A Survey of the Environmental Conservation Costs by Local Authorities in Kenya

Samuel Kilika and Nicholas Mutua
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Samuel Kilika: Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya
Nicholas Mutua: Taita Taveta University College, 635, VO İ-80300, Kenya

International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, 2013, vol. 2, issue 3, 89-102

Abstract: This study investigatesthe 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 environmentalconservation 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 localauthorities’ degree of application and level of environmental costs in different activities.

Keywords: Environmental Conservation; Local authorities; Environmental costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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