Assessing climate readiness of Kenyan counties through an exploration of County Integrated Development Plans

Through comparative document analysis of the 47 County Integrated Development plans, this study assesses the climate readiness of Kenya by reviewing types of climate information, water development priorities, and the perceived climate risks of the counties. Results show that the climate information...

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Main Author: Odero, FA
Other Authors: Dyer, E
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2022
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description Through comparative document analysis of the 47 County Integrated Development plans, this study assesses the climate readiness of Kenya by reviewing types of climate information, water development priorities, and the perceived climate risks of the counties. Results show that the climate information used in the documents is mainly information about climate hazards that have either been experienced in the counties or are anticipated in the future, and local knowledge being used in just one document. Development of water supply infrastructure is the main water development priority across all the counties while floods and droughts are the most stated climate risks anticipated by the counties. While there are 91 instances of climate initiatives used across all the documents, the information is mostly not adopted to the specific context and geographical scale of the counties. The water development priorities of the counties are usually the same despite the climate risk faced by the county, with a lot of counties leaning towards ground water exploration, building of supply infrastructure and expansion of land under irrigation. The study concludes that there is need for uniformity of the information that goes into the CIDPs, and adaptation of integrated water management.
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Water Management
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Assessing climate readiness of Kenyan counties through an exploration of County Integrated Development Plans
title Assessing climate readiness of Kenyan counties through an exploration of County Integrated Development Plans
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title_fullStr Assessing climate readiness of Kenyan counties through an exploration of County Integrated Development Plans
title_full_unstemmed Assessing climate readiness of Kenyan counties through an exploration of County Integrated Development Plans
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Climate
Water Management
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