Research Article
Changing Land Use Patterns and Their Impacts on Wild Ungulates in Kimana Wetland Ecosystem, Kenya
Table 3
Respondent’s opinions on the causes for land use change in KWE.
| Possible causes of land use change | Number of respondents | Percentage |
| Agricultural expansion | 63 | 31.5 | Human population increase | 51 | 25.5 | Economic forces | 26 | 13.0 | Politics | 21 | 10.5 | Changing land tenure policy | 21 | 10.5 | Drought | 8 | 4.0 | Poverty | 6 | 3.0 | Education level | 4 | 2.0 |
| Total | 200 | 100.0 |
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Source: author, 2013.
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