Essays about: "Lake Victoria basin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Lake Victoria basin.

  1. 1. Geochemical Investigation of Arsenic in Drinking Water Sources in Proximity of Gold Mining Areas within the Lake Victoria Basin, in Northern Tanzania

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Enrico Lucca; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Access to safe drinking water is a challenge for rural communities in many developing countries. Drinking contaminated water endangers human health and impairs social and economic development. Arsenic (As) is a metalloid widely distributed into the environment and is highly toxic in its trivalent inorganic form. READ MORE

  3. 2. Distribution of black carbon and its impact on Eutrophication in Lake Victoria

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Moses Odhiambo; Joyanto Routh; [2016]
    Keywords : Lake Victoria; Eutrophication; Biomass burning; Black Carbon;

    Abstract : Lake Victoria (LV), is the largest tropical fresh water lake. It is however facing a myriad of challenges like eutrophication, introducing species, mass extinction and climate change. Eutrophication has mostly been seen as a result of non-point pollution from upstream agricultural areas. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land cover change and its influence on soil erosion in the Mara region, Tanzania : using satellite remote sensing and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to map land degradation between 1986 and 2013

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Klara Århem; Fredrik Fredén; [2014]
    Keywords : Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; land cover change; geography; physical geography; soil erosion; land degradation; RUSLE ; remote sensing; Landsat; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from land degradation, depletion of natural resources and rural poverty. In the Lake Victoria Basin, where large parts of the population are small scale farmers, people are facing such issues coupled with altered climatic conditions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Whispers in the forest : a field study about communication within Vi-agroforestry

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : John Lund; [2012]
    Keywords : Rwanda; Vi-agroforestry; NGO; communication; flow of information; social structuring;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the social and structural dynamics of an organization working with questions regarding development. The organization in question is Vi-agroforestry, a Swedish based NGO that works around the lake Victoria basin and the focus will be on their office in Rwanda. READ MORE

  6. 5. Windmill driven water pump for small-scale irrigation and domestic use : In Lake Victoria basin

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Sara Salomonsson; Helena Thoresson; [2010]
    Keywords : wind power; windmill; water pump; irrigation; small-scale; Lake Victoria; Tanzania; vindkraft; vindhjul; vattenpump; bevattning; Victoriasjön;

    Abstract : This project is a combination of mechanical engineering and sustainable development in developing countries. The goal has been to build a windmill driven water pump and to design a small-scale irrigation system for SCC-Vi Agroforestry’s demonstration farm in Musoma, Mara region, Tanzania. READ MORE