Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Perceptions of Land Conflicts with Special Reference to Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)Land conflicts are increasingly becoming common in Kenya's major urban areas and are blamed by scholars and politicians alike on colonial planning and rule, which ended more than 40 years ago. The regulations on land ... -
Pathways in the Implementation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Nigeria and Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)Recommendations on the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Nigeria and Kenya invite public organizations to harmonize spatial data sharing policies for the spatial data plays crucial role ... -
Participatory Development Using Devolved Fury, s: An Attempt to Develop Public Property via Politics in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)The responsibility of ensuring that national development takes place has been largely left to the government through its systems, organs, policies and officials. Direct government involvement in development is ... -
Formal City Transformation to an Informal City; A Housing Perspective: The Case of Nairobi City
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)The paper aims at explaining the decay of formal neighbourhoods into informal ones through a qualitative study done by archival survey, observation of affected housing settlements and interviews of selected key ... -
Financial Implications for Stalled Public Building Projects
(Journal of Built Environment,School of Built Environment, 2013-06)The government of Kenya initiated a number of building construction projects so as to provide building facilities required for provision of basic services. However, most of these building projects were stalled at different ... -
Effects of the Public Procurement Oversight Authority Standard Tender Document on Procurement of Public Building Works in Kenya : A Case of Ministry of Public Works Managed Projects
(Journal of Buit Environment, University of NairobiSchool of Buit Environment, University of Nairobi, 2013-06-17)Procurement of public construction projects among clients and other stakeholders continues to be a matter of concern all over the world. Over the years, the government has introduced and revised conditions of contract ... -
Development of Disgust, Effects of Delay in Re-delopment of Occupied Buildings : A Case Study of ADD Building
(University of Nairobi,Journal Built Environment, University of Nairobi, 2013-06)The purpose of architecture is simply to protect the human being from the elements and to some extent, from danger of attack by animals and possibly, other human beings. Any structures failure to do that depends on several ... -
Makueni district profile: soil management and conservation, 1989-1998.
(2000)The investments in soil conservation made by farmers in Makueni District, Kenya over the period 1950-1998, and the policy and institutional framework under which the investments were made are explored. An assessment of the ... -
Mitigating Conflicts Over Scarce Water Resources in the Highland-Lowland System of Mount Kenya
(2000)The Mount Kenya region offers a great deal of beautiful scenery and attracts tourists from all over the world. What these tourists may not see, however, is the crucial function of Mount Kenya as a water tower for its ... -
CO2‐Induced Climatic Changes and Irrigation‐Water Requirements
(1991)Effects of CO2‐induced climatic changes on irrigation‐water requirements (IR) in the Great Plains region were evaluated using results of global atmospheric‐circulation models with a water balance‐IR model. Increases were ... -
An Investigation of the Flow Field Above a Two Dimensional Finite Width Strong Heat Source in the Atmosphere
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Flow due to a two-dimensional heat source with cross flow in the atmosphere
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1976)This paper presents a model describing the flow field due to a two-dimensional infinitely long heat source in a stably-stratified atmosphere with a uniform wind cross-flow. The governing equation which is valid for any ... -
Transition from Brittle Failure to Ductile Flow in a Sandy Soil
(2007)A series of experiments were carried out using a triaxial system modified for unsaturated soil testing to investigate brittle transitional and ductile failure behaviour of a sandy clay loam soil under varying soil water ... -
A Time-Distance Analysis of Mombasa Municipal Bus Network
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
Human Settlements and Infrastructure in Kenya
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Nurturing East African Cities into Viable and Sustainable Human Settlements and Economic Bases: Conceptual Framework and Related Strategies
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2007)


