Romanus Opiyo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1266566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Romanus Opiyo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Romanus |
| FAMILY NAME | Opiyo |
| SIGNATURE | OPIYO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7374-5818 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Navigating disaster risk reduction research in Africa
Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate-induced hazards. Universities have the potential to contribute to disaster risk reduction (DRR) by effectively informing decision-making processes. However, a major challenge is the limited allocation of global research funds to African scholars researching this topic. To our knowledge, the existing literature has not adequately explored the opportunities available for these scholars to cont…
The stifling burden of climate change on African public healthcare systems
Background: Climate change is the greatest health threat of the 21st century to global health and primary health care. Despite being the least contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is disproportionately facing severe impacts of climate change, particularly on its health systems which is already neglected and underfunded. The crisis poses a fundamental threat to human health by undermining healthcare infrastructure, straining work…
Frameworks Used to Engage Postsecondary Students in Campus Mental Health Research
Urban African food systems as sites of challenges and opportunities for household food equity and resilience
Food and nutrition security remain a significant challenge in Southern Africa’s urban food systems (UFS), where most urban households buy rather than grow their food. UFS comprise a hybrid mix of household food sourcing opportunities from retailers, including open-air markets, street vendors, shops, and supermarkets, as well as household-level strategies, such as urban agriculture. UFS thus bridge the divide between sites of food production and c…
Urban green spaces in rapidly urbanizing cities
Urban green spaces are integral elements of urban landscapes, conferring a multitude of advantages that enrich urban living. Nevertheless, the rapid urbanization of cities often ignores green spaces. To ensure that physical planning creates effective and accessible green spaces, this study explores the use, perception, and socio-economic dynamics of urban green spaces in Nairobi. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, incl…
Inclusive climate resilient transport challenges in Africa
Delivering sustainable and inclusive low-carbon transport is a critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Yet transport infrastructure is vulnerable to the effects of climate change in low-income countries in Africa. This paper explores the status of inclusive mobility and climate-resilient transportation in Africa, focusing on the perceptions and importance amongst key stakeholde…
Stakeholder engagement in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision-making
Rapid urbanization and uneven development of the food retail environment
Predictors of and reasons for early discharge from inpatient withdrawal management settings
Persistence of open-air markets in the food systems of Africa's secondary cities
In a rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), changing urban food systems are expected to affect the ways in which households access food. While significant research and policy efforts address food production to support food security in the context of city-region food systems, the complex nature of urban food systems has received less attention, particularly in secondary cities across the globe. Using household survey data collected in 2019 a…
Governance of traditional markets and rural-urban food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Covid-19 lockdowns
Assessing Inequalities in Wellbeing at a Neighbourhood Scale in Low-Middle-Income-Country Secondary Cities and Their Implications for Long-Term Livability
To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental, economic and infrastructure development equity. The current rapid urbanization experienced in many regions is leading to sustainability challenges, but also offers the opportunity to deliver infrastructure supporting the social aspects of cities and the services that underpin them alongside economic growth. Unfortunately…
Barriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Trends in urbanization and urban food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have stimulated critical debates around the potential benefits of urban agriculture (UA) to urban livelihoods. Some scholars suggest that UA can contribute to the food quantity, food quality and income needs of urban households. However, much of the evidence cited comes from single case studies, with particular attention paid to large cities and high-income countries. Th…
Building transformative capacity in southern Africa
Although participatory approaches are becoming more widespread, to date vulnerability assessments have largely been conducted by technocrats and have paid little attention to underlying causes of vulnerability, such as inequality and biased governance systems. Participatory assessments that recognise the social roots of vulnerability, however, are critical in helping individuals and institutions rethink their understanding of and responses to cli…
Facework on Facebook as a new literacy practice
Expressions of Gender
This article presents data collected from small discussion groups in English classrooms. The research contributes to debates about boys' relative under-achievement in comparison with that of girls, examining the processes of pupils' learning through talk-related activities. Using discourse analysis techniques, the ways in which pupils signal gender allegiances are explored. It is shown how the girls tended to use a linguistic style in which their…
Adeste Fideles
Facework on Facebook as a new literacy practice
Stakeholder engagement in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision-making
Expressions of Gender
This article presents data collected from small discussion groups in English classrooms. The research contributes to debates about boys' relative under-achievement in comparison with that of girls, examining the processes of pupils' learning through talk-related activities. Using discourse analysis techniques, the ways in which pupils signal gender allegiances are explored. It is shown how the girls tended to use a linguistic style in which their…
Barriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Trends in urbanization and urban food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have stimulated critical debates around the potential benefits of urban agriculture (UA) to urban livelihoods. Some scholars suggest that UA can contribute to the food quantity, food quality and income needs of urban households. However, much of the evidence cited comes from single case studies, with particular attention paid to large cities and high-income countries. Th…
Building transformative capacity in southern Africa
Although participatory approaches are becoming more widespread, to date vulnerability assessments have largely been conducted by technocrats and have paid little attention to underlying causes of vulnerability, such as inequality and biased governance systems. Participatory assessments that recognise the social roots of vulnerability, however, are critical in helping individuals and institutions rethink their understanding of and responses to cli…
Covid-19 lockdowns
Urban green spaces in rapidly urbanizing cities
Urban green spaces are integral elements of urban landscapes, conferring a multitude of advantages that enrich urban living. Nevertheless, the rapid urbanization of cities often ignores green spaces. To ensure that physical planning creates effective and accessible green spaces, this study explores the use, perception, and socio-economic dynamics of urban green spaces in Nairobi. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, incl…
Persistence of open-air markets in the food systems of Africa's secondary cities
In a rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), changing urban food systems are expected to affect the ways in which households access food. While significant research and policy efforts address food production to support food security in the context of city-region food systems, the complex nature of urban food systems has received less attention, particularly in secondary cities across the globe. Using household survey data collected in 2019 a…
Assessing Inequalities in Wellbeing at a Neighbourhood Scale in Low-Middle-Income-Country Secondary Cities and Their Implications for Long-Term Livability
To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental, economic and infrastructure development equity. The current rapid urbanization experienced in many regions is leading to sustainability challenges, but also offers the opportunity to deliver infrastructure supporting the social aspects of cities and the services that underpin them alongside economic growth. Unfortunately…
Adeste Fideles
Expressions of Gender
This article presents data collected from small discussion groups in English classrooms. The research contributes to debates about boys' relative under-achievement in comparison with that of girls, examining the processes of pupils' learning through talk-related activities. Using discourse analysis techniques, the ways in which pupils signal gender allegiances are explored. It is shown how the girls tended to use a linguistic style in which their…
Facework on Facebook as a new literacy practice
Building transformative capacity in southern Africa
Although participatory approaches are becoming more widespread, to date vulnerability assessments have largely been conducted by technocrats and have paid little attention to underlying causes of vulnerability, such as inequality and biased governance systems. Participatory assessments that recognise the social roots of vulnerability, however, are critical in helping individuals and institutions rethink their understanding of and responses to cli…
Barriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Trends in urbanization and urban food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have stimulated critical debates around the potential benefits of urban agriculture (UA) to urban livelihoods. Some scholars suggest that UA can contribute to the food quantity, food quality and income needs of urban households. However, much of the evidence cited comes from single case studies, with particular attention paid to large cities and high-income countries. Th…
Assessing Inequalities in Wellbeing at a Neighbourhood Scale in Low-Middle-Income-Country Secondary Cities and Their Implications for Long-Term Livability
To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental, economic and infrastructure development equity. The current rapid urbanization experienced in many regions is leading to sustainability challenges, but also offers the opportunity to deliver infrastructure supporting the social aspects of cities and the services that underpin them alongside economic growth. Unfortunately…
Predictors of and reasons for early discharge from inpatient withdrawal management settings
Persistence of open-air markets in the food systems of Africa's secondary cities
In a rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), changing urban food systems are expected to affect the ways in which households access food. While significant research and policy efforts address food production to support food security in the context of city-region food systems, the complex nature of urban food systems has received less attention, particularly in secondary cities across the globe. Using household survey data collected in 2019 a…
Governance of traditional markets and rural-urban food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Covid-19 lockdowns
Stakeholder engagement in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision-making
Rapid urbanization and uneven development of the food retail environment
Urban green spaces in rapidly urbanizing cities
Urban green spaces are integral elements of urban landscapes, conferring a multitude of advantages that enrich urban living. Nevertheless, the rapid urbanization of cities often ignores green spaces. To ensure that physical planning creates effective and accessible green spaces, this study explores the use, perception, and socio-economic dynamics of urban green spaces in Nairobi. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, incl…
Inclusive climate resilient transport challenges in Africa
Delivering sustainable and inclusive low-carbon transport is a critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Yet transport infrastructure is vulnerable to the effects of climate change in low-income countries in Africa. This paper explores the status of inclusive mobility and climate-resilient transportation in Africa, focusing on the perceptions and importance amongst key stakeholde…
The stifling burden of climate change on African public healthcare systems
Background: Climate change is the greatest health threat of the 21st century to global health and primary health care. Despite being the least contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is disproportionately facing severe impacts of climate change, particularly on its health systems which is already neglected and underfunded. The crisis poses a fundamental threat to human health by undermining healthcare infrastructure, straining work…
Frameworks Used to Engage Postsecondary Students in Campus Mental Health Research
Urban African food systems as sites of challenges and opportunities for household food equity and resilience
Food and nutrition security remain a significant challenge in Southern Africa’s urban food systems (UFS), where most urban households buy rather than grow their food. UFS comprise a hybrid mix of household food sourcing opportunities from retailers, including open-air markets, street vendors, shops, and supermarkets, as well as household-level strategies, such as urban agriculture. UFS thus bridge the divide between sites of food production and c…
Navigating disaster risk reduction research in Africa
Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate-induced hazards. Universities have the potential to contribute to disaster risk reduction (DRR) by effectively informing decision-making processes. However, a major challenge is the limited allocation of global research funds to African scholars researching this topic. To our knowledge, the existing literature has not adequately explored the opportunities available for these scholars to cont…
Business (12 works) · Economics (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (6 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works)