Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia

Ogato, Gemechu Shale; Abebe, Ketema; Bantider, Amare; Geneletti, Davide

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0_5

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“…The town is located at 8° 59′ 0″ N, 37° 51′ 0″ E at an elevation of 2101 masl. The mean annual temperature and rainfall of the town over 30 years (1981–2010) is about 18.64°C and 968.7 mm, respectively [ 20 ].…”

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First report on seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs in Central Ethiopia

et al. 2015

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BackgroundToxoplasma gondii is one of the most widely prevalent cyst forming Apicomplexan parasites with significant impact on animal production particularly in sheep, goats and pigs. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the seroprevalence and to assess risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs. A systematic random sampling technique was used to collect 402 blood samples from pigs in Central Ethiopia. Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) was used to test sera. A questionnaire survey was made to assess potential risk factors and knowledge of farm attendants about toxoplasmosis.ResultsAn overall seroprevalence of 32.1% [95% confidence interval (CI): 27.6%-36.9%] was found. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that extensively managed pigs (39.7%) are nearly twice (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]:=1.91, 95% CI: 1.01, 3.63) at higher risk of acquiring toxoplasmosis than intensively managed pigs (30.5%). Pigs supplied with feed containing animal byproducts had nearly four times (OR = 3.84, 95% CI: 2.01, 7.36) higher risk of acquiring T. gondii infection. Most of the farm attendants had little knowledge of health risks due to cats, neither to human nor to animals. Absence of rodent control, high neonatal mortality and history of abortion were found among herds of the studied pig farms.ConclusionsT. gondii infections in pigs are wide spread. Extensive management systems and pig feed types containing animal byproducts are independent predictors of T. gondii seropositivity. The high seroprevalence suggests that pigs might serve as an important source of T. gondii infection for people. This is the first report of seroepidemiology of T. gondii infection in pigs in Ethiopia. Further studies are warranted for designing appropriate prevention and control strategies.

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First report on seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs in Central Ethiopia

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“…The construct of flood adaptation has become popular in policy and decision-making discourse at international, national, regional and community levels (Doroszkiewicz andRomanowicz, 2017, European Environment Agency, 2016). For developing countries it is often presented as offering real opportunities for urban centres to sustainably manage climate hazards like flooding (Ogato et al, 2017, Adger et al, 2003, Ayers et al, 2014 and meet developmental goals (Siegel and Jorgensen) especially as it incentivises treating flood water as a resource (Bottazzi et al, 2019). However, the idea of developing flood adaptation strategies is relatively new for societies in the global south.…”

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Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

Adekola

Lamond

Adelekan

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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“…Due to this, considerations on urban climate in urban planning activities are recommended by many authors in various studies (e.g. Agato, 2013;Ariffin & Zahari, 2013;Hebbert, 2014;Raghavan, Mandla, & Franco, 2015;Rajagopalan, Lim, & Jamei, 2014).…”

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The Effects of Built-Up and Green Areas on the Land Surface Temperature of the Kuala Lumpur City

Isa¹,

Mohd²,

Salleh³

2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:A common consequence of rapid and uncontrollable urbanization is Urban Heat Island (UHI). It occurs due to the negligence on climate behaviour which degrades the quality of urban climate condition. Recently, addressing urban climate in urban planning through mapping has received worldwide attention. Therefore, the need to identify the significant factors is a must. This study aims to analyse the relationships between Land Surface Temperature (LST) and two urban parameters namely built-up and green areas. Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing techniques were used to prepare the necessary data layers required for this study. The built-up and the green areas were extracted from Landsat 8 satellite images either using the Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) or Modified Normalize Difference Water Index (MNDWI) algorithms, while the mono-window algorithm was used to retrieve the Land Surface Temperature (LST). Correlation analysis and Multi-Linear Regression (MLR) model were applied to quantitatively analyse the effects of the urban parameters. From the study, it was found that the two urban parameters have significant effects on the LST of Kuala Lumpur City. The built-up areas have greater influence on the LST as compared to the green areas. The built-up areas tend to increase the LST while green areas especially the densely vegetated areas help to reduce the LST within an urban areas. Future studies should focus on improving existing urban climatic model by including other urban parameters.

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Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia

Cited by 8 publications

References 71 publications

First report on seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs in Central Ethiopia

First report on seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs in Central Ethiopia

Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

The Effects of Built-Up and Green Areas on the Land Surface Temperature of the Kuala Lumpur City

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