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Dr. Christine Lucy Majale

Lecturer, Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning

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Dr. Christine Lucy Majale

Lecturer, Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning

Academic Qualifications

Abati,O.I, Vikiru G. and Majale C. (2024). Artists’ Perception and Communication of The Artist’s Intended Intrinsic Value in Upcycled Artworks. African Journal of Emerging Issues, 6 (11), 84-100.
Majale, C., Opinde, G. and Nygaard, I. (2023). Bringing Light, Connectivity and Waste to Local Communities: A Study of the Post-Consumption Value- Chain for Off-Grid Solar Devices in Kenya
Muthee, K., Duguma, L., Majale, C ., Mucheru-Muna, M., Wainaina, P. and Minang, P. (2022). A Quantitative Appraisal of Selected Agroforestry Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon .
Amayi. M. K and Majale C. (2022) Voluntary approaches to water resource management among flower growing firms in Naivasha Sub County, Kenya. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 (2022) 100140
Omedo, M.A., and Majale, C . (2022) Gender Dynamics and Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources , Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022
Nabango, H and Majale, C. (2022) Towards a Circular Economy: A Review on Asbestos Waste Management Regulations in Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022
Kinuthia H., Majale C . and Letema, S. (2021). Influence of public policy planning on peri-urban land speculation in (Greater) Eastern Bypass in Nairobi Metropolitan. Land Use Policy. 107 (2021) 105515
Mwangi, W., Kimani, E., Okong’o G. and Majale C. (2021). A gendered perspective of knowledge of domestic solid waste management within informal settlement: A case of Kiandutu Informal Settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya. Journal of African Studies and Ethnographic Research, Volume 3, Issue 3, 2021
Loki M.,Aloyo P., Majale C. and Kigondu S. (2020). The Typology of Public Open Spaces: Classification and Challenges from Machakos Municipality, Machakos County, Kenya. I nternational Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 8, Issue 12,pp241-255.
Wekisa E. and Majale C. (2020). Spatial Distribution of Waste Collection Points and Their Implications on Quality of Life in Mombasa County, Kenya. Journal of Urban Management - Volume 9, Issue 2 ,Pp 250-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2020.02.003
Majale C . Kitonga J. and Mugenya K. (2016). Waste Management Value Chain Mapping and Analysis in Low Income Neighborhoods- Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management Vol. 42 No.4, pp278-286
Majale C. and Mireri, C. (2014). Cooperation among Small Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria basin as a Necessary Strategy for Managing Solid Waste: The Case of Kisii, Homa bay and Migori municipalities. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Vol. 13, No.4, pp412-428.

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Majale C . and Kitonga, J. (2015). Waste Management Value Chain Mapping and Analysis in Nairobi’s Low-Income Neighborhoods in: A Glance at the World. Waste Management 43 (2015) I-IV.
  2. Abati,O.I, Vikiru G. and Majale C. (2024). Artists’ Perception and Communication of The Artist’s Intended Intrinsic Value in Upcycled Artworks. African Journal of Emerging Issues, 6 (11), 84-100.
  3. Majale, C., Opinde, G. and Nygaard, I. (2023). Bringing Light, Connectivity and Waste to Local Communities: A Study of the Post-Consumption Value- Chain for Off-Grid Solar Devices in Kenya
  4. Muthee, K., Duguma, L., Majale, C ., Mucheru-Muna, M., Wainaina, P. and Minang, P. (2022). A Quantitative Appraisal of Selected Agroforestry Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon .
  5. Amayi. M. K and Majale C. (2022) Voluntary approaches to water resource management among flower growing firms in Naivasha Sub County, Kenya. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 (2022) 100140
  6. Omedo, M.A., and Majale, C . (2022) Gender Dynamics and Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources , Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022
  7. Nabango, H and Majale, C. (2022) Towards a Circular Economy: A Review on Asbestos Waste Management Regulations in Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022
  8. Kinuthia H., Majale C . and Letema, S. (2021). Influence of public policy planning on peri-urban land speculation in (Greater) Eastern Bypass in Nairobi Metropolitan. Land Use Policy. 107 (2021) 105515
  9. Mwangi, W., Kimani, E., Okong’o G. and Majale C. (2021). A gendered perspective of knowledge of domestic solid waste management within informal settlement: A case of Kiandutu Informal Settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya. Journal of African Studies and Ethnographic Research, Volume 3, Issue 3, 2021
  10. Loki M.,Aloyo P., Majale C. and Kigondu S. (2020). The Typology of Public Open Spaces: Classification and Challenges from Machakos Municipality, Machakos County, Kenya. I nternational Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 8, Issue 12,pp241-255.
  11. Wekisa E. and Majale C. (2020). Spatial Distribution of Waste Collection Points and Their Implications on Quality of Life in Mombasa County, Kenya. Journal of Urban Management - Volume 9, Issue 2 ,Pp 250-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2020.02.003
  12. Majale C . Kitonga J. and Mugenya K. (2016). Waste Management Value Chain Mapping and Analysis in Low Income Neighborhoods- Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management Vol. 42 No.4, pp278-286
  13. Majale C. and Mireri, C. (2014). Cooperation among Small Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria basin as a Necessary Strategy for Managing Solid Waste: The Case of Kisii, Homa bay and Migori municipalities. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Vol. 13, No.4, pp412-428.

Book Chapters

  1. Majale C . (2011). Modernising Solid Waste Management at Municipal Level: Institutional Arrangements in Urban Centres of East Africa. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers-open access
  2. Majale, C . L. (2013). Policy Arrangement for Waste Management in East Africa’s Urban centres in : Environmental Change and Sustainability ,Eds. Silvern, S. and Young, S. InTech - open science | open minds. ISBN 978-953-51-1094-1 ( http://www.intechopen.com/books/environmental-change-and-sustainability/policy-arrangement-for-waste-management-in-east-africa-s-urban-centres )
  3. Majale, C ., Oosterveer, P. and Mireri, C. (2014). Urban Waste and Sanitation Services for Sustainable Development: Harnessing Social and Technical Diversity in East Africa. Eds. Van Vliet, B. Van Buren, J. and Mgana, S. 2014. Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development . ISBN 978-0-415-83377-6

Conference Papers

  1. Majale, C., Opinde, G. and Nygaard, I., 2023. Bringing light, connectivity and waste to local communities - A study of the post-consumption value chain for off-grid solar devices in Kenya - Page 379 14 th IST Conference on Responsibility and Reflexivity in Transitions, 28 th August to 2 nd September 2023 – Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development- Utrecht, Netherlands.-
  2. Opinde, G., Majale, C. and Nygaard, I., 2023. Hibernation of off-grid solar e-waste in Kenya - An unintended response to an emerging waste issue - Page 206 14 th IST Conference on Responsibility and Reflexivity in Transitions, 28 th August to 2 nd September 2023 – Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development- Utrecht, Netherlands.