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Permanent and Non-Permanent Rivers in Kenya
This data was used in maps featured in Natures Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are available at http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/cdrom/vmap.html.
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Major Airfields in Kenya
This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 featured in Natures Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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District Administrative Boundaries of Kenya
This data was used in maps throughout Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Percent woodlots in sampled cropland in Kenya
This data was used in Map 7.3 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. These data combine detailed crop information from 5,747 aerial photos for a growing season in 1997, each providing a sample point of detailed crop information. These samples were averaged...
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Tree Plantations in Kenya
This data was used in Map 7.3 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Pineapple Plantations in Kenya
This data was used in Map 3.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
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Milk Surplus and Deficit in Central and Western Kenya in 1997
Calculations of milk production were done by assessing the number of dairy cattle in an administrative area, and extrapolating out liters of milk per area. Demand for milk was calculated by estimating the milk needs per person, and applying that number to the population density of each area....
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Milk Production Per Square Kilometer in Kenya, 1997
This data was used in Map 4.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Livestock density in Kenya's rangelands, 1994-1996
This data was used in Map 1.5 and Map 4.7 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Species numbers are aggregated using a ""tropical livestock unit"" (TLU) (which is equivalent to an animal weight of 250 kilograms) to grid cells of 5x5 km and then averaged by...
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Size of Agricultural Crops in Kenya
Used in Map 5.7 of Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
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Large-Scale Irrigation in Kenya
This data was used in Map 3.12 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
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Percent of Land under Cultivation in Kenya
Used in Map 5.4 of Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
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Percentage Food Crops in Central and Western Kenya
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. 2001. GIS Database of Land Use and Land Cover for Kenya's Medium to High Potential Districts. DRSRS interpretation of 5,747 aerial photographs from...
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Average number of crops grown in croplands of central and western Kenya, 1997
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. 2001. GIS Database of Land Use and Land Cover for Kenya's Medium to High Potential Districts. DRSRS interpretation of 5,747 aerial photographs from...
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Agricultural Areas in Kenya
This data was used in Map 1.3 in Nature's Benefits in Africa: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.