Abstract
The paper looks into the analysis of water spatial accessibility by pastoralists in Kajiado County. Since it's a pastoralist area, the demand for water is essential, but due to climate change, the area experiences erratic rains, extreme temperatures and cyclic and prolonged droughts. The need to access improved water supply is considered to boost economic development poverty alleviation. With inadequate water harvesting structures, integrated journal positions the need to excavate more water pans which require a systematic study to come up with the suitable positions where excavation will occur. To come up with a commendable finding and analysis, the paper gives a methodology for data collection identifying relevant factors affecting citing of water. The factors incorporated in questionnaires were slope, soils, location of pastures, villages, existing water points and grazing routes. Therefore, both critical and descriptive discussion of the field's issues is warranted. From the suitability analysis, of the county's land mass 3.06% is in very highly suitable, 28.67% is highly suitable, 67.98% is moderately suitable and 0.29% is not suitable. The comparative analysis shows that the new water pans are established in moderately suitable area. The study concludes by crediting the need to attributed GIS analysis and spatial modeling for the purpose of helping the County Government effort to provide sustainable water pans to its people.
Highlights
Water is a precious natural resource important for life, development and the general environment [1], [2]
While access to safe water is a human right, globally, 768 million people remain without access to an improved source of water. It is estimated by 2050, the global demand for water will increase by 50% with the highest demand in developing economies countries [3]
Kenya is classified as a chronically water-scarce country and is vulnerable due to water insecurity caused by erratic rainfall patterns and the influence of climate change [5]
Summary
Water is a precious natural resource important for life, development and the general environment [1], [2]. While access to safe water is a human right, globally, 768 million people remain without access to an improved source of water. It is estimated by 2050, the global demand for water will increase by 50% with the highest demand in developing economies countries [3]. 80% of Kenya's land area is arid or semi-arid (ASAL), and only 20% is arable. These ASAL areas host about 35% of Kenya’s population [4]. Kenya is classified as a chronically water-scarce country and is vulnerable due to water insecurity caused by erratic rainfall patterns and the influence of climate change [5]
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