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Table 2 Hazards identified by respondents

From: Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: Implications for resilience programming

Hazard

Description of hazards

Number of respondents

Percentage of respondents

Floods

Flash floods along ephemeral rivers

13

4.3

Droughts

Widespread frequent droughts

148

49.0

Disease outbreak

Livestock diseases outbreak are common

82

27.1

Others i.e. conflicts, fire

Inter-community conflicts along the borders over resources

59

19.5

  1. United Nations ([2004]) defines a ‘hazard’ broadly as “a potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. (Source: Authors’ compilation).