Wetland degradation has posed a serious threat to the environment given the many benefits wetlands offer. Wetlands are a source of clean water, fodder, construction materials and they sustain biodiversity. The wetland areas ...

Floods are recurrent and devastating natural disasters that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities in urban areas, particularly slum settlements. This research endeavoured to assess the impacts of floods on small ...

Climate change refers to any systematic change in the long-term statistics of climate sustained over several decades or longer. It is as a result of changes in rainfall and temperature. This study examined observed and ...

The thesis presents a collection that has been submitted for examination, which investigates the challenges during recruitment selection and the placement of workers in the hospitality industry in Uganda based on the case ...

Food insecurity emphasizes a situation where a person is unable to get a sufficient amount of healthy food on a daily basis. The United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2018 describes food insecurity as a situation ...

This study is aimed at assessing the impacts of clay excavation on cultivation in luzira wetland. The study was carried out in 6 random selected villages in luzira parish, Nakawa division and a sample of 60 respondents was ...

Variations in the rate of impervious surfaces directly impact groundwater recharge. The present study investigated the impacts of impervious surfaces on ground water recharge in Murchison Bay catchment, (Kampala district) ...

Many cities in East Africa, particularly those in Uganda are facing with growing problems associated to flooding. Increased rain frequency and intensity alongside other factors such as settlement in flood plains due to ...

As population increases, because of the need to grow more food or create settlements, Uganda has continued to change from one land use or land cover to another in various regions of the country. Specifically, the study was ...

Climate change is impacting all the places around the world, and these changes are unpredictable. Some of the major changes include, warming of the atmosphere and oceans, snow avalanches and diminishing ice, altered ...