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Land Use And Evaluation Question Paper

Land Use And Evaluation

Course: Environmental Science

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE

ENS 239: LAND USE AND EVALUATION

DATE: Thursday 10th June, 2010.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other THREE.

1. a) Differentiate between land use and land evaluation. [5 marks]

b) Briefly discuss the physical and human factors that are evidence to land degradation in
Kenya. [5 marks]

c) With the help of diagram, discuss the participatory of developing a land use plan of a district
of your choice in Kenya. [15 marks]

2. You have been appointed to lead a team of experts in developing a land use policy for
Kenya.Discuss the main driving forces to unsustainable land use you would consider significant in
this exercise [15 marks]

3. a) Distinguish between conventional land use planning and participatory land use planning
approaches. [5 marks]

b) In developing a land use plan for a wetland in your neighborhood,discuss the approach you
would recommend. [10 marks]

4. Briefly discuss :-

i) Two - stage approach to land evaluation. [5 marks]

ii) Land carrying capacity. [5 marks]

iii) Agro-ecological zonation [5 marks]

5. The mode of land use and land policies in a country have direct effects on natural resources

conservation and management. Discuss with references to Kenya.
[15 marks]

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