Department: Geography and Environmental Studies

Title:         Dr.

Full Name:  Kenate Worku Tabor

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: Geography and Environmental Studies

Field of Specialization: Urban and Regional Geography

Research interest:

• Emerging Urban Issues and Rural-urban Linkage
• Human settlement and sustainable urban development
• Dynamics of Suburban development and planning
• Climate change and adaptation; Urban Environmental Management
• Agricultural land use/cover change and the Livelihood of smallholder farmers.
• Regional development policy and planning
• Transportation, Mobility and Migration

Publications:

1. Kenate W. (2008). The Expansion of Addis Ababa and its impact on the surrounding areas: A preliminary study of the Nefas Silk Lafto District. The Journal of Oromo Studies, 15(2), 97-131. The Red Sea Press, Inc.
2. Kenate W. & A. Kamalakar R. (2013). Environmental Impacts of Urban Growth and Investment Activities in the Peri – Urban Areas of Finfine (Addis Ababa) City: A Threat to Ecological Sustainability of the Metropolitan Region. Thematics, Journal of Geography, ISSN No.2277-2995, Vol.2, Issue.4.
3. Kenate W. & A. Kamalakar R. (2013). Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A case study of Finfine (Addis Ababa) city and its Environs. Eastern Geographer, vol. XVIII, No.1. ISSN no. 0973-7642.
4. Alemseged, F., Yami, A., Birke, W., & Kenate W. (2009). Investigation of Dysentery Outbreak and its causes, Jimma City, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 19(3).
5. Kenate W., Wondafrash G., & Sintayehu T. (2018). Evaluation of land capability for agriculture using GeoSpatial technologies in the upper Dhidhessaa Watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc. lang. stud., Vol.5. No.2, pp.93-113. eISSN:2408- 9532; pISSN:2412-5180. ISBN:978-99944-70-78-5.
6. Girma A., & Kenate W. (2017). GIS Based Land Capability Classification for Agriculture: the case of Gumay District, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop.J.Appl.Sci.Technol.Vol.8(2):1-9.
7. Girma A. & Kenate W. (2017). GIS Based Land Suitability Analysis for Selected Perennial crops in Gumay Woreda of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop.J.soc. lang. stud.Vol.4 No.1.
8. Abraham O., Kenate W., & Emnet Y. (2018). Determinants of Expansion of Squatter Settlements: The Case of Hosanna Town, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 11(6).
9. Ajay B.G. & Kenate W. (2017). Application of Geoinformatics for Urban Agricultural Practices: A Case of Debre Markos, Ethiopia. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Vol. 6 No.3, ISSN (Online): 2319-7064.
10. Selamawit K., Kenate W. & Ajay B. (2019). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Urban Sprawl Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies: The Case of Laga Tafo-Laga Dadi Town, Special Zone of Oromia, Central Ethiopia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), Vol.44, No.1, 115-129. ISSN: 2307-4531
11. Sandeep K. Pandey, Ritambhara K. Upadhyay and Kenate Worku (2019). Secondary Decomposers in Waste Management and Land Productivity: Analysis of Ecosystem Health Issues. Indian Journal of Fertilisers 15 (10) : 1172-1179.
12. Merga B.B, Tabor KW, Alemu GM (2021). Analysis of the Cooling Effect of Urban Green Spaces in Mitigating Microclimate Change Using Geospatial Techniques in Adama City, Central Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs1095929/v1.
13. Mohammed A., Kenate W.& Desalegn O. (2023). Flood hazards and risk mapping using Geospatial technologies in Jimma City, Southwestern Ethiopia. ScienceDirect; Helion 9 (2023).
14. Wendiwesen M., Kiros Ts., Girmay A., Tebarek L.a, Mitiku B., Samuel H. & Kenate W. (2023). Stochastic modeling of urban growth using the CA-Markov chain and multi-scenario prospects in the tropical humid region of Ethiopia: Mettu, Geocarto International, 38:1, 2240285, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2023.2240285.
15. Tigist G., Kenate W., Gemechu D., Zenebe R. (2023). Green spaces suitability analysis for urban resilience using geospatial technology: the case of Jimma city, Oromia, Ethiopia.Environment,DevelopmentandSustainability.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668- 023-04365-9
16. Kenate W. and A. Kamalakar Reddy (2013). Land Use/ Land Cover Dynamics, Socio-Economic and Environmental Transformations and Implications: A Geographical Study of the Fringe of Finfine. (Addis Ababa) City, Ethiopia. PhD Thesis. Published in Osmania university Library. PhD Dissertation.
17. Ashenafi M., Kiros T., Mitiku Bedasa M & Kenate W. (2024). Spatial evaluation of surface water irrigation potential areas to improve rural crop productivity in the Gomma district, southwestern Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2024.2328424.
18. Zenebe Reta and Kenate Worku (2021). Analysis of the relationship between land surface temperature and vegetation abundance for urban heat island mitigation using Geospatial Techniques: The case of Hawassa City, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia…..(Under Review at Springer Journals Editorial Office, Environment, Development and Sustainability Journal.
19. Workines Argu, Kenate Worku & Demissie Tsega (2023). Environmental Impact Assessment of Modjo River Pollution Using Geospatial Technologies: The Case of Modjo Watershed, East Shewa Zone, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia…..(under review at Elsevier’s Environmental Pollution Journal).

• Paper Presented on Conferences:

2013. Kenate W. & A.K. Reddy. “Environmental Impacts of Urban Growth and Investment Activities in the Peri – Urban Areas of Finfine (ADDIS ABABA) City, Ethiopia: A Threat to Ecological Sustainability of the Metropolitan Region”. A paper presented at International Conference on Environmental Management for Sustainable Development, Dharwad, India, Dec.2013.
2014. Kenate W. & Crighton M. “Constructing Addis Ababa’s New periphery” A paper presented at AFRICA’S NEW SUBURBANISMS from October 17 – 19, 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Kenate W. “Community Based Education Philosophy of Jimma University and its Relevance to Community Services” at “Contemporary Ethiopia” Workshop organized by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen -Czech Republic on May 22^nd , 2019.
• Research Project Experiences:

1. Kenate W. (Research Lead), Abebe B, Mulu G., Sintayehu T., Wuhib Z., Yonas S. (2017-2019). Social and Environmental Impacts of Large-Scale Commercial Farms in Benishangul-Gumuz and Gambella Regional States, Ethiopia. Sponsored by Support to Responsible Agricultural Investments (S2RAI) in Ethiopia sponsored by GIZ and EU. Completed.
2. Kenate Worku, Dejene Gemechu and Gudina Abashula (2020). Administrative Boundaries, Identity and Self Administration: The case of Jimma Zone and Neighboring Zones of SNNPR, Yem Special Woreda and Gambella Regional State. Commissioned by Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) the Administrative Boundaries, Identity and Self Administration Commission and the Addis Ababa University. Completed.

1. Personal Information

Name:. Girma Alemu Melka

Title: Dr

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

College: College of Social Science and Humanities

Department: Geography and Environmental Studies

List of Publications:

1. Melka, Girma Alemu and Abshare, Muluneh Woldetsadik. (2021). Evaluation of Spatio-Temporal Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics Using Geospatial Technologies: The Case of Majang Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research, 8(1). Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol8/iss1/2.
2. Girma Alemu Melka and Muluneh Woldetsadik Abshare. (2021). Impact of land use and Land cover changes on rural livelihoods: The case of Majang zone, Gambella Region, Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. 8(1), 7-22. Available at: http://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls.
3. Markos Mamude, Girma Alemu. (2021). The Impact of Resettlement Program on Livelihoods of Indigenous Community, the Case of Esira District in Dawuro Zone, SNNPRS. International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment, 6(3), 71-75. Available at:

https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=349&doi=10.11648/j.ijeee.20210603.12

4. Markos Mamude, Girma Alemu Melka and Wondafrash Genet. (2021). Geospatial Techniques Based Analysis on the Impact of Resettlement on Land Use and Land Cover Change in Esira District, Dawuro Zone, Ethiopia. Ghana Journal of Geography, 13 (1), 203-220. Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v13i1.10.
5. Zenebe R., Temam A., Girma A., Zelalem B., Assefa, A. (2021). Assessment of Green
   Infrastructure Provision and Management: In the case of Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ.Rev. 9(2): 91-124. Available at:

http://www.academicresearchjournals.org/IJARER/PDF/2021/March/Zenebe%20et%20al.pdf

6. Andualem Befekadu Ambecha, Girma Alemu Melka and Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda. (2020). Ecotourism site suitability evaluation using geospatial technologies: a case of Andiracha district, Ethiopia. Journal of Spatial Information Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-020-00316-y.
7. Girma Alemu and Kenate Worku. (2017). GIS Based Land Capability Classification for Agriculture: the case of Gumay District, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop.J.Appl.Sci. Technol., 8(2), 1-9. Available at: https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejast/article/view/694.
8. Girma Alemu and Kenate Worku. (2017). GIS Based Land-Use Suitability Analysis for Selected Perennial Crops in Gumay Woreda of Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. 4(1), 3-18. Available at: http://www.ju.edu.et/cssljournal/.

2. Public Profiles:

1. Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Girma-Alemu
2. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/girma-alemu-894096147/

3. Research Interest: Geo-Information, Land Use Planning, Land Resources Analysis, Livelihood, Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resource Management

4. Contact Details:

Email: girmaalemu83@gmail.com or girma.alemu@ju.edu.et

Phone No: +251923616594

P.O. Box: 378, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5783-870X