africa is an important source of revenue and employment. We focused on shifts food web structure total mercury (THg) bioaccumulation biomagnification perch, lower items collected from Winam Gulf (Kenya) sampled 24 years apart (1998 2022). Stable isotope carbon (δ13C) values were higher all species 2022 compared to 1998. nitrogen (δ15N) baseline organisms In δ15N correlated with length, but the δ15N-length...
We report 40 metagenomic libraries collected from the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria during May-July 2022-2023 and an additional eight opportunistic adjacent Lakes Simbi, Naivasha, regional river systems. The sampling period captured cyanobacterial bloom events - shedding insight onto community composition genomic potential.
Forced evictions are widespread in Kenyan cities and are, on the surface, caused by conflicts land rights, non–payment of excessive house rents, urban redevelopment. But, more fundamentally, due to factors embedded country’s political economy, particular, grossly inequitable ownership structure which makes it difficult for poor access decent shelter. Evictions cause significant socioeconomic hardship individuals, affecting whole nations. To avoid evictions, I argue that Kenya must make its...
This paper studies the globalization of major African cities through their changing insertion in global airline networks. As such, adds to a growing body literature that analyzes role infrastructure formation world-city We draw on rich data source provides longitudinal booking data, which can be directly linked up evolution inter-urban networks at and scale. Our results indicate Johannesburg remains gateway Africa, but other regional centers particular Cairo, Lagos, Casablanca Nairobi are...
This paper, which is conceptually located at the intersection of trade–economics, resource politics, and environmental assessment, a narrative-analytic review Chinese economic expansionism in Africa especially its quest for continent's natural resources past 10 years. We seek to examine environmental, ecological, sociopolitical impacts current China–Africa engagement within context Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. The EKC hypothesis posits that an inverted U-shape relationship...
The number of continental African college students in U.S. colleges and universities has grown tremendously, making it imperative for their host institutions to understand unique leadership development needs order serve them effectively. This qualitative study examined the pre-college universities. Four themes that describe experiences influenced participants during years emerged from data: family, church, cultures, high school influences. is based on a 2006-2007 sample at mid-size,...
Abstract Information and communication technology (ICT) is increasingly seen as the key to rapid development in lower-income regions, especially Africa. This reflection reviews ICT-based thesis, summarizes major obstacles widespread ICT use Africa, outlines region's most popular ICTs their potential contributions development. More specifically, this examines claims that contributing Africa by: improving communication, opening new investment opportunities, incorporating African Diaspora...
Despite the global expansion of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs), research is biased to temperate systems within north, such as Laurentian Great Lakes. This lack diversity represents a significant gap in field and jeopardizes health those who reside along at-risk watersheds south. The African Lake, Lake Victoria, understudied despite serving second largest lake by surface area demonstrating year-round cHABs. Here, we address this knowledge performing molecular survey cHAB...