Dr. Shadrack Kiana Murimi

Title/Qualifications: PhD Department/Unit/Section: Geography Contact Address: Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844 00100, Nairobi, Kenya Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Position: Senior Lecturer and Director:- Mombasa Campus, Kenyatta University Google Scholar: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=U_Tym-AAAAA ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-1348 Download Full CV

Area of specialization
Hydro-geomorphologist with working knowledge in integrated watershed management (IWM) and climate vulnerability capacity analysis (CVCA) through geospatial methodologies for community based planning and management of social/economic and environmental resources. Biased towards the dynamics of current and palaeo sedimentation in Eastern Africa Rift valley Lake basins.

Research Interests:
Research in Participatory community integrated GIS (PGIS) under variable themes; that include, watershed hydro-geomorphologic processes, community’s resilience, adaptation and adjustments under variable climatic conditions; Research projects centred on Geospatial techniques in mapping social/economic attributes in watersheds, including lake-level fluctuations in Eastern Africa Rift valley drainage basins

PUBLICATIONS

Referred Journals

• Tela, S.A; Kweyu, R. and Murimi, S.K. (2022). Influence of Land use cover on selected water quality parameter of River Isiuku, Kenya. In, International Journal of Water Research, Vol 4, Issue 4.DOI: https://doi.org/10.36266/IJWR/141
• Bukoma, E., Obando, J., & Murimi, S. (2022). Assessment of Runoff and Soil Loss under Natural Vegetation Cover and Rainfall in a Semi-Arid Catchment, West Pokot County, Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 5(1), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajenr .5.1.658 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.5.1.658 Link to this article https://journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajenr/article/view/658/824 Correspondence ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-0871
• Waithaka, A., S.K. Murimi. & K. Obiero. (2020). Assessing the Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Discharge Using SWAT Model in River Ruiru Watershed, Kiambu County. In, Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2020, Vol. 8, No. 5; DOI: 10.12691/aees-8-5-18. Pp. 303 – 314. Link to this article: - Link to the article: - http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/8/5/18/index.html DOI: 10.12691/aees-8-5-18
• Waithaka, A., S.K. Murimi. & K. Obiero. (2020). Effects of Temporal Rainfall Variability on Water Quality of River Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya. In, ChemSearch Journal 11(1), 2020; ISSN: 2276-707x. Pp. 59 – 65. Link to this article, download at: -https://www.ajol.info/index.php/csj/article/download/197382/186205 https://www.ajol.info › csj › article › view
• Gachie, E.B. & S.K. Murimi (2019): “Why geographic information systems in spatiotemporal crime analysis? Attitude of Kenyan police officers”. In. Police Practice and Research. Volume 22, Issue5. DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2019.1689131. Link to this article: - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15614263.2019.1689131
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• Baraka, E.G. & Murimi, S.K. (2019). Stuck in the Past with Push-Pins on Paper Maps: Challenges of Transition from Manual to Computerized Crime Mapping and Analysis in Kenya. In, International Journal of Police Science & Management 2019. Vol. 21(1): 36-47. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461355719832620 DOI: 10.1177/1461355719832620 Link to this paper: - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1461355719832620 Download pdf: - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1461355719832620 Browse at: - https://doi.org/10.1177/1461355719832620
• Koimburi, J.K., Shisanya, C.A., Murimi, S.K. & Petterson, R. (2019). Impacts of Climate Variability on Maize Yields in Bahati Sub-Coiunty, Kenya. In, Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2019, Vol. 7, No. 2: 45-55. DOI: 10.12691/aees-7-2-2 Link to this article:-https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331984051_Impacts_of_Climate_Variability_on_Maize_Yields_in_Bahati_Sub-County_Kenya
• Khatib, M; Obando, J and Murimi, S. (2018). “Effects of Irrigation Management Practices on Water Allocation among Farmers in Kiladeda Sub-Catchment, Tanzania”. In, Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Journal. IGI Global Publishers. Chapter 4, pp 70 - 86. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2719-0.ch004 Link to this article:- https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/effects-of-irrigation-management-practices-on-water-allocation-among-farmers-in-kiladeda-sub-catchment-tanzania/186051 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319929638_Effects_of_Irrigation_Management_Practices_on_Water_Allocation_Among_Farmers_in_Kiladeda_Sub-Catchment_Tanzania https://www.igi-global.com › chapter › effects-of-irrigatio... DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2719-0.ch004
• Koimburi, J.K., Shisanya, C.A., Murimi, S.K. & Petterson, R. (2018). Analysis of Rainfall and Temperature Trends in Bahati Sub-County, Kenya. In, Asian Journal of Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2321-0893) Volume 06-Issue 06, December, 2018: 579-590. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v6i6.5651  Link to this article: - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329813962_Analysis_of_Rainfall_and_Temperature_Trends_in_Bahati_Sub-County_Kenya https://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/5651
• Mwangi, A., Murimi, S.K. & Makokha, G.L. (2019). Effects of Change in Landuse Activities and Land cover on Ragati River. In, European Journal of Sustainable Development Research. 2019, 3(4); em0102; ISSN: 2542 - 4742. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/5947
• Mutuma, E., Mahiri, I., Murimi, S., Njeru, P. (2015). Adoption of Water Resource Conservation under Fluctuating Rainfall Regimes in Ngaciuma/Kinyaritha Watershed, Meru County, Kenya. In: Leal Filho, W., Esilaba, A., Rao, K., Sridhar, G. (eds) Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13000-2_14 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13000-2_14
• Shikuku, E.T., Murimi, S.K. & Macharia, A. (2018). Stream flow Responses to Land use/ Land Cover Changes in Kimondi Watershed, Yala River Basin, Nandi County, Kenya. In, IISTE Journal of Environment and Earth Science (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). ISSN (Paper) 2224-3216 ISSN (Online) 2225-0948.
• Jokha M., S. Murimi & C. Kihampa, (2014). “Degradation of water resources by agricultural pesticides and nutrients, Weruweru, Tanzania”. In, Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment, 5(2): pgs. 192-201.DOI: 10.5829/idosi.ijee.2014.05.02.1 https://www.ijee.net/article_64525_bb3b36334796bb617626108ce610929c.pdf
• Murimi, S.K., Prasad, H. & Obando, J., (2011) “Change detection of Mau forest cover and Lake Nakuru, using multi-temporal remote sensing data and GIS techniques,” In, G.Forch (eds) SERIES, VOL. 9. CICD. Lake and Catchment Research Symposium Proceedings. (LARS, 2011), Pp 161 – 177.
• Kweyu, R., Obando J. & Murimi, S.K (2011) “Trees Outside Forests as influenced by Land Use and Socio-Economic factors in River Sio basin, Kenya”; In, G.Forch (eds) SERIES, VOL. 9. CICD. Lake and Catchment Research Symposium Proceedings. (LARS, 2011), Pp 95 – 104.
• S.K. Murimi. & Prasad, H. (2010): “Water Resource Utilization, Impact and Management in the Lake Nakuru Watershed in Kenya”, Journal of Contemporary Management Research, Vol. 1, Issue-2, 2010; pgs. 2-13.
• Barthelme, J; Murimi, S.K.; Ngari, L.; Kweyu, R; Kipintoi, W. & Kurt, H. (2009). “Renewed Survey and Excavations in the Lake Magadi Basin, Southern Kenya”. NYAME AKUMA Journal; No.71 pgs. 54-62.
• Barthelme, J.W., Murimi, S., Ngari, L. Delong, R., Statler, T., Chartier, R., & Munyazi, W. (2006). “Undergraduate Field course and Research in the Lake Magadi Basin, Kenya”. June 2007. Unpublished Report to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and National Museums of Kenya.
• Murimi, S.K. & H. Prasad. (2005): “Land use changes and hydrological responses in the Lake Nakuru Basin”, Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources Journal; 2005 pgs. 155-164.
• Ondieki, C.M. & S.K. Murimi. (2004): “Applications of Geographic Information Systems”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), 2004, UNESCO.
• viii). Barthelme, J; Murimi, S.K.; Ngari, L. (2003). “Recent Archaeological Research in the Lake Magadi Basin, Southern Kenya”. NYAME AKUMA Journal; No. 60 pgs. 8-13.
• Murimi, S.K. & H. Prasad. (2002): “Modelling Potential Soil Erosion in Lake Nakuru Drainage Basin”, Ecohydrology Journal, Vol 3 pgs. 65 - 74.
• Murimi, S.K., (1994). “Falling water levels in saline lakes of central Rift Valley of Kenya”. The International Journal of Salt Lake Research; Vol. 3 pgs. 65-74.
• Murimi, S.K., (1993). “The drying up of East Africa Rift Valley Lakes in recent times; the case of Lake Elmenteita, Kenya”. Journal of Eastern African Research and Development; Vol. 23 pgs. 40-62.

University Level Scholarly Book Chapters

• Authors: - Mwadini, K., J. Obando, & S. Murimi. (2018). Chapter Title: - Effects of Irrigation Management Practices on Water Allocation among Farmers in Kiladeda Sub-Catchment, Tanzania. Chapter 4: In. Book Title: Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. Editors: C.M. Ondieki; J.U. Kitheka. Publishers: - IGI Global. U.S.A. [Pp. 70 – 92].
• Authors: - Mutuma E, Mahiri I, Murimi S, & Njeru P. (2015). Chapter Title: - Adoption of water resource conservation under fluctuating rainfall regimes in Ngaciuma/Kinyaritha watershed, Meru County, Kenya.  Chapter 14: In. Book Title: - Adapting African Agriculture to climate change, climate change Management: Editors: Walter LF, Esilaba AO, Rao KPC, Sridhar G. Publishers: - Springer, 2015. [Pp 159-169]. ISBN 978-3-319-12999-0. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13000-2_14.
• Authors: - S.K. Murimi & H. Prasad. Chapter Title: - Landuse Changes and Hydrological Responses in the Lake Nakuru Basin [PART Chapter 4: In. Book Title: - Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources: Water Resources Management and Policy: ISBN 92-808-1108-8. Editors: - Jansky, L, Haigh M.J. and Haushila, P. Publishers: - United Nations University Press (2005); Tokyo, Japan. Pp. 155-164]. [http://www.unu.edu; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]
• Authors: - Ondieki, C.M. & Murimi, S.K. (2004). Chapter Title: -Applications of Geographic Information Systems. In. Book Title: - Environmental Monitoring, VOL II (2004).
• Developed under the auspices of UNESCO, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS); UNESCO Publishers, Oxford, UK. [EOLSS BOOK E6-38A-06-05]/[http://www.eolss.net] [http://www.eolss.net/Sample-Chapters/C09/E6-38A-06-05] Full chapter Access link: - http://www.eolss.net/Eolss-sample AllChapter.aspx
• Authors: - Murimi, S.K. & Prasad, H. Chapter Title: - Modeling Potential Soil Erosion in Lake Nakuru Drainage Basin. Section 4: Chapter 6: In. Book Title: - ECOHYDROLOGY, (2001). UNESCO-IHP Series: - ISBN-81-85589-06-2. Editors: - V. Subramanian and AL. Ramanathan. Publisher: - Capital Publishing Company; New Delhi, India:-452 Pagea. [Pp. 403 – 414]. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..