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dc.contributor.authorMusyimi, Peter Kinyae
dc.contributor.authorNduru, Gilbert M
dc.contributor.authorHuho, Julius M
dc.contributor.authorOpiyo, Francis E
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T08:40:22Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T08:40:22Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Water Sciences & Environment Technologies, 2018 (02), N°02, 342-350en_US
dc.identifier.issn2508-9250
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2158
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to assess the adopted water scarcity adaptation and coping strategies of rural households to climate variability. It also identifies suitable strategies that minimize the impact of climate variability on water sources in arid and semi-arid (ASALs) in Kenya. The study was carried out in Makindu Sub-county, Makueni County, Kenya. Data collection techniques such as questionnaires and in-depth interview with 370 households, key informants interviews were used to assess the adaptation and coping strategies of rural households and identify the most suitable strategies for the study area. Rainfall data was collected from Makindu Meteorological station and used for meteorological drought characteristics analysis. Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used to analyze drought severity in the study area between 1980 and 2011. SPI was used to quantify precipitation deficit for various time scales. Drought Intensity (DI) was used to determine decadal drought intensities. SPI results showed that 18 years out of 31 with negative SPI values an indication of drought severity occurrence. The year 2005 was the driest in the area with an SPI of -1.76. The study also showed increasing drought intensities from 1990s to 2000s. The study showed that the rural households had adopted varied adaptation and coping strategies to cope with impact of drought extremes on water sources. However, increase in drought characteristics occurrences minimized their resilience and adaptive capacities. The study observed that the strategies employed are unlikely to enable them cope with recent climate change and variability regimes, therefore need for most suitable and viable ones. The study identified viable strategies such as rainwater harvesting and sinking boreholes as long term measures that can enhance rural households’ resilience to climate change extremes in ASALs of Kenya.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Water Sciences & Environment Technologiesen_US
dc.subjectAdaptation strategiesen_US
dc.subjectDroughten_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectRural householdsen_US
dc.titleAssessing Climate Variability Adaptation and Coping Strategies Among Rural Households in Kenya.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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