Browsing School of Built Environment (SBE) Collection by Subject "Lake Victoria"
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Assess the impact of Macrophytes on fisheries, a case study of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-11-11)A macrophyte is an emergent, submergent, or floating aquatic plant that grows in or near water. Water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic macrophyte also known as Eichhornia crassipes is the most well-known of these invasive ... -
Assessing potential aquaculture sites on Lake Victoria using GIS and Landsat 8 Imagery.
(2022-03-31)Aquaculture is the controlled rearing of aquatic animals and plants for food or natural resource enhancement. It is the fastest growing food production sector and has been greatly responsible for the growth of fish ... -
Assessing the impact of flooding on Lake Victoria on property values: the case of Port bell, Luzira
(Makerere University, 2022-02)This paper examines the impact of flooding on the value of property in Portbell. We find that a location within a flood zone significantly lowers property values even if we control the proximity to a watercourse, the ... -
Assessment of Spatial-Temporal Lake Victoria Shoreline Variation using Synthetic Aperture Radar.
(Makerere University, 2022)Shorelines are one of the most important linear features on the earth’s surface, with a dynamic nature. They change shape and position over multiple spatial and temporal scales with water levels serving as a key indicator ... -
Evaluation of Semi-empirical Models for Mapping Bathymetry of Shallow Water Areas on Lake Victoria Using Planetscope Imagery
(Makerere University, 2021)Bathymetry is to water what topography is to land. Just as it is hard to set up anything significant on land without knowledge of the topography, the same applies to water without on the bathymetry. As such, it is very ... -
A multi linear regression approach to satellite based chlorophyll-a estimation for trophic status mapping of Lake Victoria
(2021-05-10)Lake Victoria is both the largest and most important water resource in East Africa. It provides livelihood to more than 20 million people in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. However, the water in this lake is affected by ...