Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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The Relationship Between Land Tenure Systems and Urban Residential Land Values in Kampala: a Case Study of Makindye Division
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Land holding under the land tenure systems in Kampala is a complex matter since it involves a dual ownership which allows a separation of rights to own land by the land owner and a right to use and develop the same land ... -
Design, Fabrication and Optimization of a Water-vapor Condenser
(University of Nairobi, 2018)A thermal desalination system that relies on solar energy for water evaporation is currently under development at the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), University of Nairobi. The system uses the electrospray ... -
Pre-Mining Concentrations Of Heavy Metal Elements and Radioactivity Concentrations Of Primordial Radionuclides in Soils Around the Niobium Mining Site in Kwale County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)An elemental analyses and radiological survey of soils around proposed Nb and rare earth mining site in Mrima Hill, Coastal Kenya, was conducted with an aim of providing the status of elemental and radionuclides concentrations. ... -
Subdivision of Agricultural Land and Its Implications on Productivity: a Case of Kajiado County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Efficient, optimal and sustainable agricultural production, including extensive pastoralism systems, usually requires large contiguous land to enable economies of scale and synergy. These requirements may be absent when ... -
Identification of Tree Species Using Airborne Hyperspectral Data a Case Study of Ngangao Forest in Taita Hills, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The impacts of climate change in the African continent have far reaching effects because it is a region of high vulnerability to climate shocks; it threatens food security, livelihoods and biodiversity. African forest ... -
Cultural and Geological Heritage Contextualism in the Interior Built Environment of Hotel Brands in Kenyan Counties
(University of Nairobi, 2018)With the onset of devolution, there has been a surge in development of three star plus hotels in Kenya as part of the development of the tourism economic pillar in Vision 2030. Despite Kenya having rich cultural and ... -
Projected Flexible Road Pavement Performance of Nairobi - Thika Superhighway in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Nairobi – Thika Superhighway has been open to traffic for five years and yet sections of the road pavement have already deteriorated substantially and require reconstruction. That was established for the section between ... -
Institutional Challenges for Sustainable Management of Urban Areas in Kenya: a Case Study of Kajiado County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Given the increased rate of urbanization and the consequent social disorder and high levels of pollution in different cities and urban areas across the world, the concept of sustainable urban management has been touted ... -
Integrated Urban Pluvial Flooding Analysis and Modelling for Nairobi West and C in Nairobi City
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Short-Term Load Forecasting Using A Hybrid Of Genetic Algorithm (Ga) And Particle Swarm Optimization (Pso) For An Optimized Neural Network
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Short-term load forecasting (STLF) has emerged as one of the most important fields of study for power system operation for system efficiency and reliability. It plays a significant role in load flow analysis, contingency ... -
Bringing Life In Urban Public Open Space:rwandese ‘Akarubanda’ Concept
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Public open space plays a vital role is the social life of communities throughout the world and forms an integral part of cities, so much that without it, it is said that human settlements would be unimaginable. The ... -
Sustainable Change Management A Case Of Telecommunication Contractors
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Construction firms implement changes within the project or organizational level. The organizational changes are associated with management, technology, and people or cultural and are the focus of our study. This study ... -
Effect of Chisel Ploughing on Physical and Mechanical Soil Properties: Case of a Clay Soil.
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Modal-Shift Strategy For Mitigating Road Traffic Congestion In Nairobi: A Study Of The Nairobi- Syokimau Commuter Rail Corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Kenya aspires to become a prosperous industrializing middle income country (Kenya Vision 2030) and for this vision to be realized, efficient transport infrastructure and services must be developed. A properly planned and ... -
Partial isothermal sections of the copper-rich corner of the al-cu-zn system at 200ºc and 240ºc
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Al-Cu-Zn alloy system is well-used because it has demonstrated many useful properties. Currently, Al-Cu-Zn alloys are primarily used as shape memory alloys. Other applications are in catalysis, in electronics and in ... -
Application of Web-GIS in Monitoring and Evaluation of Donor Funded Projects Case Study: National Environment Trust Fund
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study focused on the development of a web-based Geographic Information System Monitoring and Evaluation portal, a data collection application and a mobile navigation application for the National Environment Trust Fund ... -
Carbon Abatement in Wastewater Stabilization Ponds Case Study of Dandora Waste water stabilization Ponds in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) operate on natural processes in removal of Biochemical oxygen Demand (BOD), Oxygen chemical (COD), nutrients organic carbon, and pathogenic microorganisms from wastewater. Wastewater ... -
Managing flooding in residential areas of Nairobi: a case study of south C
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite of the fact that flooding is witnessed both in urban and rural areas, its occurrence in urban areas has a unique nature, as the built environment plays a major role in its occurrence in addition to the natural ... -
On-street termini operations of public service vehicles and their relationship to transport performance in Nairobi CBD
(University of Nairobi, 2018)A well performing transportation system is both efficient and effective and is a pre-requisite to economic growth, environmental sustainability and social growth among other things. As such, achieving transport efficiency ... -
Characterization of microstructure and mechanical properties in the HAZ of en24 steel after post weld heat treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2018)EN24 steel is widely used to fabricate components for power transmission in industry due to its high strength to weight ratio. The hardness of this steel in tempered (T) condition, EN24T, is between 265 HV10 and 320HV10 ...
