Urban environmental security in a continuously growing city in sub-saharan africa in the climate change era: a case of Kampala, Uganda
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2017
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American Journal of Environmental Policy and Management
Abstract
The total well-being of urban dwellers in a continuously growing city depends on its
urban environmental security. However, climate change impacts may increase stress that
may be affecting the continuously growing urban settings in Sub-Saharan African
countries. This is mainly because of the inadequacy in planning and preparation for the
consequences of the rapid urbanization in most of the continuously growing cities. The
study investigates the urban environmental security in a continuously growing city in
Sub-Saharan Africa using Kampala capital city in Uganda as a case study. The study
relates infrastructural development to implications of rapid urbanization and climate
change in Kampala. It also examines the relationship between urban food security and
conditions of living of the residents. The study further analysis the indispensability of
water security, forests and wetlands in Kampala capital city in the climate change era.
The study advocates sustainable urban environmental security processes as a panacea to
urban-related threats in a continuously growing city.
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Oluwole Olusegun Akiyode, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Kampala International University,
Kampala, Uganda
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Urban Environmental Security, Climate Change, Food Security, Infrastructural Development, Kampala Capital City
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Oluwole Olusegun Akiyode, Anne Tumushabe, Yusuf Abdulfatah Abdu. Urban Environmental Security in a Continuously Growing City in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Climate Change Era: A Case of Kampala, Uganda. American Journal of Environmental Policy and Management. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2017, pp. 24-30.