Research profile
Previous research
At the master’s level, I carried out a study to establish the challenges faced by the formal and informal institutions of water and the extent to which people get access to this water in Rubaga division. It addressed the questions like the nature, functioning and relative importance of agents involved in provision, the mechanisms and modes of accessing water in urban areas, the challenges urban people face while trying to get water, and the adaptive strategies designed by the urban populations to sustain their water supply.
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The study was inspired by the “people, place and provisioning” philosophy introduced to me by Gunilla Andrae (Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography) and Hannington Sengendo (currently vice chancellor Nkumba University) who coordinated the programme from two universities. Understanding provision of water encouraged me to further the study and include aspects of climate change and livelihoods which are urgent in Africa.
The PhD thesis examined the climatic trends of rainfall and temperature in Uganda using historical data. And because climate is an important aspect in water resources management and livelihoods formations, an attempt to explain how the interaction impacts on the two was made in the context of climate variability and change. The assumption is that climate change/variability has had an effect on water resources management and the way individual households and society at large form livelihoods especially at household level.
Current research
As I venture into this space of research, my interests are in the following areas; Climate change, Water resources management, Livelihoods formations. My approach in research is to investigate climate change in observed historical data to detect a climate change signal. When this signal is detected, the question I raise is how it affects the household’s livelihoods that are formed around water resources. I then run time series and compare it with the change in surface water. At this level, I am integrating remote sensing and GIS technologies to detect change in water resources over time. Livelihoods changes that were present and those occurring are of interest. In so doing, I am able to inform policy decisions on how climate change affects water resources related livelihoods, within the confines of environment and society.
Qualifications
- BA.ED (Geography, Luganda), 1994, Makerere University
- M.A (Land Use and Regional Development), 2003, Makerere University
- Diploma (Law), 2006, Law Development Centre Makerere
- Certificate (Advanced Environmental Management Systems Auditor Course), 2011, SGS South Africa (PTY) LTD
- PhD (Environment and Society), 2014, University of Pretoria
Courses presented
- ENV 101 - Introduction to environmental science
- ENV 301 - Human-Environmental Interactions
- OMS 881 - Environmental change
Post-graduate students
- Dube, Lungelo. MSc Environment and Society (2021). Drivers of farmer-African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) conflict in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, South Africa.
- Pillay, D. MSc Environment and Society (2019). Investigating the cost and impact of water leakages in the Midrand region using the economic model for leakage management.
- Tlhatlha, Pheladi V. (2019). MSc Environmental Management. Renewable energy strategies for alleviating energy poverty in informal settlements: A case study of Diepsloot- South Africa.
- Mahlaule, Life. MA Environment and Society (2018). Knowledge and perception of the impacts of climate change in Naledi local municipality, north west, South Africa.
- Nyirenda, H.D, MSc Environmental Ecology (2018). Vegetation characterization, termite diversity and soil condition in natural forest and agroecosystems in Salima District, Malawi.
- Mokanya, E.N. MSc Environmental Management (2016). A political ecology approach to understanding the patterns of firewood collection in Omusati Region, Namibia.
Current post-graduate students
- Abubaker, Ssentongo A. PhD Environment and Society. Modelling and Assessing the impact of change in forest cover on water resources provision in rural Uganda.
- Chia, Eugene L. PhD. Restoring degraded forests and lands in Cameroon: An analysis of the human dimensions.
Research publications (journals)
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- Nsubuga, F.N.W, Mearns, K.F., Davis, N.C., Kalumba, A.M., Komen, K. (2021) Exploring the influence of climate change and capital assets on livelihood formations in central region of Uganda. Environment, Development and Sustainability. doi: 10.1007/s10668-020-01020-5
- Ssentongo, A.A., Nsubuga, F.W., Darkey, D. (2020) Hydro-climatology characterisation of degraded Lwamunda forest catchment based on probability distributions, Earth Sciences. 93(2), 65-75.
- Nyirenda, H., Assed, E.P.S., Chirwa, P.W., Geldenhuys, C., Nsubuga, F.N.W. (2019) The effect of land use change and management on the vegetation characteristics and termite distribution in Malawian Miombo woodland agroecosystem, Agroforest Systems. 93, 2331-2343.
- Nsubuga, F.N.W, Mearns, K.F., Adeola, A.M. (2019) Lake Sibayi variations in response to climate variability in Northern KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 137, 1233-1245.
- Kalumba, A.M., Olwoch, J.M., van Aardt, I., Adeola, A.M., Malahlela, O., Nsubuga, F.N.W. (2018) Assessing industrial development influence on Land use/ Cover Drivers and Change detection for West Bank East London, South Africa, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,13 (14),11609-11624.
- Nsubuga, F.N.W., Rautenbach, C.J. (2018) Climate change and variability: a review of what is known and ought to be known for Uganda, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 10 (5), 752 -771.
- Nsubuga, F., Botai, O.J., Olwoch, J.M., Rautenbach, C.D., Kalumba, A.M., Tsele, P.L., Adeola, A.M., Mearns, K. (2017). Detecting changes in surface water area of Lake Kyoga sub-basin using remotely sensed imagery in a changing climate. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 127 (1-2), 327-337.
- Adeola, A.M, Olwoch, J.M., Botai, J.O., Rautenbach, C.J., Kalumba, A.M., Tsela, P.L., Adisa, O.M., Nsubuga, F.N.W. (2015). Landsat satellite derived environmental metric for mapping mosquitoes breeding habitats in the Nkomazi municipality, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, 99 (91), 14-28. doi: 10.1080/03736245.2015.1117012
- Adeola, A.M., Botai. J.O., Olwoch, J.M., Rautenbach, C.J., H.C.J., Kalumba, A.M., Tsela, P.L., Adisa, O.M., Nsubuga, F.N.W., P Mutoni, A Ssentongo (2015). Application of Geographical information system and remote sensing in malaria research and control in South Africa: A review. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 30 (4), 114-121. doi:10.1080/23120053.2015.1106765
- Nsubuga, F.N.W., Botai, J.O., Olwoch, J.M., Rautenbach, C.J., Kalumba, A.M., Tsela, P., Adeola, A.M., Sentongo, A.A., Mearns, K.F. (2015). Detecting changes in surface water area of Lake Kyoga using remotely sensed imagery in a changing climate. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 127 91/2), 327-337. doi: 10.1007/s00704-015-1637-1
- Nsubuga, F.N.W., Namutebi, E.N., Nsubuga-Ssenfuma, N. (2014). Water Resources of Uganda: An Assessment and Review. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 6, 1297-1315. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2014.614120
- Nsubuga F.N.W., Olwoch J.M., Rautenbach C.J., Botai O.J. (2014). Analysis of the mid-twentieth century rainfall trends and variability over Southern Uganda. Theoretical and Applied Climatology Journal, 115 (91/2), 53-71.
- Nsubuga F.N.W., Olwoch J.M., Rautenbach C.J. (2014). Variability of daily and monthly observed near-surface temperatures in Uganda: 1960 - 2008. International Journal of Climatology, Volume 34 (2), 303–314.
- Nsubuga, F.N.W., Botai,J., Olwoch, J.M., Rautenbach, C.J., Adebayo A., Bevis Y (2014). The nature of rainfall in the main drainage sub- basins of Uganda. Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques, 59 (2), 278-299. doi:10.1080/02626667.2013.804188
- Kalumba A.M., Olwoch J.M., van Aardt, I., Botai O.J., Tsela P., Nsubuga F.W.N., Adeola A.M. (2013). Trend Analysis of Climate Variability over the West Bank – East London Area, South Africa (1975-2011). Journal of Geography and Geology, 5 (4), 131-147.
- Nsubuga F.N.W., Olwoch J.M., Rautenbach C.J. (2011). Climatic trends at Namulonge in Uganda: 1947 – 2009. Journal of Geography and Geology, 3, 119-131.
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