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Exploring the Future of Nairobi National Park in a Changing Climate and Urban Growth

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Nairobi National Park (NNP) is increasingly suffering from the impacts of urbanization. The unprecedented growth of satellite towns around NNP has encroached on wildlife dispersal routes causing diminished grazing and habitat areas for wildlife. This chapter assesses historical urban growth patterns, historical seasonal rainfall trends, and gives an outlook of future rainfall changes for Nairobi. Historical seasonal rainfall over Nairobi is found to be highly variable with the period 2000–2017 implying increased intraseasonal rainfall variability. Projections for rainfall indicate an increasing rainfall, and rapid population growth in Nairobi and significant encroachment into the NNP and its adjacent wildlife dispersal areas are also recorded. Recommendations for policy makers, implementers, and consumers are made to inform NNP’s survival and prosperity.

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  1. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

    Obed Matundura Ogega

  2. University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Hellen Njoki Wanjohi

  3. CORDIO, Mombasa, Kenya

    James Mbugua

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  1. Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

    Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

  2. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

    Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

  3. Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

    Michael Addaney

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Ogega, O.M., Wanjohi, H.N., Mbugua, J. (2019). Exploring the Future of Nairobi National Park in a Changing Climate and Urban Growth. In: Cobbinah, P.B., Addaney, M. (eds) The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04873-0_9

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