Table of Content

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• The Study Area
  • Study Area-Nairobi
  • Physical and Climatic patterns
  • Vegetation
• Literature Review
  • Introduction
  • Invasive species in Kenya
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
  • Urban farming in Nairobi
  • Plant species migration
  • Application of Geographic Information systems in biodiversity mapping
  • GIS applications in biodiversity mapping in Kenya
  • Conceptual framework
• Research Methodology
  • Types and sources of Data
  • Data Collection Methods
  • Sampling strategy
  • Data collection points
  • Social economic stratification
  • Botanical data analysis
  • Statistical Data Analysis
  • Spatial Data Analysis
  • Study Limitations
• Results and Discussion
  • Domestic plant species
  • Animal species: Pests, pets and others
  • Other animals in the vicinity of the sampled households
  • Pest management and public health
  • Invasive species
  • Influence of physiography and climate on distribution of urban domestic biodiversity.
  • Specie transfer in the city of Nairobi
• Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
• Biblography
  • Books
  • Magazines and Newspapers
  • Other publications
  • World Wide Web pages
• Appendix 1: Questionnaire
• Appendix 2: SOCIO ECONOMIC CLASS BREAKDOWN