Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Growth and contribution of the sugar industry in rural development: a case study of Ramisi in Kwale District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1986)The problem that prompted this study is that, Kwale district is faced with the problems of rapid growing labour and land pressures already scaring parts of eastern sections of the district among many others. This calls for ... -
The use of remote sensing in resource (fuelwood) planning in Tetu division Nyeri District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1987)Remote Sensing has been used to document resources systematically since the turn of the century using tools such as air-borre cameras. The techniques when used provide a synoptic vjow of a region and also can be used to ... -
Environmental threshold: its applicability to agricultural land-use planning. A case study of Ng'arua Division, Laikipa District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1990)In the semi -arid and arid lands in Kenya, great structural changes have taken place and are still taking place in regard to agricultural development. This has been brought about by the progressive expansion of agricultural ... -
The political economy of land law - an essay in the legal orgnisation of underdevelopment in Kenya,1895-1974
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Land use planning for fuel wood utilization by smallholder Tobacco farmers: a case study of Kegonga division, Kuria District - Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 2003)Tobacco production in Kenya under the aegis of the British America Tobacco (BAT) Company has created a tobacco growing community peasantry that has long been ignored by social scientists and regional planners. Yet, tobacco ... -
Administrative training in Kenya
(Facult of Arts, University of East Africa, 1968)The following is a study of the administrative training conducted in Kenya between 1961 and 1967. It is focussed on consideration of the proposition that, in developing nations, administrative training which is patterned ... -
The implications of rezoning on land use pattern and Infrastructure: a case study of Kilimani in Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 2007)Studies on urban growth have been undertaken over the last century trying to explain the spatial distribution of land uses. The most serious work was conducted in the 20th century by what is now referred to as the Chicago ... -
The effects of unplanned settlements on Land use planning
(Department of Economics, 1990)The project mainly covers the effects of unplanned settlements on land use planning in Eldama Ravine town. The expression 'unplanned settlements' is used to refer to any uncoordinated settlement on land without reference ... -
Planning for National parks
(1982)The setting up of National Parks in Kenya is functional and they playa definite role, in conserving natural faunal and floral resources for the present and future generations. At the same time, the existence of the ... -
Impacts of sale of family land on rural livelihoods: North Alego location - Siaya district: Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 2007)This study set out to find out the prevalence of sale of family land and its impacts on the livelihoods of the people of North Alego location in Siaya District of Kenya. The study area is one of the poorest in the District ... -
The impact of war disaster on urban activities:The impact of war disaster on urban activities:
(1980)Twice in history, the world has experienced two large-scale wars which caused great destruction of urban settlements among other things. Recently, East Africa witnessed such a war between Uganda and Tanzania. Although ... -
Alienation in Caribbean literature with special reference to the works of George Lamming
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1976)In this study, alienation is understood as a situation in which the majorities in the Caribbean are peripheral to; estranged from their world because they have always been held in economic bondage, and dependent upon ... -
The Kilimanjaro volcanic rocks of the Amboseli area, Kenya
(University of East Africa, 1967) -
Roles of Landscape Design in Achieving a Goal
(2008)In the Strategic Plan 2008-2013, the University of Nairobi spells out a New Revised Vision, which reads 'A World-Class University Committed to Scholarly Excellence'. The University has for the last four or so years engaged ... -
The impact of the Addis Ababa agreement on education in the Southern Sudan 1972-1978
(Facult of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1979)This study concerns itself with one aspect of social development in Africa, namely, education in the southern Sudan. It attempts to explore the origin, causes and extent of Euro- Arab oriented educational development, ... -
A restatement of Kipsigis customary law
(Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University, 1971) -
The multinational corporation and government control in Kenya - with special reference to the manufacturing sector
(School of Law, University of Nairobi, 1979)The continuing growing influence and power of the multinational corporation vis-a-vis the world economic and national economies is a phenomenon which has attracted the interest of scholars the world over and is of special ... -
The law and the environment in Kenya
(School of Laws, University of Nairobi, 1975) -
A history of Western education among the Kikuyu, 1898 - 1952
(Department of History, University Of Ibadan, 1978) -
Education for urban development in Kenya with special reference to the problems of the Urban areas
(Department of Urban Planning, University of Oregon, 1968)This section is aimed at briefing the reader regarding the historical basis for the urban situation in Kenya and also focusing the attention of the reader on what is evolving at present as far as the development of ...
