Newly Mapped Climate Security Hotspots and Transhumance Routes in Kenya

Benson Kenduiywo's dataset contains participatory mapping results for climate security hotspots in 11 Kenyan counties. The data was generated through a framework involving five consensus-based Focus Group Discussions with local experts, who validated and augmented spatial analyses of global climate and conflict data. The dataset was last updated on April 30, 2026, and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identifying areas of overlapping climate vulnerability and conflict risk based on expert-validated hotspot classifications.
• Planning locally targeted climate-resilient interventions based on the participatory mapping framework.
• Analyzing gaps in global climate and conflict datasets by comparing them with contextual expert knowledge.
• Supporting discussions on transhumance and climate-sensitive livelihoods in the mapped Kenyan counties.

Strengths

• Includes expert validation data, with 45% of sampled hotspot classifications receiving full agreement from experts.
• Identifies 19 additional climate security hotspots not captured by initial global data analysis.
• Covers 11 specific counties in Kenya, providing a regional focus for analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 13.1 KB, indicating limited scope or detail.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified, as the last update date is in the future (2026-04-30).

Provenance

Source

Benson Kenduiywo via figshare.

Collection Method

Generated through a participatory mapping framework involving Focus Group Discussions and spatial analysis of global datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 17:50:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Laikipia, Isiolo, West Pokot, Samburu, Turkana, Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Mandera, Tana River, and Lamu counties in Kenya.