A Survey of the Environmental Conservation Costs by Local Authorities in Kenya
International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies IJFBS Vol.2 No.3, 2012 ISSN: 2147-4486 available online at www.ssbfnet.com
A Survey of the Environmental Conservation Costs by Local Authorities in Kenya
Kilika Samuela, Mutua Nicholasb a b
Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya
Abstract
This study investigates the environmental conservation costs of the local authorities in Kenya by analyzing the data collected from 90 of these local authorities. The population of the study is the 175 local authorities in Kenya. A sample of 90 local authorities has been used. Both statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 17 and Excel have been used to determine the level of environmental conservation costs in the studied local authorities. The results indicated that there was a wide use of environmental conservation costs among the local authorities. The study provides preliminary evidence on environmental conservation costs used by local authorities in Kenya. Further research is suggested to explore the possible motivating factors among different local authorities’ degree of application and level of environmental costs in different activities.
Keywords: Environmental Conservation; Local authorities; Environmental costs
© 2013 Published by SSBFNET 1. Introduction This paper investigates the environmental conservatıon costs by local authorities in Kenya. Environmental conservation cost refers to the investment and costs measured in monetary values, allocated for prevention, reduction, and or avoidance of environmental impact, removal of such impact, restoration following the occurrences of a disaster and other activities. These are costs borne by companies and organizations for environmental conservation i.e. private costs. The costs do not include costs borne for health damage or environmental pollution suffered by third parties or society as a whole resulting from the business
A Survey of the Environmental Conservation Costs by Local Authorities in Kenya
Kilika Samuela, Mutua Nicholasb a b
Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya
Abstract
This study investigates the environmental conservation costs of the local authorities in Kenya by analyzing the data collected from 90 of these local authorities. The population of the study is the 175 local authorities in Kenya. A sample of 90 local authorities has been used. Both statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 17 and Excel have been used to determine the level of environmental conservation costs in the studied local authorities. The results indicated that there was a wide use of environmental conservation costs among the local authorities. The study provides preliminary evidence on environmental conservation costs used by local authorities in Kenya. Further research is suggested to explore the possible motivating factors among different local authorities’ degree of application and level of environmental costs in different activities.
Keywords: Environmental Conservation; Local authorities; Environmental costs
© 2013 Published by SSBFNET 1. Introduction This paper investigates the environmental conservatıon costs by local authorities in Kenya. Environmental conservation cost refers to the investment and costs measured in monetary values, allocated for prevention, reduction, and or avoidance of environmental impact, removal of such impact, restoration following the occurrences of a disaster and other activities. These are costs borne by companies and organizations for environmental conservation i.e. private costs. The costs do not include costs borne for health damage or environmental pollution suffered by third parties or society as a whole resulting from the business
References: 99 Kilika & Mutua /International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies Vol 2, No 3, 2013 ISSN: 2147-4486 100 Kilika & Mutua /International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies Vol 2, No 3, 2013 ISSN: 2147-4486