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Land use/cover changes and carbon stock assessment in Mukura sub-county Ngora district, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-12-01)
Like other countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda and Mukura in particular are not an
exception to land use/cover changes from bush land to farm land. Mukura subcounty in Eastern
Uganda is one of the areas where ...
An Assessment of the Influence of Industrial Parks on Land Use Transformations in Uganda: The case of Kampala Industrial and Business Park
(Makerere University, 2020)
The study assessed the influence of industrial parks on land use transformations with specific reference to the Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP). The study adopted a cross sectional research design involving ...
Assessing the effects of land use/ cover change on the carbon stocks in Kaliro District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
In Kaliro District, anecdotal evidence suggests that land use/ cover has been changing very fast with implications on woody biomass. It is also believed that Kaliro District has suffered major deforestation and degradation ...
Land use/cover change of Nakivubo wetland and the variation of water quality in the upper, lower wetlands and the inner Murchison Bay interface, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
The degradation of Nakivubo wetland may have affected its potential to treat wastewater, run-offs and industrial influents from the City of Kampala and there is no current information related to that. As a result, this ...
Land cover/use change, water quality and their implications on the health of Batwa community in Kigezi Highlands
(Makerere University, 2021-03)
Increasing human population is exerting use pressure on land resources resulting in unsustainable land cover/use changes. These land cover/use changes particularly poor rural areas has implications for ecosystem and human ...
Effect of land use/cover changes on aboveground biomass in and around Bidi-Bidi Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
Uganda has seen a huge influx of refugees and asylum seekers in the past ten years mostly due to political instabilities in the neighbouring countries. Most of these refugees are settled in refugee settlements in traditionally ...
Impact of land use types on Nsooba stream: case study of Bukoto I to Bwaise III
(Makerere University, 2020-11-15)
A study was conducted to determine the impact of land use type on water quality in
Nsooba stream. The objectives of the study were: 1) to map the different land use types
along Nsooba stream, 2) to assess the water quality ...
Land use / cover change and pollution loading along River Namatala in Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)
River Namatala is a very important river for communities in Eastern Uganda as it harbors one of the biggest slums in Uganda (the Namatala slum). It is also a source of water for hundreds of people living in Bududa, Sironko, ...
The effects of land use / land cover change on terrestrial carbon stocks in the Manafwa Sub Catchment of Mountain Elgon
(Makerere University, 2022-03-15)
Forests play a vital role in climate change mitigation due to their role as natural carbon sinks. However, anthropogenic activities at the expense of the natural ecosystems have caused steady changes in carbon stocks in ...
Effect of land use/cover on water quality of River Rwizi, Mbarara municipality, Uganda
(2018-07)
Understanding the effect of land use/cover on water quality is helpful for effective water quality management. In this study, spatial and temporal variations of water quality of River Rwizi, Mbarara municipality, Uganda ...