Cheruto, Mercy C.; Kauti, Matheaus K.; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Kariuki, Patrick C.
The surface of the earth is undergoing rapid land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes due to various socioeconomic
activities and natural phenomena. The main aim of this study was to...
Nighttime lights, calculated from weather satellite recordings, are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity or economic development in...
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, Timothy Johnson, Paul Chimuka Samboko, Liangzhi You
To estimate the impact of urban growth on agricultural and rural nonfarm income growth we
develop an urban gravity variable that reflects the economic activity of a city– total...
Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Sarah Walker, Anne Bartlett, Harun Onder & Apurva Sanghi
We combine nighttime lights data, official statistics, and new household survey data
from northern Kenya in order to assess the impact of long-term refugee camps on
host...