| dc.description.abstract | As human populations in
the urban areas
increase, demand
for housing g
r
ow and urbanization
and industrialization intensify .
Consequently, there
is increased surface runoff causing
sedimentation
and eutrophication and untimely
deterioration
of water quality
,
habitats, and
the
biod
iversity
.This trend requi
res
integrated
and sustaina
ble urban planning
strategies. This
project presents
a synthesis
of the potential and
challenges
of existing variations in
the
atmospheric
variables
in
Nairobi city
as an
urban
environment.
The
data
set used in this study
was
the monthly
air temperature for the
selected stations
for the period of 30 years .The data
utilized was
from
Wilson Airport
,
JKIA and
Dagore
tti
corner.
The variables of the study were relative humidity, Rainfall, maximum
tempe
rature
, minimum
temperatures and
wind roses
over Nairobi. Actually Nairobi city is one
of the
fastest growing
cities in the world and therefore it is necessary
to study
its
the
moisture
field
due
to its impacts
on
the buildings
, aviation industries amo
ng
the others
. This study looked at the long
-
term
modifications of the annual conditions of surface temperatures
,
rainfall and the relative
humidity .The
rainfall and
humidity
trends showed
an increasing
trend.
The
increase
in
temperatures in the city
makes it to be warmer than its environs causing
a
condition
called the Urban Heat
Island (
UHI).
Alot of challenges seem to
threaten
the
sustainable
developments in cities
.
Such challenges include
lack of awareness in planning
, legislation
,
financial
, tech
nical
and institutional resources as well as luck of crucial data and information
about the
state
of the city environment.
The methods used in the analysis include
d
the time series
analysis, lagged correlation analysis, Analysis of variance and the
ratio o
f the goodness of
fit. | en |
