Geography Papers by Peter M Mulenge
We often think of cities as major drivers of economic development and growth. Big cities expand o... more We often think of cities as major drivers of economic development and growth. Big cities expand our access to infrastructure like public transit and public education. They allow for more efficient distribution of social services such as government assistance and health care. Cities create large markets for business, and can attract international investment and tourism from around the world. They are hubs of non-agricultural, high-paying professional jobs like banking, law, and engineering. Diversity and face-to-face interactions can lead to new ideas and cross-cultural collaborations. Conventional wisdom holds that cities are good for the economy.
Indeed, the link between a country’s level of urbanization and the size of its gross domestic product (GDP) is well established.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA 2001), rapid increase in population as has... more According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA 2001), rapid increase in population as has been witnessed in Nairobi since independence, has led to unprecedented sprawl of informal settlements; outstripped the city’s delivery of social services i.e. education, healthcare, water supply and sanitation; increased the motorization rate (both personal and public service vehicles) and attendant air pollution; and increased poverty levels within the city.
Life in the slums differs greatly to that in the developed urbanized estates where the high and middle income earners dwell. In the slums life is different and palatable only to the low income earning society.
Therefore, this paper on mortality trends and variations will look at the change of deaths of the population per 1000 per year in relation to the general movement and instance of change.
Mortality trends and variations in Kenya’s capital are drawn from a wider angle as there are both the developed urbanized zones and the lowly developed slum areas, the zones of the urban poor. With this differential zonal locality, mortality trends and variations are influenced by a range of factors that are varied in space and time. The recent census carried out has indicated that the urban poor population is growing at a faster rate than those in the developed urbanized zones.
Environmental degradation in Migori and Narok County is of great concern; most of the forests and... more Environmental degradation in Migori and Narok County is of great concern; most of the forests and vegetation cover are seriously under threat. The Maasai Mau trust land forest for instance, that constituted 43% of the mau forest has over the last decades continually suffered massive encroachment. The major causes of environmental degradation in the region includes; large scale farming; charcoal burning, commercial timber harvest, settlement.
In the two counties the role of the new devolved government at the county level and beyond as recommended provides not only a new dispensation but also a chance to start on a clean slate. The new structures though not yet well understood by the citizens, will need to be entrenched at the grassroots for effective participation of the same citizens in its’ implementation. The effectiveness of citizen participation depends on the ability of the citizens to understand their roles and contribution to the processes being set out. It is therefore imperative that the citizens are involved from the onset of the process in civic education that reaches the previously unreached populace. It is strategic that the participation of citizens is effective for the needs to be identified by the people at the beginning of the processes of service delivery.
Just look at how the environment is affecting human health already.
Thus the question is not whet... more Just look at how the environment is affecting human health already.
Thus the question is not whether the Earth can withstand a human impact on the environment. The real question is will we so change the environment as to drive ourselves (and other species) to extinction?
Every living thing has an impact on its environment. Therefore a human impact on the environment is inevitable. By simply existing, all species - including ourselves - will imprint their mark on the world around them. What differentiates us from other species is our ability to greatly overburden our environment with very few limits. The information regarding our human impact is vast and impossible to cover in one article but I will attempt to cover a basic overview.
Like Freud and many others, Erik Erikson maintained that personality develops in a predetermined ... more Like Freud and many others, Erik Erikson maintained that personality develops in a predetermined order. The outcome of this 'maturation timetable' is a wide and integrated set of life skills and abilities that function together within the autonomous individual. However, Instead of focusing on sexual development, he was interested in how children socialize and how this affects their sense of self.
He saw personality as developing throughout the lifetime and looked at identity crises at the focal point for each stage of human development.
Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development has eight distinct stages, each with two possible outcomes. According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and successful interactions with others.
Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self. These stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time.
Children go through distinct periods of development as they move from infants to young adults. D... more Children go through distinct periods of development as they move from infants to young adults. During each of these stages multiple changes in the development of the brain are taking place. What occurs and approximately when these developments take place are genetically determined. However, environmental circumstances and exchanges with key individuals within that environment have significant influence on how each child benefits from each developmental event.
Our goal is to help parents understand what is taking place in their child’s brain and body during each period with the hope that they will be able to provide the necessary support, encouragement, structure and interventions to enable a child to progress through each stage as easily and successfully as possible based on each child’s unique set of traits and interests.
Africa is a continent with a variety of important geographic features that have sculptured its su... more Africa is a continent with a variety of important geographic features that have sculptured its surface giving it an all times scenic beauty as well as providing the continent with the scarce natural resources.
These features have proved to be of much importance that the continent seems lifeless without them! This paper looks at the drainage system together with the few geologic signatures and their importance to the African continent and its aggressively growing population.
The coastal region of Kenya is endowed with a wide variety of natural resources that ranges from ... more The coastal region of Kenya is endowed with a wide variety of natural resources that ranges from the sandy beaches to the spectacular marine life and the Mangroves.
This endowment is however in one among the few fragile ecosystems the earth can adequately sustain if proper measures of conservation and management are put in place. This paper is, though not completely done, an outlay of the few resources found in and along the coastal area that are at the verge of total exploitation through under utilization and over exploitation.
This is a compiled document on some of the report findings by earlier researchers on the field of... more This is a compiled document on some of the report findings by earlier researchers on the field of Population Geography.
The trends are as per census and other sources of population data.
Following the not so easy to quench thirst for education and educational forums for education sys... more Following the not so easy to quench thirst for education and educational forums for education system change it is understandable that we have to borrow from the golden old to replenish the gemstones of tomorrow. From the classical signatories such as Plato, Socrates, Aristotle and the likes we have quenching fountains to our thirst for a new dawn in our education systems. It is therefore of essence to borrow from the long gone but not lost past! Remember we boast that old is golden, as a result we may coat our future with this gold.
Conference Presentations by Peter M Mulenge
Infrastructure consists of the following: Transport, Telecommunication (Information and Communica... more Infrastructure consists of the following: Transport, Telecommunication (Information and Communication Technology ICT), Water supply and sanitation, Energy etc… This topic reviews the linkages between infrastructure and economic development. The main component is that economic growth arises from investment in infrastructure. Policy makers use infrastructure as a tool to realize economic benefits. The quality of infrastructure and the level of investment in physical infrastructure has a direct correlation with the level of economic growth. Intensive investment in physical infrastructure translates to higher economic benefits e.g. application of modern technology in manufacturing industry leads to increased productivity of goods and services.
Infrastructure consists of the following: Transport, Telecommunication (Information and Communica... more Infrastructure consists of the following: Transport, Telecommunication (Information and Communication Technology ICT), Water supply and sanitation, Energy etc… This topic reviews the linkages between infrastructure and economic development. The main component is that economic growth arises from investment in infrastructure. Policy makers use infrastructure as a tool to realize economic benefits. The quality of infrastructure and the level of investment in physical infrastructure has a direct correlation with the level of economic growth. Intensive investment in physical infrastructure translates to higher economic benefits e.g. application of modern technology in manufacturing industry leads to increased productivity of goods and services.
Papers by Peter M Mulenge
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Geography Papers by Peter M Mulenge
Indeed, the link between a country’s level of urbanization and the size of its gross domestic product (GDP) is well established.
Life in the slums differs greatly to that in the developed urbanized estates where the high and middle income earners dwell. In the slums life is different and palatable only to the low income earning society.
Therefore, this paper on mortality trends and variations will look at the change of deaths of the population per 1000 per year in relation to the general movement and instance of change.
Mortality trends and variations in Kenya’s capital are drawn from a wider angle as there are both the developed urbanized zones and the lowly developed slum areas, the zones of the urban poor. With this differential zonal locality, mortality trends and variations are influenced by a range of factors that are varied in space and time. The recent census carried out has indicated that the urban poor population is growing at a faster rate than those in the developed urbanized zones.
In the two counties the role of the new devolved government at the county level and beyond as recommended provides not only a new dispensation but also a chance to start on a clean slate. The new structures though not yet well understood by the citizens, will need to be entrenched at the grassroots for effective participation of the same citizens in its’ implementation. The effectiveness of citizen participation depends on the ability of the citizens to understand their roles and contribution to the processes being set out. It is therefore imperative that the citizens are involved from the onset of the process in civic education that reaches the previously unreached populace. It is strategic that the participation of citizens is effective for the needs to be identified by the people at the beginning of the processes of service delivery.
Thus the question is not whether the Earth can withstand a human impact on the environment. The real question is will we so change the environment as to drive ourselves (and other species) to extinction?
Every living thing has an impact on its environment. Therefore a human impact on the environment is inevitable. By simply existing, all species - including ourselves - will imprint their mark on the world around them. What differentiates us from other species is our ability to greatly overburden our environment with very few limits. The information regarding our human impact is vast and impossible to cover in one article but I will attempt to cover a basic overview.
He saw personality as developing throughout the lifetime and looked at identity crises at the focal point for each stage of human development.
Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development has eight distinct stages, each with two possible outcomes. According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and successful interactions with others.
Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self. These stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time.
Our goal is to help parents understand what is taking place in their child’s brain and body during each period with the hope that they will be able to provide the necessary support, encouragement, structure and interventions to enable a child to progress through each stage as easily and successfully as possible based on each child’s unique set of traits and interests.
These features have proved to be of much importance that the continent seems lifeless without them! This paper looks at the drainage system together with the few geologic signatures and their importance to the African continent and its aggressively growing population.
This endowment is however in one among the few fragile ecosystems the earth can adequately sustain if proper measures of conservation and management are put in place. This paper is, though not completely done, an outlay of the few resources found in and along the coastal area that are at the verge of total exploitation through under utilization and over exploitation.
The trends are as per census and other sources of population data.
Conference Presentations by Peter M Mulenge
Papers by Peter M Mulenge
Indeed, the link between a country’s level of urbanization and the size of its gross domestic product (GDP) is well established.
Life in the slums differs greatly to that in the developed urbanized estates where the high and middle income earners dwell. In the slums life is different and palatable only to the low income earning society.
Therefore, this paper on mortality trends and variations will look at the change of deaths of the population per 1000 per year in relation to the general movement and instance of change.
Mortality trends and variations in Kenya’s capital are drawn from a wider angle as there are both the developed urbanized zones and the lowly developed slum areas, the zones of the urban poor. With this differential zonal locality, mortality trends and variations are influenced by a range of factors that are varied in space and time. The recent census carried out has indicated that the urban poor population is growing at a faster rate than those in the developed urbanized zones.
In the two counties the role of the new devolved government at the county level and beyond as recommended provides not only a new dispensation but also a chance to start on a clean slate. The new structures though not yet well understood by the citizens, will need to be entrenched at the grassroots for effective participation of the same citizens in its’ implementation. The effectiveness of citizen participation depends on the ability of the citizens to understand their roles and contribution to the processes being set out. It is therefore imperative that the citizens are involved from the onset of the process in civic education that reaches the previously unreached populace. It is strategic that the participation of citizens is effective for the needs to be identified by the people at the beginning of the processes of service delivery.
Thus the question is not whether the Earth can withstand a human impact on the environment. The real question is will we so change the environment as to drive ourselves (and other species) to extinction?
Every living thing has an impact on its environment. Therefore a human impact on the environment is inevitable. By simply existing, all species - including ourselves - will imprint their mark on the world around them. What differentiates us from other species is our ability to greatly overburden our environment with very few limits. The information regarding our human impact is vast and impossible to cover in one article but I will attempt to cover a basic overview.
He saw personality as developing throughout the lifetime and looked at identity crises at the focal point for each stage of human development.
Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development has eight distinct stages, each with two possible outcomes. According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and successful interactions with others.
Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self. These stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time.
Our goal is to help parents understand what is taking place in their child’s brain and body during each period with the hope that they will be able to provide the necessary support, encouragement, structure and interventions to enable a child to progress through each stage as easily and successfully as possible based on each child’s unique set of traits and interests.
These features have proved to be of much importance that the continent seems lifeless without them! This paper looks at the drainage system together with the few geologic signatures and their importance to the African continent and its aggressively growing population.
This endowment is however in one among the few fragile ecosystems the earth can adequately sustain if proper measures of conservation and management are put in place. This paper is, though not completely done, an outlay of the few resources found in and along the coastal area that are at the verge of total exploitation through under utilization and over exploitation.
The trends are as per census and other sources of population data.