Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Role of Non-Motorized Transport Services in Nairobi
(1993)Based on the recent World Bank urban transport strategy review "Cities on the move", the paper examines the critical differences between the urban transport problems facing cities in the developing and industrialized worlds. ... -
The Study of the Development of Multimodal Transport Services in Kenya
(1993)The significant role of transport in the development of less-developed countries is widely accepted, but the critical importance of seaports is often under-appreciated. Evidence from the Indian Ocean ports of Kenya and ... -
Planning for Non-Motorized Transport as a Sustainable Transport System in Nairobi
(1994)The current pattern of metropolitan transportation and land development in the majority of countries around the world appears to be increasingly unsustainable from both an economical and environmental perspective. Many ... -
Mobility Plan for Eldoret Town: SSATP, World Bank,
(1997)Within the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP), the purpose of the Urban Transport component is to identify ways to provide affordable and safe mobility in urban areas, with special regard for the poorest ... -
Urbanization as a Component of Regional Development
(1998)This paper summarizes the theoretical insights drawn from a study of thirteen large–scale urban development projects (UDPs) in twelve European Union countries. The project focused on the way in which globalization and ... -
Stakeholders in the Limelight: Principles of Actor-Centred Resources Management.
(1998)The objective of this paper is to explore the extent to which changes in institutional configurations at the Polish centre of government have affected variation in the patterns of implementation of EU legislation in ... -
Rural-Urban Linkages in Regional Development.
(2000)evelopment theory and practice have focused on either “urban” or “rural” issues with little consideration of the interrelations between the two. By contrast, several empirical studies show that the link- ages between ... -
A model for a four-dimensional integrated regional geodetic network
(1999)Abstract F our-dimensional geo desy deals with in tegrated pro cessing of geo detic observ ations in order to analyse the net w ork geometry and its v ariation with time, when these observ ations dep ... -
Using Geoinformatics to Identify Suitable Middle to Long Distance Athletics’ Training Sites in Kenya.
(2006)Kenyan athletes have continued to dominate middle and long distance running in the global arena for a very long time now. In this study, the use of geoinformation in selecting suitable training sites for endurance running ... -
Combining geometric geoid and transformation parameters to facilitate local GPS Surveying in Nairobi area.
(2006)In this section on government mapping activities, we are attempting to review major recent activities at the Federal, state, and local levels. The lengthiest part is that covering the Federal government. In part this ... -
The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in mapping malaria prevalence
(2009)Distance is important in access to health care, in turn a key measure of attainment of Millennium Development Goals. The aim of this thesis was to develop spatial models of access and utilisation of government health ... -
Determination of minimum and maximum land holding.
(2012)This study introduces a new geographic framework, phenological classification, for the conterminous United States based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ... -
Establishment of a pro poor Land Information Management System
(2012)While the world's attention focuses on the monumental reforms underway in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China has been systematically restructuring its socialist economy, gradually ... -
A critical Look at Some Common Methods Used in Urban and Housing Research
(1988)Colonialism imposed the urban order on the indigenous societies of Africa, especially in those areas of southern Africa settled by whites. Many anthropologists have investigated the consequent social changes, called ... -
The Origins and Valuation
(1988)Cost-benefit analysis-applying economic reasoning to increasingly complex health policy decisions-continues to be a source of vehement disagreement among its practitioners. More than merely technical issues in measurement ... -
Land Use Policy in Relation to Social Forestry in Kenya
(1990)This report seeks to provide a better understanding of the economic framework of smallholder agriculture in Kenya, particularly in relation to tree growing management and practices. Although much of the report focuses on ... -
Gati na Mikoko: The Management of Waterfront Lands in Mombasa
(1992)A multi-institutional planning team headed by Coast Development Authority (CDA) in Kenya initiated an Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) process in 1994 on a pilot study site of Nyali- ... -
Prioritizing Research Agenda for Public Consumption in Developing Countries
(1992)The study of urban tourism and associated focus on urban tourist precincts is a growing area of interest as practitioners, researchers and policy makers seek to understand the phenomenon of tourism within the urban ... -
Development Priorities for Malindi
(1993)Introduction of international tourism as a development stimulus or tool in sub-Saharan Africa is relatively recent. In the context of Kenya, tourism development, in volume and value terms, exemplifies a success story. ... -
Professional Management Practices"
(1993)As decision makers become more involved in implementing Total Quality Management, questions are raised about which management practices should be emphasized. In this exploratory investigation of the relationship of specific ...
