Title/Qualifications: Ph.D Department/Unit/Section: Geography Contact Address: P. O. Box 43844 GPO 00100, NAIROBI Emails : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.     Position: Lecturer and Editor-in-Chief, Chemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Area of Specialization: Transport Policy and Planning   Download Cv

Specialization, Teaching & Research Interests:

• Transport Planning & Policy, Logistics and Development
• GIS
• Research Methods
• Applied Statistics
• Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis Techniques.

Research and Publications

• ‘Constraints to Profitable Participation in Agro-food Value Chain: A Case of Small-scale Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya” International Journal of Scientific Research Publications, Volume 8, Issue 7, 2018. ISSN 2250-3153. DOI: 10.29322/IJSRP.8.7.2018.p7912 (http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.8.7.2018.P7912) – Co-authored with Susan Mbuthia and Stephen Wambugu)

• ‘The spatio-temporal distribution of periodic banana markets in meru county, Kenya’ (2018). International Journal of Development Research (IJDR) Volume:8, Article ID: 12222; ISSN 2230 – 9926, www.journalijdr.com/spatio-temporal-distribution - Co-authored with Susan W. Mbuthia and Stephen K. Wambugu

• ‘Slogans and Mottos on Matatus: A Reflection of Kenyan Urban Youth and Culture’ in International Journal of Research in Social Sciences (IJRSS)ISSN 2307-227X. April 2016. Vol. 6, No. 6. Available online at www.ijsk.org/ijrss.
• ‘Outdoor Recreation in Urban Forests’. (2011), Published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken, Germany.
• ‘An Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS): The Case of Nairobi City, Kenya’ Dr. Kovac publishers, Hamburg-Germany, 2007. The book is available on the publisher’s website: http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/3-8300-3247-1.htm as well as on Amazon.
• ‘Current practices in recording road traffic accidents in Kenya: Implications of data quality on analysis of road accidents using GIS’, Published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC. 2007. Available at https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=877920  
• ‘Exploring Policy Options and Strategies in Enhancing the Safety of Non-Motorized Transport Modes in African Cities: The Case of Nairobi City’ Published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC. 2007. Available at https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=889639  
• "Effects of the 1997/98 El-Nino Rainfall on Input Costs and Productivity of Nairobi-Based Road Freight Operators" A thesis submitted to Kenyatta University for the award of Master of Geography (Transport Studies) (2002).
• Authored Revision Geography (II) for Kenyan Secondary Schools. Worldlink Press Publishers: Nairobi. (2002)
• Environmental and Socio-Economic constraints to Sustainable Development in Upper Ewaso Ngiro Basin, Kenya. An academic project submitted to Kenyatta University (1997)
• Impact of WaterHyacinth (E. Crassipes) on the Fishing Industry in Lake Victoria - Winam Gulf, Kenya. An academic project submitted to Kenyatta University (1996)

Papers presented in Conferences/Workshops

• ‘Slogans and Mottos on Matatus: A Reflection of Kenyan Urban Youth and Culture’. By Calvine Kayi. A paper prepared for presentation at the 2nd Conference on African Urban Youth Languages (AUYL): Translingual Practices, Gestures, Media, Style. Kenyatta University, Nairobi. 11 – 13 December 2015.
• ‘Gendered perspectives in public transport sector in Kenya: the case of motorcycle use.’ By Gladys Nyachieo, Calvine Kayi & Anne Kamau. Paper presented at the IDS@50 conference, University of Nairobi, 17 – 20 November 2015.  
• ‘The nature of development thinking past and present: An investigation into the poverty environmental degradation nexus in Kitui County.’ By Mary Mutiso, Calvine Kayi and Cush Lugonzo. Paper presented at the IDS@50 conference, University of Nairobi, 17 – 20 November 2015.  
• "Road Traffic Accidents as a Global Pandemic: Are there strategies for safe traffic?" A Paper presented at the Deutschen Geographentag in Bayreuth on September 30, 2007
• “Walking at your Own Risk: The Pedestrian Dilemma in the City of Nairobi, Kenya” A paper presented at the University of Trier on 06.07.2006
• “Mobility Structures and Transportation in Africa” A Paper presented at Trier University on 21.06.2006
• “Transportation in Africa” A lecture delivered at the University of Trier on 16.02.2006