University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Influence of Infrastructure on the pattern of urban growth: A Case study of waste management in Chuka town
(University Of Nairobi, 1991)'This study has been presented in order of introduction, background of the study area Government Policies on infrastructure provision and urban development., current. infrastructural facilites in Chuka, waste management.in ... -
In-migration process and Its implications on the planning of housing for the low-income groups in Homa Bay town, South Nyanza District
(University Of Nairobi, 1979)The main purpose of this study was to investigate the implications which the process of in-migration had on the provision of planned low-cost housing in HamaBay town. In order to realize this objective, it was ... -
The Problems Facing Machakos Township Authority in the Preparation and Implementation of Physical Development Plans
(University of Nairobi, 1979)Land use development poses a formidable challenge to the local authorities which are inadequately equipped politically, administratively, technically and financially to perform their planning obligations efficiently ... -
Urban Design and Energy Conservation for Nairobi
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Planning for Domestic and Commercial Solid Waste Management in the Informal Settlements: a Case Study of Langas in Eldoret Municipality
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Solid waste management is one of the major responsibilities of local governments world over. The responsibility is complex and depends very much on organization and cooperation between households, private enterprises and ... -
An Assessment of Industrial Solid Waste Management in Eldoret
(University of Nairobi, 1997)Industrial pollution has become a common phenomenon in the developed countries and is now a major problem in the developing countries. Industrialization in Kenya is not an exception but has only increased in the recent ... -
The Challenge of Providing Water and Sanitation Services in the Fringe Areas of Nairobi: the Case of Riruta
(University of Nairobi, 2002)Safe water and sanitary disposal of waste are central to good housing, living and health conditions (WB-UNDP 1993, 1998, UNCHS 1998, GOK-UNDP 1999). Together with other infrastructure services they enhance urban livelihood ... -
Constraints to the Development of Chuka Town to a Growth Centre
(University of Nairobi, 1980)In Kenya; like in many other developing countries the growth centre strategy has been adopted to foster development,with particular emphasis on the rural sector. The principle underlying the policy is the belief that ... -
Planning for pedestrians in the C.B.D. of Nairobi
(University Of Nairobi, 1990)In many Central Business Districts (C. B.D.) conditions of pedestrians have been getting worse, and show no prospects of improvement. People tend to get pushed under or over roads or squeezed on the edges. These problems ... -
Development Plan for Kiambu Town
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An Investigation of influences of socio-economic and environmental factors on health: A Case study of Makongeni Location, Nakuru District
(University of Nairobi, 1993-06)Health development is a social issue of pressing importance especially in the African setting. In recognition of the fact that health and development cannot be separated, the heads of state of the organization of Africa ... -
Problems of Planning Border Towns a Case of Tunduma Town
(University of Nairobi, 1979)One of the results of the colonial intervention in all of the pre-colonized countries in Africa was the introduction of political boundaries right across existing communities thereby dividing them, and placing them under ... -
An Investigation into the strategies for commercial real estate development financing in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-11)Real estate is the largest asset class in the world. For example Johnstone (2004) observed that the value of housing in the United States of America alone was Sixteen Trillion United States Dollars. Other authors have ... -
Determinants of Contraceptives Use Among the Youth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)This study set out to establish the factors that influence contraceptive use among the youth in Kenya and recommend possible ways through which contraceptive use among the youth can be promoted to achieve the intended ... -
Garmentmaking in Nairobi: a research proposal
(University of Nairobi,, 1989-04)The paper outlines proposed research on Nairobi's garment industry. Using a political-economy framework, the research will investigate whether two patterns of success identified in an earlier study of small-scale manufacturing ... -
Determinants of Condom Use Among Women of Reproductive Age in Kenya
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The Social And Economic Impact Of Individual Land Titling In Mbeere , Eastern Kenya
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Determinant of age at first marriage in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2001)This study investigated the relationship of parental characteristics to the marital transitions of children. It explicitly distinguished various dimensions of parental characteristics of religion, ethnicity, and education ...
