Tana River Basin, Kenya: Geodatabase and Mapping Tool
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Tana River Basin, Kenya: Geodatabase and Mapping Tool User Guide Asghar Hussain and Tracy Baker Tana River Basin, Kenya: Geodatabase and Mapping Tool User Guide Asghar Hussain and Tracy Baker International Water Management Institute The authors: Asghar Hussain is a Senior Researcher Officer (Spatial Data Analyst) at the Pakistan Office of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Lahore, Pakistan; and Tracy Baker is a Spatial Scientist at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) – Africa Region. Tracy was a Researcher – Hydrology/Hydrological Modeling at the East Africa and Nile Basin Office of IWMI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the time this user guide was prepared. Hussain, A.; Baker, T. 2016. Tana River Basin, Kenya: geodatabase and mapping tool. User guide. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 138p. doi: 10.5337/2016.210 / administration / infrastructure / geography / land use / land cover / living standards / river basin management / watersheds / guidelines / software / imagery / GIS / mapping / meteorological stations / temperature / soils / irrigation / farming systems / water power / dams / population density / demography / natural resources / environmental effects / urban areas / rangelands / water resources / Kenya / ISBN 978-92-9090-840-1 Copyright © 2016, by IWMI. All rights reserved. IWMI encourages the use of its material provided that the organization is acknowledged and kept informed in all such instances. Front cover photograph shows rice fields and forest near Vang Vieng, Lao PDR (photo: Matthew McCartney, IWMI). Please send inquiries and comments to [email protected] Electronic copies of IWMI's publications are available for free. Visit www.iwmi.org/publications/index.aspx Acknowledgments This user guide is intended to provide instructions and background information on the use of the Tana River Basin geodatabase and mapping tool. It is based on data and information obtained from published and grey literature as well as spatial analyses carried out using publicly available sources. Project This work was undertaken as part of the Water Infrastructure Solutions from Ecosystem Services Underpinning Climate Resilient Policies and Programmes (WISE-UP to Climate) project. The project is generating knowledge on how to implement mixed portfolios of built water infrastructure (e.g., dams, levees, irrigation channels) and ‘natural infrastructure’ (e.g., wetlands, floodplains, forests) that contribute to poverty reduction; water, energy and food security; biodiversity conservation; and climate resilience at a landscape scale. ‘WISE-UP to Climate’ aims to demonstrate the application of optimal portfolios of built and natural infrastructure developed through dialogue with stakeholders and decision-makers at multiple levels (local to national) to identify and find consensus on trade-offs. The project also seeks to link ecosystem services to water infrastructural development in the Volta River Basin (Ghana principally, and also Burkina Faso) as well as the Tana River Basin in Kenya. The project is led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and involves the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Water Research Institute (CSIR- WRI); African Collaborative Centre for Earth System Science (ACCESS), University of Nairobi; International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Overseas Development Institute (ODI); University of Manchester; and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). This project is part of the International Climate Initiative. Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety), Germany, support this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. For further details about the project, visit: www.waterandnature.org or www.iucn.org/ water_wiseup Donors This project is funded by the following: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety), Germany. This research was carried out as part of the CGIAR Program on Water, Land abd Ecosystems (WLE), and supported by CGIAR Fund Donors (http://www.cgiar.org/whoweare/cgiar-fund/fund- donors-2). iii Contents Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................................vi Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 Part I: Geodatabase Overview .................................................................................................................................. 1 Geodatabase Mind Map .................................................................................................................................. 1 Administrative and Civic Information ..................................................................................................... 2 Natural and Built Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 2 Physical Geography............................................................................................................................... 3 Land Use and Livelihoods ..................................................................................................................... 3 Data Accuracy and Reliability ......................................................................................................................... 3 Software Employed .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Data Sources ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Map Projection and Coordinate System ......................................................................................................... 4 Accessing the Tana River Basin Geodatabase and Mapping Tool ............................................................... 4 Part II: ArcReader Users ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Installing ArcReader ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Using ArcReader ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Exploring the Tana River Basin Data ................................................................................................... 7 Creating Maps ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Part III: ArcMap Users ............................................................................................................................................... 8 References ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Appendix 1. Data Layers ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Appendix 2. Metadata and Layer Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 15 v Acronyms ACT Almanac Characterization Tool CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network DESFIL Development Strategies for Fragile Lands project DEM Digital Elevation Model ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEWS NET Famine Early Warning Systems Network GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System IEBC Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Kenya ILRI International Livestock Research Institute JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute KETRI Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute KMD Kenya Meteorological Department KNBS Kenya National Bureau of Statistics KSS Kenya Soil Survey LCCS Land Cover Classification System SEDAC Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center TSBF Tropical Soil and Biological Fertility Institute UNEP United Nations Environment Programme USAID United States Agency for International Development WFP World Food Programme WRI World Resources Institute WRMA Water Resources Management Authority vi Introduction This user guide contains information about using the Tana River Basin file geodatabase and associated mapping tool. The tool contains a set of spatial data layers that describe several biophysical, environmental and social aspects of Kenya’s Tana River Basin. Many of the layers are derived from national-level datasets and subsets to the Tana for ease of use. Most data layers were derived from secondary sources as outlined below. The layers selected for inclusion in this geodatabase and mapping tool are intended to cover a range of information, which is as current as possible, to support the increased understanding