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Urban sprawl modelling in Lira Municipality
(Makerere University, 2018)
This research was carried out to model urban sprawl of Lira town (Lira municipality) one of the
districts in northern Uganda that is growing tremendously in terms of population with an annual
population growth rate of ...
Accessing the impact of land use/cover change on human thermal comfort in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2018-12-18)
Kampala capital city is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa having witnessed a strong increase in population, economic growth and industrialization in recent years. The most widely increasing and significant sources ...
Investigating the impact of change in land use on the rate of river sedimentation.A Case study: River Ngenge.
(2019-05-28)
Soil erosion and river sedimentation due to changes in land use is a common land degradation problem because of its environmental impacts. Many computer models have been developed and used to predict erosion and river ...
Land use/land cover change and prediction of changes in ecosystem service values in Lake Mburo National park
(Makerere University, 2019-05)
Monitoring the impact of current land use/landcover management practices on future ecosystem services provisioning has been emphasized because of the effect of such practices and ecological sustainability. The land use ...
Assessing the landscape composition of Mabira Forest
(Makerere University, 2018-05)
The composition of a landscape is defined by the spatial elements that are distinguished in the map and believed to be relevant to the landscape function under consideration. Composition represents the non-spatial aspect ...
Comprehensive flood risk assessment and testing of sustainable urban drainage systems as potential flood risk reduction strategies in urban areas
(2021-02-11)
Floods are among the most catastrophic natural disasters around the globe impacting human lives and infrastructure. The always changing climate and land use especially in under developed regions that haven’t been planned ...
Evaluation of urban expansion and its implication on land use
(2019-06-17)
Rapid urban population growth has led to not only an increasing demand for more land, more so for residential use. This land is not available within the city but at the peri-urban areas where parcels of fertile agricultural ...
Examining the effect of land use changes on soil organic carbon.
(2020-11-30)
Significant demographic and socioeconomic pressures are exerted on carbon storing land uses such as forests in the tropics yet distribution and rates of change in tropical smallholder landscapes remain very uncertain. It ...
Assessing the Impact of land tenure security on sustainable land use in informal settlements
(Makerere University, 2020)
This survey research project thesis is about assessing the impact of land tenure security on sustainable land use in the selected informal settlements in Nakawa Division/Municipality. There is an impact on sustainable use ...
Land use planning and its implementation in Kampala District
(2019-07-12)
The analysis of land characteristics in identification of land suitable for development can play an essential part in the planning process (Hopkins 1977). Among the concerns of urban planners in guiding the spatial arrangement ...