Environment And Development: An Environmental Impact Analysis Of The Proposed Upper Athi Dam

Abstract

This study undertakes an Environmental impact analysis of the proposed upper Athi dam on the Mbagathi river, the natural southern boundary of Nairobi National Park. Impacts have been examined on two major environments - the human and the physical environment The analysis has only been possible through exhaustive discussions of three broad objectives. The first objective involved an evaluation on impact on the non human biological environment while the last objective involved an examination of the Socioeconomic characteristics of Nairobi National Park and its visitors as is related to the proposed dam and the continued socio-economic viability of Nairobi National Park...