Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Community Dialogue with Design: The Case of EcoSan Toilet in Kisumu, Kenya
(School of the Arts and Design, 2009)This thesis explores the place of design in a community, focused specifically on how EcoSan1, an innovative ecological waste management system. EcoSan has the potential to transform a community and provide healthy sustainable ... -
The impact of design parameters on energy consumption in office buildings in Nairobi
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2010)The prime objective of this study is to investigate the impact of design parameters on energy consumption in office buildings. The study is restricted to office buildings found in the Nairobi Central Business District. ... -
Transformation of housing in Nairobi Dweller Initiated Transformations in Formal Housing in Nairobi Estates with Case Studies of Kaloleni and Buru-Buru Estates
(The School of the Built Environment Department of Architecture and Building Science, 2010)Dwellers in public housing undertake transformations that lead to compromised environments in housing neighbourhoods. Architectural strategies do not envisage this trends and this had led to questionable environmental ... -
Real estate valuation based on hedonic price model
(Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, School of the Built Environment,, 2010)Traditional valuation approaches used by valuers in Kenya are highly dependent on subjective judgment in the returned values. This has been cited as a major cause of value variability and disparities among valuers. In ... -
An evaluation into the effectiveness of employer assisted housing in Kenya
(Department of real estate and construction management, 2010)Housing is a basic need. Improvement in housing stock is a strategically important social and economic investment and governments all over the world employ different strategies to ensure that their people are adequately ... -
Sustainable CBD decongestion: Its Application in Eldoret CBD
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2010)Third world cities are undergoing rapid growth accompanied by rapid development pressures with high demands for housing and infrastructure as a result of high population growth rates. Some of these cities are doubling ... -
Densification of urban residential spacem and it’s effect on solid waste management:
(Department of Urban and Regional planning Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development School of Built Environment, 2010)One of the key problems that Kenya and most other developing countries have in common is the high population growth- rate, which has become an impediment to growth and led to poverty- ridden slum cities . 'This is threat ... -
An examination of the impacts of the 2005/2006 policy review on densification of low density residential estates in Nairobi:A case study of kileleshwa estate
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2010)Densification of low density residential areas is practiced worldwide to counter the outward spread of cities and to offset the negative effects caused by this spread. Some of the negative effects include; air pollution ... -
Urban transportation, land use and the environment:A case of katima mulilo town, caprivi region, Namibia
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2011)One of the results of non synchronization of transportation, land use and the environment in developing countries, Namibia included, has been poor attractiveness and maintenance of roads, storm water drainages, urban sprawl ... -
The impact of tourism on housing;The Impact of Tourism on Housing: A Case Study of Malindi Town
(Department of architecture and building science School of the built environment, 2010)Studies on Tourism have been done by several scholars in developed and developing Countries. This has been related the positive and negative effects of Tourism on individuals and Country level, studies on housing have ... -
Relocation Action Planning in Slum Upgrading: The Case of Kibera's Soweto-East Informal Settlement In Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of architecture and building science school of the built environment, 2010)Many inhabitants of the slums and informal settlements in developing countries lack access to adequate and affordable housing and basic housing services. Poor access to affordable and adequate housing constraints economic ... -
Use of GIS to manage community-based land transactions: Case Study: Kirinyaga Central District
(University of Nairobi, 2009)The elements of Land Administration in Kenya are very fragmented and independently operated within the Ministry of Lands. During institutional reform there is opportunity to provide a much more integrated Land Administration ... -
The impact of a development policy on Kilimani neighbourhood – city of Nairobi.
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2009)Various studies have been done on impact of development policy on the evolution of urban land uses. However, few focus on development standards for neighbourhood development. It is due to the above stated shortcoming ... -
Integrating non-motorized transport into the urban transport system a case study of Westlands commercial centre Nairobi.
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2009-08)In most countries, NMT has developed spontaneously and remains largely the normal process of transportation planning. In Kenya, studies carried out on non-motorized transport and their provision have dwelt on the larger ... -
Community participation in urban forest management A case study of ngong road forest
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2009)This research underlines challenges and opportunities for communities’ participation in urban forestry in Kenya which has been conspicuously lacking from urban development initiatives despite the accelerated urbanization ... -
An analysis of the effects of marketing on the growth trends of project management in the construction industry in Kenya
(School of the Built Environment, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, 2008)Procurement systems in Kenya as indeed elsewhere in the world keep changing depending on the particular situations. Project management is one of the latest procurement systems. This study set to analyse the growth trends ... -
A framework for redevelopment of informal settlements
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2009)Kenya like many Developing countries face high rate of urbanization with consequential effect of rapid mushrooming of low in-come neighbourhoods, which are many cases are not provided with the basic infrastructure ... -
Value management: A tool for cost management in the building industry in Kenya
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2009)This research project is an evaluation of the application of value management as a tool for cost management in the building industry in Kenya. The construction industry is a key sector of the economy. It involves large ... -
Impacts of urbanization on the sustainable conservation of Nairobi national park
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2009)Nairobi National Park established in 1946 with an area of 117km2 to protect wildlife from human activities and threats has grown to be a tourist destination earning an average of Kshs.45 million per year for the country. ... -
Assessment of local authority transfer fund in poverty Alleviation in mavoko municipality
(Department of architecture and building science School of the built environment, 2009)In recent years, there have been widespread attempts both to redefine the role of the public sector in developing countries and to improve its performance. An increasingly important component of these reforms has been ...