Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Planning For Sustainable Utilization And Conservation Of Urban River Corridors In Kenya: A Case Study Of The Nairobi River
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)This study focuses on planning for sustainable utilization and conservation of urban river corridors in Kenya, a case study of Nairobi River. The study was borne out of the need to protect Nairobi River corridor from ... -
Sharing The Burden Of Solid Waste On Society: An Assessment Of Environmental Equity At Dandora Dumpsite, Nairobi, Kenya
(2014-08)While all members of society often appreciate and enjoy environmental improvements of civilization, a growing body of evidence reveals that environmental problems of human civilization are not borne equally by various ... -
Determinants of housing supply in Kenya
(2013)Housing as an economic good is often considered as an investment good with expected returns either in terms of rent or capital gains made from sale of the investment. The problem of provision of adequate shelter is a ... -
An Assessment Of Integrated Water Resources Management Practices In Gucha River Catchment
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Integrated water resource management (IWRM) approach seeks to achieve sustainable holistic development of water resources in a water catchment. It is a cross cutting issue with multiple institutions involved and harmonization ... -
Impediment to the formulation of a national design policy in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Design translates abstract thoughts of researchers, scientists and technologists into tangible products and services that meet specific public needs. Design forms the initial stage of any production processes and it ... -
Energy status in South Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2014)South Sudan has a problem for lack of equitable and reliable energy source for power supply. The major source of electricity in South Sudan is thermal using diesel-fired generators. 83% of South Sudan is rural and uses, ... -
Use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Land Suitability Analysis for Urban Development; Case Study of Kisii Town, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)Land use planners often make complex decisions within a short period of time when they must take into account sustainable development and economic competitiveness. Land suitability analysis would be very useful in this ... -
Design And Evaluation Of Solar Maize Grain Dryer With A Back-up Heater
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)A solar dryer integrated with a simple biomass burner was designed and constructed with locally available materials to dry maize. The dryer was composed of solar collector, drying chamber, back-up heater and airflow ... -
The influence of manganese and silicon on the precipitation of vanadium carbide in steel
(University of Nairobi,, 1989)Four vacuum-melted steels with a nominal composition of Fe0.12wt.%C0.46wt.%V contained additions of 1.5 wt.% Mn (steel B), 0.3 wt.% Si (steel C) and 1.5 wt.% Mn and 0.3 wt.% Si (steel D). Steel A, with no manganese or ... -
An Investigation Of Low Temperature Plasma Environment Effect On The Content Of Polyphenols During Manufacture Of Kenyan Tea
(University of Nairobi,, 2014-07)Low Temperature Nitrogen Plasma (LTNP) was used to process green tealeaf to study its effect on the Polyphenol content in Made Tea. This was carried out using fresh green tea leaves that was collected on different days ... -
Land Use Change And Its Impact On Livelihoods: A Case Study Of Kalokol Division, Turkana County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014)Land use in Turkana County has been punctuated by radical disruptions, caused by the containment policy during and after the colonial period and recurrent droughts coupled with intertribal conflicts during the post-Independence ... -
Application of GIS and remote sensing in land use zoning: case study: Turkana County
(2014)Turkana County is a County in Kenya which spans 71,597.8 km² making it the largest County in Kenya and has a population of approximately 855,399 (Government of Kenya, 2010). It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to ... -
Developing a Geodatabase for rural electrification authority case study: part of Machakos county
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Use of GIS and remote sensing techniques to estimate coconut cultivation area: Case study of Kaloleni subcounty
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study was aimed at estimating area under coconut cultivation in Kaloleni Sub-County by employing the use of GIS and remote sensing techniques. The viability of high resolution satellite imagery (GeoEye) was tested ... -
Using animation to enhance learning: A case study on primary school mathematics
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Graphic design application in improving tropical heat's brand image
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Assessment of Water Quality for domestic use in Ongata Rongai Area
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)This report has been prepared after a successful assessment of water quality from various resources within Ongata Rongai and its environs. The study‟s primary objective was to assess water quality for domestic use within ... -
Power series distribution sand zero-inflated models
(University of Nairobi, 2014)There are two main objectives in this project. First, to construct Power Series Distributions and obtain their properties. Specically, to express the Power Series Distributions in explicit form, in recursive form (in ... -
Application of GIS in physical planning: Case study: Part of Mwingi town
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research deals with the application of GIS in physical planning where the case study is part of Mwingi Town in Kitui County. Mwingi Town has grown in uncontrolled manner with all sorts of planning problems such as: ... -
Web-based GIS borehole information management system: a case study of Wajir county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In Kenya, just as it is in most parts of the world, natural resources are being depleted at high rates. In particular, the extraction of groundwater via boreholes has been going on for over half a century in Kenya. The ...
