Japhet Khendlo

• Mzuzu University

Malawi faces severe climate change impacts, with 30 climate-related disasters recorded in 20 years, causing over 4000 deaths, affecting 2.6 million people and resulting in economic losses of over $1 billion. The southern region, especially Chikwawa District, is hit the hardest, experiencing 40% of these disasters. In light of this, the study aimed...

This study examines significant environmental transformations in Mzuzu, Lilongwe, Blantyre, and Zomba cities in Malawi over the past 23 years, focusing on changes in land cover and land surface temperatures (LSTs). Our findings reveal substantial decreases in forest cover and vegetation, alongside notable increases in bare land and built-up areas a...

Ensuring universal access to safe and affordable drinking water is imperative for present and future generations. To address limited access to clean drinking water in low-income areas, including parts of Masasa Ward, water kiosks serves as a vital resource. The objective of the study is to leverage GIS in evaluating water kiosk distribution to prom...

A network is a connected set of lines, representing some geographic phenomenon, typically of the transportation type. The ‘goods’ transported can be almost anything: people, cars and other vehicles along a road network, commercial goods along a logistic network, phone calls along a telephone network, or water pollution along a stream/river network.

MEASUREMENT SCIENCE Instruction: Attempt all questions 1. A wave has a wavelength of 3.00 m. Calculate the frequency of the wave if it is; (a) a sound waves (b) a light wave. Take the speed of sound as 343 m/s and the speed of light as 3.00 10 8 m/s 2. An automobile rearview mirror as shown in Figure1 below shows an image of a truck located 10.0 m...

In Malawi, approximately 20 road traffic accidents occur every day and about 1000 people are killed every year. Mzuzu-Jenda M1 road is one of the accidents prone stretches. Although the road serves as a back-borne route for inputs and exports to and from neighbouring countries, it has had several fatal accidents. This study was conducted to analyse...

In Malawi, approximately 20 road traffic accidents occur every day and about 1000 people are killed every year. Mzuzu-Jenda M1 road is one of the accidents prone stretches. Although the road serves as a back-borne route for inputs and exports to and from neighbouring countries, it has had several fatal accidents. This study was conducted to analyse...

Sewer system is one of the essential utilities systems in the human settlement history. They have been constructed since civilisation started and always provide quick and efficient way of collecting and treatment of sewage (Afshar, 2006). Blantyre city has only 2 working sewage treatment plants among the 5which were designed and constructed in 1950...