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Kajubi, Phoebe, Edward C. Green, Esther Sid Hudes, Moses R. Kamya, Alison Herling Ruark, and Norman Hearst. "Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Poor Urban Dwellers in Kampala, Uganda." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 57, no. 2 (June 2011): 153–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0b013e318211b466.

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Kabiri, Stella, Molly Allen, Juduth Toma Okuonzia, Beatrice Akello, Rebecca Ssabaganzi, and Drake Mubiru. "Detecting level of wetland encroachment for urban agriculture in Uganda using hyper-temporal remote sensing." AAS Open Research 3 (May 12, 2020): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13040.1.

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Background: Urbanization is an important indicator of economic growth and social change but is associated with environmental degradation. In Uganda, wetlands cover an area of 11% of the country’s land area, of which half have been converted to industry and residential areas, and urban agriculture. Here, we investigate the extent of wetlands lost in two Ugandan cities, Wakiso and Kampala, in a period of 30 years. Secondly, we demonstrate a simple methodology to monitor agriculture on encroached wetlands. Methods: Using a field survey and free remote sensing data from Landsat TM 1986 and Landsat ETM 2016 we classified the rate of wetland loss and encroachment from 1986 to 2016. Using MODIS NDVI 16-day composites at 500-meter spatial resolution, we generated distinctive crops and crop mixtures in the encroached wetlands for urban agriculture using the ISODATA clustering algorithm. Results: Over 30 years, 72,828 ha (73%) of the Wakiso-Kampala wetlands have been lost. Agriculture areas have doubled, of which 16,488 ha (23%) were reclaimed from wetlands. All cultivated agriculture in Kampala was in the wetlands while in Wakiso, 73% of crop agriculture was in the wetlands. Major crops grown in these urban wetlands were banana (20%), sugarcane (22%), maize (17%), Eucalyptus trees (12%), sweet potatoes (10%). Conclusions: The Kampala-Wakiso wetlands have been disappearing at a rate of 2500 ha annually for the last 30 years. At this rate, there will be no wetlands left by 2029. Policy recommendations should promote wetland reclamation programs so as to restore and reconstruct lost and fragmented wetlands; should mandate food security and poverty eradication to convene with ministries regulating wetlands to merge conflicting policies; and should develop polices that are inclusive of challenges faced by the urban poor while at the same time minimize the pressures on urban environments.
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Nakagiri, Anne, Robinah N. Kulabako, Philip M. Nyenje, John B. Tumuhairwe, Charles B. Niwagaba, and Frank Kansiime. "Performance of pit latrines in urban poor areas: A case of Kampala, Uganda." Habitat International 49 (October 2015): 529–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.07.005.

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Tumwebaze, Innocent Kamara, and Christoph Lüthi. "Households' access and use of water and sanitation facilities in poor urban areas of Kampala, Uganda." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 3, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 96–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.147.

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Access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation is a key public health measure to prevent outbreak of diseases such as diarrhoea. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in 50 randomly selected slums of Kampala to assess the sources of water and sanitation facilities used in urban informal settlements. A total of 1,500 household respondents were interviewed. More than half (63.6%) of the respondents were using piped water for their domestic needs. The majority of the respondents (68.3%) had shared sanitation facilities and only 20% of the respondents had private ones. The factors influencing access to sanitation facilities included; household ownership, number of families sharing a toilet stand, cost of the sanitation facilities, stability of the income of household members and cleanliness of the facilities used. This paper thus provides knowledge insights on which more sustainable options for water and sanitation technologies in urban poor settlements can be based.
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Bwambale, Mulekya Francis, Paul Bukuluki, Cheryl A. Moyer, and Bart H. W. van den Borne. "Demographic and behavioural drivers of intra-urban mobility of migrant street children and youth in Kampala, Uganda." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 18, 2021): e0247156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247156.

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While research on the nexus of migration and wellbeing of individuals has gained recognition in recent years, far less attention has been devoted to intra-urban mobility especially among the urban poor young populations. We assess the drivers of intra-urban mobility using a random sample of 412 migrant street children and youth in Kampala city, Uganda. This paper draws from a larger cross-sectional survey of circular migration and sexual and reproductive health choices among street children in Kampala, Uganda. We define ‘migrants’ as street children and youth with a rural-urban migration experience and ‘intra-urban mobility’ as the number of places stayed in or moved since migrating to the city, measured on a continuous scale. More than half (54.37%) of the migrant street children and youth had lived in two or more places since migrating to the city. Multivariate negative binomial regression analysis reveals migrant street children and youth’s intra-urban mobility to be associated with gender (aIRR = 0.71, 95%CI 0.53–0.96), sex work (aIRR = 1.38, 95%CI 1.01–1.88), a daily income of one USD or more (aIRR = 1.57, 95%CI 1.16–2.13) and duration of stay in the city (aIRR = 1.54, 95%CI 1.17–2.01). Other drivers of intra-urban mobility included availability of causal work, personal safety and affordability of rental costs. Our findings suggest the need for urban housing and health policies to take into account street children and youth’s intra-urban mobility and its drivers. Future research on all drivers of street children and youth’s intra-urban mobility and its linkage with their health outcomes is recommended.
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Ssemugabo, Charles, Sarah Nalinya, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Rawlance Ndejjo, and David Musoke. "Health Risks in Our Environment: Urban Slum Youth’ Perspectives Using Photovoice in Kampala, Uganda." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (December 29, 2020): 248. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010248.

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Due to increasing urbanization, many people find themselves living in slums that expose them to several health risks. We explored urban health risks that fall short of the planetary boundaries in an urban slum in Kampala, Uganda using photovoice. We selected, trained, and assigned ten youth (five females and five males) to take photos on urban health risks. The photographs were discussed, and transcripts were analyzed based on the doughnut economics model using content analysis in NVivo 12. Environments and actions of slum dwellers expose them to health risks, and cause them to live at the edge of planetary boundaries. Environmental sanitation challenges, including solid and liquid waste management, excreta management, and food hygiene and safety expose slum dwellers to risks at the edge of the lower boundary of the planet. Urban conditions expose slum dwellers to poor physical infrastructure, undesirable work conditions, pollution, and health and safety challenges. Crime, violence, and substance use were also viewed as vices that make slum environments dangerous habitats. On the other hand, practices like inhabiting wetlands and using biomass fuels in addition to traffic fumes expose slum dwellers to effects associated with living above the planetary boundaries. Urban youth reflected on health risks that have immediate effects on their health and day-to-day living. Urbanization, especially in low resource settings, needs to be cognizant of the ensuing risks to health and thus ensure sustainable growth.
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Kiyaga-Nsubuga, J. "Hope for the urban poor: DFID city community challenge (C3) fund pilot in Kampala and Jinja, Uganda." Environment and Urbanization 13, no. 1 (April 1, 2001): 115–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095624780101300109.

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Kyohangirwe, Leticia, Elialilia Okello, Justine D. Namuli, Grace Ndeezi, and Eugene Kinyanda. "Prevalence and factors associated with major depressive disorder among adolescents attending a primary care facility in Kampala, Uganda." Tropical Doctor 50, no. 1 (October 9, 2019): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049475519879586.

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Information on major depressive disorder (MDD) in primary care settings in sub-Saharan Africa is limited, yet this is required to improve service development. We explored prevalence and factors associated with MDD among adolescents attending a primary care facility in urban Uganda. At Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre, 281 adolescents were assessed for MDD using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-Kid). Prevalence and risk factors were determined using frequencies and regressions, respectively. The prevalence of adolescent MDD was 18.2 %. Vulnerability factors were orphanhood, childhood trauma (particularly emotional abuse and physical neglect) while social support was protective. Considerable burden of clinically significant depression exists in primary care settings in Uganda; this may well contribute to a poor quality of life.
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Kayaga, Sam, Julie Fisher, Susie Goodall, Christopher Kanyesigye, Rose Kaggwa, Maria Nambiro, Ronald Kitakufe, John Bosco Otema, Ronald Mafunguro, and Gerald Ahabwe. "Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda." Cities 102 (July 2020): 102721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102721.

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Lubinga, S. N., and L. M. Du Plessis. "Exercising Democratic Rights and Obligations as a Mechanism for Improved Service Delivery: The Case of Kampala City, Uganda." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v4i1.107.

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Emanating from literature (Ministry of Local government 2013:10; Gaventa 2002: p.26; Odero 2004: p.2), it is apparent that participatory frameworks exist in Uganda. However, in spite of a two decade-plus long prevalence these democratic participatory frameworks, the services rendered to the citizens are still poor. For instance, the delivery of health services has remained pitiable and the majority of people have turned to private hospitals. The provision for adequate infrastructure for the children enrolled in primary schools remains a challenge to the education sector. Yet, access to safe water is estimated at as low as 9% in some districts, while an estimated 19% of the improved water supply systems are still not functioning (UBOS, 2010: pp.33-57). This is not only attesting the statement that participatory initiatives in Uganda are more like “wish lists” than substantive statements that are guaranteed in practice, but also raising the research question as to what extent does the exercise of democratic rights and obligations of citizens by citizen’s impact on public service delivery in Uganda? In answering this question, this paper applied a quantitative research method in which aself-administered questionnaire survey based on three variables used to measure the exercise of democratic rights and obligations was distributed to a representative sample of 100 participants from Kampala city selected from three urban division councils (Kawempe, Makindye and Kampala Central). Thereafter, using the ordered logistic regression model of analysis, constructed on the findings the paper divulges that the exercise of democratic rights and obligations by citizens has a positive implication towards quality service delivery. <br /><br />
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Urban poor – Uganda – Kampala"

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Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya. "Treatment seeking behaviour among poor urban women in Kampala Uganda." Thesis, University of Hull, 1997. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4928.

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This thesis examines women's treatment seeking behaviour for their own illnesses and that of children underfive in Kamwokya . The focus is on the extent to which women's access to money and time use patterns affect treatment seeking. It has been argued that women's treatment seeking behaviour is influenced more by their time use than their access to and availability of money.The findings obtained through the use of case histories and in-depth interviews indicate that though women in Kamwokya have access to their own money, mainly through participation in income generating activities (business), illness management for children under-five and even more for the women themselves, remains problematic. Women are overworked and manage fragile businesses that require their personal attention and presence. Hence, treatment seeking is done in a manner that will ensure minimal disruption of businesses. Consequently children's health, and even more so, that of women , is compromised for the sake of other family needs.This thesis demonstrates that illness management is not context free, and that no one factor can explain the whole process ; it both affects and is affected by other things happening in the family. Due to the multiple roles women have to fulfil, "time use "is found to be the organising and central factor in illness management for both women and children in Kamwokya, whether from rich or poor households.The thesis concludes by suggesting that policy makers, health care providers and professionals ought to take into account the daily routines of family life in their plans and programmes. Strengthening of private sector health providers, health education programmes and increased awareness raising of male responsibilities towards their families are recommended as a way of improving the health of women and children in Uganda.
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Mayer, Richard Campbell. "Low-income housing in Kampala, Uganda : a strategy package to overcome barriers for delivering housing opportunities affordable to the urban poor." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67233.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, June 2011.
"June 2011." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
The city of Kampala, Uganda, is struggling with a housing deficit that is compounding each year and creating market distortions that threaten to derail recent economic success and destabilize the social fabric of the community. The majority of government and private developers who build new housing are only providing units affordable to Kampala's minority of wealthy and well-connected elites. The majority of Kampala's residents are low-income earners who currently live in unplanned slum neighborhoods that consist of mostly informal rental housing. Inflating land values, exorbitant infrastructure costs and the lack of affordable home finance mechanisms are preventing the delivery of affordable housing to the majority of city residents. The same factors that are compounding the housing crisis in Kampala can be leveraged and reversed to create new opportunities that incentivize the private sector to deliver housing for the low-income market. Developers who construct middle-class housing products should be given tax discounts in exchange for formal commitments to deliver simple and well-planned housing estates for low-income families. This strategy provides a monetary incentive for private developers to bring their project management efficiencies into the low-income market and facilitates the government's need to placate social and political pressure to improve the local housing sector's performance for Ugandans at all levels of household income. To achieve these goals, pre-tax profits generated by a private developer utilizing tax incentives provided through a public/private partnership with government are reinvested into low-income housing projects built by the same developer. On the periphery of Kampala, where many development costs are significantly lower, new housing opportunities can be built and sold for a low price while generating a profit. Existing community groups and NGO programs can form a service network to help reduce the credit risk of low-income families and help them apply for "micromortgage" products to become homeowners and shift away from survival economics to working towards economic self-sufficiency. This program can be implemented to a large scale if supported by the "three pillars" of the "affordable housing cycle" that are: public/private development incentives, community training programs and customized low-income mortgage products. Government can achieve a more diversified real estate market and establish a formal planning process for suburban communities to accommodate the approaching urbanization of the city. Developers earn strong profits while expanding capacity and creating jobs. And finally, this strategy can begin a transformative process to bring poor families out of city slums and into formal housing, providing an avenue for increased civic engagement and entrepreneurship for people stuck in the poverty trap.
by Richard Campbell Mayer.
M.C.P.
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Gifford, Julie Louise. "Financial systems and risk management : the nature and role of financial services for managing poor urban livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda in 2000." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2007. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/906/.

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The concept of urban poverty has developed from a static income-based absolute approach to a holistic dynamic and complex state, embedded in livelihood assets and a vulnerability context. A variety of livelihood assets including labour, housing, intra-household, human and social capital are important for risk management strategies. Microfinance has been seen as a key panacea for livelihood development. Using the livelihoods framework this research analyses the nature of livelihoods and financial services within Bwaise, Kampala, Uganda, a poor, densely populated area with a mixture of residential and commercial activities. Financial services available in the area at the time of the research were diverse, ranging from formal banks and donor-led microfinance to cash rounds and informal loans. These financial services, mainly developed by the poor, were used to secure livelihoods with a cumulative nesting of use by the poor. The influence of external factors was high and significantly affected how the poor managed their livelihoods and impeded livelihood development. Theft, ill health and unstable employment were key factors contributing to a highly vulnerable environment. The complexity of urban livelihoods created the need for diverse financial services because expenditure requirements often outstripped income flows. A diverse range of financial services became a vital part of income and consumption smoothing risk management strategies, and these were key for protecting and managing livelihoods.
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Makita, Kohei. "Urban and peri-urban agriculture and its zoonotic risks in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4924.

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In developing countries, cities are rapidly expanding, and urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) has an important role in feeding a growing urban population. However, UPA carries risks of zoonotic disease transmission. This study aims to understand the characteristics of UPA in Kampala, Uganda and the zoonotic risks to humans. Following a general overview of the subject in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 describes the determination of urban, peri-urban and rural areas of the Kampala economic zone and socio-economical characteristics of the peri-urban interface compared with the urban and rural counter parts using the Village Characteristic Survey in 87 randomly selected Local Councils (LC1s). Chapter 3 describes the characteristics of UPA in Kampala and found both the contribution of agriculture to the livelihood and risks of zoonoses were high. In Chapter 4, the most important zoonotic diseases affecting populations living in urban and peri-urban areas in Kampala were identified; brucellosis, GI infections, Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis and Taenia solium cycticercosis based on investigations using the medical records of Mulago National Referral Hospital. Chapter 5 describes a series of case-control studies of the identified most important zoonoses using a spatial approach. The risks of identified zoonoses might be homogenously high at all levels of urbanicity. Brucellosis appeared to be the most significant disease. Chapter 6 investigates brucellosis further, with an epidemiological investigation into the prevalence of the disease in milking cows and a quantitative analysis of the level of infection in milk for sale in and around Kampala. The prevalence was 6.2% (95%CI: 2.7-9.8) at the herd level. Chapter 7 describes the risk analysis for purchase raw milk infected with Brucella abortus in urban areas of Kampala. A quantitative milk distribution model was developed synthesizing the results from the cattle survey and interviews with milk sellers. The infection rates of milk at sale obtained from milk testing and cattle survey were multiplied to this model to present distribution of the risk. 11.7% of total milk consumed in urban Kampala was infected when purchased and the risk management analysis found the most effective control option for human brucellosis was construction of milk boiling centres either in Mbarara, the largest dairy production area in Uganda, or in peri-urban areas of Kampala.
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Berleen, Musoke Solange. "Vulnerabilities and Urban Flooding in Bwaise Parish III, Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16543.

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This minor field study has explored what factors cause vulnerability to community members living in informal settlements exposed to localized urban flooding. Particularly, the effects of flooding that women living in Bwaise Parish III, Kampala, Uganda have to encounter were studied. Eight weeks were spent in Kampala, Uganda for field work, which included interviews and a workshop with community members from Bwaise Parish III, interviews with scientists at Makerere University and thesis writing. Generally, small-scale disasters surface because of poor urban management. The results showed that inadequate urban planning was affecting the poor that were living on marginal lands. Bwaise Parish III had emerged on a location that was both hazardous and unhealthy. The analysis showed that poor people were limited in their options of risk limitation because of their lack of basic capabilities. Women in Bwaise Parish III were affected by flooding directly and indirectly through the loss of livelihoods and belongings and through time spent getting water out of their houses. Women were generally disproportionally affected by flooding because of their vulnerabilities such as lower socioeconomic status and responsibilities that confined them to their homes. The way forward in order to mitigate localized flooding impacts would entail reducing vulnerabilities, strengthening capabilities and developing infrastructure.
Denna Minor Field Study har undersökt vilka faktorer som orsakar sårbarheter för samhällsmedlemmar som bor i informella bosättningar som exponeras av småskaliga  översvämningar. Det som studerades var effekterna av dessa översvämningar och hur kvinnor i Bwaise Parish III i Kampala, Uganda drabbades. Åtta veckor tillbringades i Kampala för fältarbete som innehöll intervjuer och en workshop med samhällsmedlemmar från Bwaise Parish III, intervjuer med forskare vid Makerere Univeritetet samt uppsatsskrivande. Generellt sätt så brukar småskaliga katastrofer uppstå på grund av dålig stadsförvaltning. Resultaten visade att bristande stadsplanering påverkade de fattiga som levde på marginella marker och att Bwaise Parish III låg på en plats som var både farlig och ohälsosam. Analysen visade att fattiga människor var begränsade i sina möjligheter att minska sina risker på grund av att de saknade grundläggande förutsättningar. Kvinnor i Bwaise Parish III påverkades av översvämningar både direkt och indirekt genom förlusten av försörjningsmöjligheter och tillhörigheter och genom att de var tvungna att spendera tid med att få bort vatten från deras hem. I allmänhet drabbas kvinnor oproportionerligt av översvämningar på grund av deras sårbarhet såsom lägre socioekonomisk status och ansvar som begränsar dem till deras hem. Vägen framåt för att minska småskaliga översvämningar och konsekvenser skulle innebära att minska sårbarheten för samhällsmedlemmarna, öka deras förutsättningar och utveckla en fungerande infrastruktur.
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Møllerop, Camilla Våset. "Movement, home and identity: dilemmas of urban internal displacement in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Geografisk institutt, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-22918.

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The conflict that ravaged Northern Uganda for two decades led to displacement of nearly two million northern Ugandans. The majority remained within the country borders fleeing into IDP camps, towns and cities. This thesis explores urban IDPs’ practices in a migration process and, furthermore, how this process is influencing the notion of home and identity which in turn have an impact on the discussion on solutions to displacement. The empirical data in this thesis were collected in Acholi Quarter, Kampala, using qualitative methods in a period of three months from August to beginning of November 2012. Some of the urban IDPs first moved into camps and then later migrated further to Kampala, while others moved directly to the city. However, common for all migrants was the importance of the social network as a factor enabling them to migrate. Many years away from their place of origin has made them adopt new strategies in order to survive in the urban context. The ‘new’ life in Kampala has inevitably influenced their notion of home and identity. It was a difference between the younger and the older generation’s understanding of home as they related to the past, present and future in a different way. Their identities changed accordingly in a frequent negotiation involving choices of accommodation or resistance of new worldviews. The impact of the changing notion of home and identity has led to an ambivalent attitude to return.
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Mollee, Eefke Maria. "The use of urban plant resources for health and food security in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, Bangor University, 2017. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-use-of-urban-plant-resources-for-health-and-food-security-in-kampala-uganda(5b37f51c-3899-4d37-b4c2-c3eb34aa949c).html.

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With some of the highest urbanisation rates in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa faces serious challenges in providing sufficient, healthy and affordable foods for its growing urban populations. Urban biodiversity, such as homegardens can provide people with healthy food products in addition to other ecosystem services. However urban plant systems are under threat, and even though they provide multiple uses they are still poorly understood. In this dissertation, I explored two urban landscape options: homegardens and wild collection. The overall aim of this study was to provide an understanding of the current and potential contribution of urban plant resources to human wellbeing (with a focus on food security) in Kampala, Uganda. To fulfil this aim, I created 4 objectives: 1) to assess plant species composition and use in Kampala’s homegardens, 2) to explore associations between homegardens and socio-economic determinants of dietary diversity and fruit consumption of children aged 2-5 years, 3) to explore the prevalence and determinants of wild plant collectors in Kampala, Uganda, and 4) to assess the extent and importance of alternative food sources of different food groups for low income people. Through a two-stage cluster sampling design in inner-, outer- and peri-urban parts of the city, 96 low-income households were purposively selected in nine parishes. These homegardens were inventoried, plant uses were documented and respondents interviewed on socio-economic data, the status of household food insecurity and food sources. In addition, respondents were asked about wild collection behaviour. Dietary data (for Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) and Food Variety Score (FVS)) were collected from an index child (aged 2-5 years) and the child’s female caretaker. In the final dataset (n=74) a total of 270 plant species were identified of which 248 different food plants were considered useful: 101 medicinal species, 70 food plants, 53 technical plants and 24 ornamental species. Even though this study provided no direct evidence that higher garden agrobiodiversity improves dietary diversity and nutritional status of children during the fieldwork season, comparisons with secondary data suggests that the children included in this study have better nutritional status then urban children in Uganda overall. This could indicate that children with access to homegardens have better nutritional status. Moreover 5% of the food items consumed during the recall was derived from the homegardens and 33% of the food items came from neighbours or friends. In addition, half of the respondents reported collecting wild plants during the six months preceding the interview. From the total of 48 different plant species declared, almost half (23 species) were collected for food purposes, while the other 25 species were collected for medicinal purposes and were also collected more frequently. The findings indicate that urban homegardens and wild space can play an important role in human wellbeing. It is important to incorporate biodiversity and green structures in urban landscape designs to create holistic sustainable cities. However, this requires transdisciplinary collaborations between city planners, ecologists, human nutritionists and ethnobotanists. Highly valuable (and nutritious) plant species should be selected and promoted. Innovative practices should be developed and tested to lift the current barriers and challenges that keep people from growing them. The overall value of gardens and green space should be acknowledged and local knowledge rewarded. These are necessary steps that need to be taken to keep urban gardens and urban green space worthy of being in the city without being thought of as rural or polluted. Most importantly it provides Kampala with an opportunity to remain a leading green Garden City.
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Lyytinen, Eveliina. "Spaces of trust and mistrust : Congolese refugees, institutions and protection in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bfe1f36a-6a8d-4d89-a6e6-05b0d7bbab4c.

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The spatiality of refugee protection has been a key issue for humanitarian practitioners and policy-makers, and it has become of increasing concern in academic studies. This study interrogates the policy and practice-oriented concept of ‘protection space’ in regard to the experiences of the Congolese refugees in the city of Kampala, Uganda. My analysis of ‘protection space’ uses the geographical concepts of the ‘right to the city’ and ‘sense of place’ to emphasise the physical, imagined, lived and relational understandings of urban space. I also investigate the conceptual links between ‘protection’, ‘space’ and ‘trust’. I apply a qualitative case-study approach in this study and collected primary data from individual Congolese refugees, refugee communities and officers of the protection institutions. The data-collection methods included a combination of semi-structured interviews, observation and focus group discussions, supported by visual methods. I rely on aspects of discourse analysis to analyse my textual and visual data. I conclude that the Congolese refugees informing this study conceptualised ‘protection’ not only legally, physically and relationally, but also spiritually. The geographical levels of protection and insecurity that refugees experienced varied: their ‘sense of place’ in relation to the city of exile depended on their micro-, meso-, and macro-scale experiences and perceptions of protection. Given the prevalence of generalised and particularised social mistrust and institutional mistrust – two matters that were intertwined in refugees’ discourses of their everyday urban life – it is concluded that the distinction between protection and insecurity was at times unclear. Refugees, however, found a sense of protection from various ‘communities of trust’, even though their community life was also characterised by struggles over their ‘right to the city’ and inter-community mistrust.
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Kweyunga, Salome. "Tradition and Modernity in the Domestic Urban Kitchen Design in Uganda : A case of Kampala." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-140340.

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This thesis studies the design of modern domestic urban kitchens in Uganda. The research took place in Kampala, which is the capital city of Uganda. The cultural make up of Kampala residents is diverse; people come from all over the country of Uganda, as well as beyond. The fieldwork involved investigating daily practices taking place in the domestic urban kitchens of the middle income group. This has been done in order to find out the problems found in using the kitchens so that better designs may be suggested. The thesis addresses mostly, professionals such as architects, who are involved with planning and designing housing, specifically kitchens within them. This work can as well be useful to another country with a similar context to Uganda. It is worth mentioning that kitchen studies started to take place in developed countries about one hundred years ago, yet, they have never been initiated in Uganda, until this moment. The thesis indicates that a kitchen is an important part in a home, which is a busy area, thus demanding a lot of attention in order to be able to get the needed design requirements. While the findings of the thesis are based on the contemporary urban life in Uganda, it is not known what the future will hold; so suggestions are made to benefit contemporary needs. Practices in the urban kitchen have been investigated within the conceptual framework of tradition, modernity, culture and identity in connection with the kitchen designs in place. The research has been motivated by contradictions appearing to take place between modern kitchen designs and the actual practices taking place in them. Generally, the evolution of the kitchen design in some of the developed nations followed the trend parallel to developments in lifestyles, industrialization or women’s emancipation. Kitchen studies made in developing nations have investigated the particular contexts within those nations. So this thesis fills the knowledge gap which exists, as such studies are nonexistent within the Ugandan context. The study is qualitative by engaging the case study methodology. Here, the case is the interaction between the household, the kitchen design, the activities in the kitchen and the house type in place. Interviews have been conducted with household members in the studied cases, as well as with key informants. The main areas of study have been the way food is prepared, cooked and stored in an urban kitchen, and how these activities take place in a mixed situation of tradition and modernity. Seven cases in total have been investigated. The results indicate disharmony between the designs in place and the activities that take place in them. People have to negotiate and reinterpret spaces in their kitchens and around them in order to meet their needs. Some of the most important outcomes from this research is not to let modernity be disruptive but rather to allow the change from tradition be gradual. The thesis endeavors to blend the two phenomena of tradition and modernity so as to create a balance in design and end with better functioning kitchens. One example of such is shown for a one family house on a plot.

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Hirabe, Nur Osman. "Globalization and the challenge of urban development in Uganda : implication on land use planning in Kampala." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24171.

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This study is concerned with the challenges of urban planning in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, in the era of economic globalization. The emergence of the global economy, an important facet of globalization, has radically transformed urban landscapes around the world. It has increased urban populations (Zetter and Hamza, 2004), restructured the political economy of cities through decentralization (Frobel, et. al., 1980), created economic opportunities for some while impoverishing others, and changed the nature of urban development policies around the world. These transformations are exerting new forms of economic, political, and environmental pressures on Kampala's city authority. The study finds that while globalization has brought noticeable economic gains in Uganda, it has also created an ineffective decentralized system that compromised the effectiveness of the urban planning system of Kampala, which led to conflict and confusion over decision making responsibilities throughout all levels of governments including ministries and departments. Consequently, Kampala is growing without planning guidance. How has this come about?
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Gariyo, Zie. Evaluating the socio-economic impact of structural adjustment programs on low income-urban households in Uganda: The case of Kampala and Mbale. Kampala, Uganda: NURRU Publications, 2002.

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Maxwell, Daniel. Urban farming in Africa: The case of Kampala, Uganda. Nairobi, Kenya: ACTS Press, African Centre for Technology Studies, 1992.

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Baguma, Peter. An exploratory study of urban working children in Kampala city, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Child Health and Development Centre, 1992.

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T, Karugia J., Crouch Margaret, African Economic Research Consortium, and AERC Senior Policy Seminar (6th : 2004 : Kampala, Uganda), eds. Financing pro-poor growth in Africa: AERC Senior Policy Seminar VI : Kampala, Uganda, 2-4 March 2004. Nairobi: African Economic Research Consortium, 2004.

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Association of Micro Finance Institutions of Uganda., ed. 3rd African Microfinance Conference: Kampala, Uganda, 20th-23rd August 2007 : new options for rural and urban Africa. Kampala: Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda, 2007.

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African Microfinance Conference (3rd 2007 Kampala, Uganda). 3rd African Microfinance Conference: Kampala, Uganda, 20th-23rd August 2007 : new options for rural and urban Africa. Kampala: Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda, 2007.

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Nakabo-Ssewanyana, Sarah. Food security and child nutrition status among urban poor households in Uganda: Implications for poverty alleviation. Nairobi: African Economic Research Consortium, 2003.

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Nakabo-Ssewanyana, Sarah. Food security and child nutrition status among urban poor households in Uganda: Implications for poverty alleviation. Nairobi: African Economic Research Consortium, 2003.

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How pro-poor are local government budgets in Uganda: A review of Kampala City Council and Rakai local government budgets, FY 2005/06. Kampala: Uganda Debt Network, 2006.

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Latigo, Alfred A. R. The missing link in growth and sustainable development: Closing the gender gap: an issues paper, 24 May 2004, Kampala, Uganda. [Kampala, Uganda: Economic Commission for Africa, 2004.

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Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya. "10. Decision-making in Poor Households: The case of Kampala, Uganda." In Urban Poverty in Africa, 113–25. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780443720.010.

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Okot-Okumu, James, and Peter Oosterveer. "Providing Sanitation for the Urban Poor in Uganda." In Social Perspectives on the Sanitation Challenge, 49–66. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3721-3_4.

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Nabulo, Grace, Juliet Kiguli, and Lilian N. Kiguli. "Gender in urban food production in hazardous areas in Kampala, Uganda." In Women Feeding Cities, 79–92. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440460.005.

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Sabiiti, Elly N., and Constantine B. Katongole. "Role of Peri-Urban Areas in the Food System of Kampala, Uganda." In Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities, 387–92. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28112-4_23.

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Sabiiti, E. N., and C. B. Katongole. "Urban Agriculture: A Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda." In Water Science and Technology Library, 233–42. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_17.

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Mabingo, Alfdaniels. "Pedagogies of Adaptation: Teachers’ Reflections on Teaching Traditional Ugandan Dances in Urban Schools in Kampala, Uganda." In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Arts Education, 285–304. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55585-4_18.

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Schneider, Marius, and Vanessa Ferguson. "Uganda." In Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0055.

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Uganda is a landlocked country situated in East Africa and is bordered by Congo, the Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border. The country’s land area is 241,037 square kilometre (km) with a population of approximately 42.27 million, according to 2019 estimates. Kampala is the capital and by far the largest city in Uganda, with a population around 1.66 million. Kira Town lies approximately 14 km north-east of Kampala. The town is the second largest urban centre of Uganda after Kampala. The Kampala Industrial Business Park is situated at the south-eastern end of Kira town. Nansana, located 13 km northwest of Kampala, serves as a dormitory town to the city of Kampala and there are plans to transform the town into a commercial hub although currently small informal markets dominate the economy. Mbarara in the western region is the capital and main administrative hub and commercial centre of the Mbarara District. It is also the largest industrial town second to Kampala and crucial transportation hub for goods in transit to Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Other main cities include Gulu and Lira in the northern region, and Jinja in the eastern
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Kyokutamba, Joan. "Uganda." In Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa. Zed Books, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350219915.part-008.

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Siame, Gilbert, and Wilma S. Nchito. "Framing power in co-production engagements in Kampala City, Uganda." In Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa, 291–307. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351271844-18.

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J. Williams, John, and Fred Bidandi. "Formal Urban Dynamics, Policy and Implications on Urban Planning: Perspectives on Kampala, Uganda." In Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Planning. IntechOpen, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79051.

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Namatovu, Esther, and Oystein Saebo. "Motivation and Consequences of Internet and Mobile Phone Usage among the Urban Poor in Kampala, Uganda." In 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2015.519.

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Sliuzas, Richard, Monika Kuffer, and Thomas Kemper. "Assessing the quality of Global Human Settlement Layer products for Kampala, Uganda." In 2017 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jurse.2017.7924569.

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Mukama, Trasias, Charles Ssemugabo, Abdullah Ali Halage, Dustin Gibson, Rawlance Ndejjo, John Ssempebwa, and Olive Kobusingye. "PW 0427 Costs of unintentional injuries among children in an urban slum community in kampala city, uganda." In Safety 2018 abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprevention-2018-safety.351.

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Tusiime, Marcia, Milton Mutto, and David Musoke. "PA 12-6-0530 Burns among under-fives in an urban slum in kampala, uganda: prevalence and risk factors." In Safety 2018 abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprevention-2018-safety.76.

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Logie, C., M. Okumu, R. Hakiza, S. Mwima, P. Kyambadde, and L. Mbuagbaw. "P128 Contextual approaches to understanding HIV testing and prevention engagement among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda." In Abstracts for the STI & HIV World Congress, July 14–17 2021. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.243.

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Logie, C., M. Okumu, S. Mwima, P. Kyambadde, and R. Hakiza. "O19.6 Pathways between intersectional stigma, gender equitable norms, and condom outcomes among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda." In Abstracts for the STI & HIV World Congress, July 14–17 2021. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.163.

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Muhoza, Cassilde, Wikman Anna, and Rocio Diaz-Chavez. Mainstreaming gender in urban public transport: lessons from Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam. Stockholm Environment Institute, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51414/sei2021.006.

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The urban population of Africa, the fastest urbanizing continent, has increased from 19% to 39% in the past 50 years, and the number of urban dwellers is projected to reach 770 million by 2030. However, while rapid urbanization has increased mobility and created a subsequent growth in demand for public transport in cities, this has not been met by the provision of adequate and sustainable infrastructure and services. The majority of low-income residents and the urban poor still lack access to adequate transport services and rely on non-motorized and public transport, which is often informal and characterized by poor service delivery. Lack of access to transport services limits access to opportunities that aren’t in the proximity of residential areas, such as education, healthcare, and employment. The urban public transport sector not only faces the challenge of poor service provision, but also of gender inequality. Research shows that, in the existing urban transport systems, there are significant differences in the travel patterns of and modes of transport used by women and men, and that these differences are associated with their roles and responsibilities in society. Moreover, the differences in travel patterns are characterized by unequal access to transport facilities and services. Women are generally underrepresented in the sector, in both its operation and decision-making. Women’s mobility needs and patterns are rarely integrated into transport infrastructure design and services and female users are often victims of harassment and assault. As cities rapidly expand, meeting the transport needs of their growing populations while paying attention to gender-differentiated mobility patterns is a prerequisite to achieving sustainability, livability and inclusivity. Gender mainstreaming in urban public transport is therefore a critical issue, but one which is under-researched in East Africa. This research explores gender issues in public transport in East Africa, focusing in particular on women’s inclusion in both public transport systems and transport policy decision-making processes and using case studies from three cities: Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam.
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