Name: Christine Majale Liyala
Title/Qualifications: PhD –Environmental Policy
Department: Environmental Planning and Management
Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi; Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Position: Lecturer
Area of Specialization: Natural resource management, Urban service provision, Gender
related issues, Environmental policy concerns
Research Interests:  Waste management, Food security, Gender issues
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Dr. Majale is currently a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Planning and Management, Kenyatta University having joined the Department as aTutorial Fellow in the year 2005. Her PhD is in Environmental policy from Wageningen University  in The Netherlands.

She is a registered and licensed Lead EIA expert with Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority.  Apart from working at the University, she has also done assignments for International organizations particularly in matters of urban service delivery in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Her areas of specialization are environmental resource management, policy, urban planning (Services and infrastructure provision) and gender related issues.

Publications

Majale C.L., Mireri C. and Oosterveer P. (2010). Assessing Governance Arrangement for Solid Waste Management Amongst State Institutions in East Africa. Case Studies of Kisumu, Jinja and Mwanza. The Journal Of Solid Waste Technology and Management Pgs. 761-770. Conference paper Presented at The 25th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Philadelphia.

Majale C.L., Mireri C. and Spaargaren G. (2010). Regional Approach to Service Provision: Solid Waste Management Amongst Small Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria Basin. The Journal Of Solid Waste Technology and Management Pgs. 927-936. Conference paper presented at the 25th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Philadelphia.

Mireri, C., Letema, S. and Majale, C. (2007).“Principles and Practices of Environmental Auditing in Kenya”in Environment & Sustainable Development: A guide for Higher Education in Kenya, Vol II, 2007. Eds. – Waswa, F., Otor, S., Olukoye, D., and Mugendi D., pp 296 - 314. Downtown Printing Works: Nairobi. ISBN 9966-776-34-6.

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)

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

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

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.

Conference Presentations

Majale, C., Assessing Governance Arrangement for Solid Waste Management Amongst State Institutions in East Africa. Case Studies of Kisumu, Jinja and Mwanza.  Philadelphia  2010

Majale, C., Regional Approach to Service Provision: Solid Waste Management Amongst Small Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria Basin. Philadelphia  2010

Administrative positions held to date

•    School representative to Career Week Committee.
•    Departmental Third Year Level Advisor.