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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Kato, Stonewall S.; Mutonyi, R. |
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Conference:
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Sustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future, the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons |
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Location:
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Hyderabad, India |
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Conf. Date:
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January 10-14 |
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Date:
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2011 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7232
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Sector:
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Land Tenure & Use |
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Subject(s):
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environment
land degradation
land tenure and use
resource management
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Abstract:
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"Mount Elgon ecosystem has experienced a dramatic increase in landslides incidences in the last decade with often catastrophic consequences on settlers who dwell on its steep slopes. Many scientists argue that the problem has been brought by severe environmental degradation coupled with the changing rainfall pattern in the region. The problem has reached human-environmental crisis level with over 350 people buried alive in just one incident in March, 2010. The issue that affects over a million people is of big concern to Uganda government which is now planning to relocate thousands of people to safer places. The guiding question of the paper is to what extend has landslides affected the co-existence of the people and their environment on Mount Elgon. The overriding objective is to determine the possible causes, effects and measures put in place to deal with the problem. We analyze the environmental, socio-economic, livelihood and management indicators to determine the above mentioned variables. We take a snap-shot at enabling legislations being used to guide the process of managing the problem and also examine and compare similar situations happening elsewhere in the world with the view utilizing lessons learnt."
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