Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Spatial prediction of Soil physical properties using Infrared Spectroscopy and GIS
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Soil physical properties include soil consistency limits and soil aggregate stability indices. These properties have influence on the soil agronomic characteristics as well as management of watershed hydrology, civil ... -
Stability Of Tcp/ip Protocols
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The internet is emerging to be the basic need of our times impacting our social lives, the way companies do business, the education sector and even government. There has hence been a huge almost exponential rise in the ... -
Starter unit concept—Case-study analysis of NHC of Kenya Low Income Housing Projects
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Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System Using Contingency Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System using contingency analysis. The demand for reliable power supply in Kenya has been driven by increased industrialization however, the reliability of the Kenyan Power ... -
Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System Using Contingency Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System using contingency analysis. The demand for reliable power supply in Kenya has been driven by increased industrialization however, the reliability of the Kenyan Power ... -
Statutory Land Control and the Small holder Land System in Kenya: A study of land control in the Nyanza Sugar belt.
(1991)It is generally acknowledged that insecure and incomplete property rights have large effects on the use and management of watershed resources. The standard policy response to this problem is to privatize farm land, ... -
A Strategic Design Approach to Delivering a Competency-based Art Education in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This project focuses on the newly introduced competency-based curriculum in Kenya rolled out by the government in 2017. There is a rift between what the competency-based curriculum offers and the professional preparation ... -
Strategies for local economic development.A case study of Landi Mawe neighbourhood in Nairobi city
(University of Nairobi, 2017)vABSTRACTThe purpose of the study was to investigate and identify the urban management strategies that are vital in the enhancement of local economic development. The Landi Mawe neighbourhood within Nairobi ... -
Strategies for low-cost housing delivery: a case study of kayole mihang’o muungano women’s group in Nairobi
(Department of architecture and building science school of the built environment, 2009)This Research Project is an appraisal of the initiatives of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in Kenya. Low-income groups in Kenya lack resources with which to improve their shelter, infrastructural services, community ... -
Strategy for Solid Waste Management for the Municipal Council of Embu
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sustainability of solid waste management practices for the Municipal council of Embu and develop a solid waste management action plan for the local authority. This research ... -
Strategy for the resolution of the problem of rural, over-population and internal migration in Uganda: a case study of Bugisu district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1976)The problem of rural over-population and internal migration was realized by the Government of Uganda as early as 1959. Rural over-population, since then, has been found to obtain in the districts of Kigezi, Bugisu, ... -
A strategy for urbanisation in the lower shire subregion, malawi
(1984)Malawi, like several developing countries is faced with the problem cf having a few major towns to which many people flock from allover the countryside in search of employment. Most of the migrants to towns are from ... -
Stratified Sampling Frame in GIS: A Computer Code for Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) Technique in Environmental Modelling
(Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering of the University of Nairobi, 2010)Field sampling is a widely applied data collection method in environmental engineering. Sampling, which is supposed to provide adequate and unbiased representation of a study interest, is often faced with challenges such ... -
Structural strength and performance of cement - stabilized murram blockwalls
(Department of Civil Engineering, 1992)The thesis gives figures by the Central Bureau of Statistics showing that for a reasonably decent residential house,wall construction materials account for 25% of the total cost of materials. It therefore concludes that ... -
A Structure plan for Kumi town, Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 1984-06)In Uganda Urban Centres play a vital role in the development of the country. They provide the highest category bf planned services and are therefore focal points for the provision of administrative commercial, industrial, ... -
Students' hostel of the proposed Dodoma Technical College Tanzania
(Faculty of Architecture, Design And Development, University of Nairobi, 1976)The proposed hostel design has been based mainly on the following parameters:- 01. T'he Environmental Control This resulted in the use of (a) Cavity wall construction which decreases the Decrement factor thus providing ... -
Studies Of Atmospheric Aerosols And Development Of An EDXRF Spectrometer In Kenya, Gotenburg University, Gotenburg, Sweden
(Nuclear Science & Technology, University of Nairobi, 2006)There have been very few studies in Kenya on aerosols despite the global demand on aerosol ground studies in the perspective of climate and the human well being. Therefore, atmospheric aerosol studies became the basis of ... -
Studies of flexible road and airport pavements in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, 2001)The study presents results of a long-term study initiated in the late 1960s on flexible pavements in Kenya. It was prompted by the need for continuing research and development of rational design, construction and maintenance ... -
Studies Of Flexible Road And Airport Pavements In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2001)This thesis presents results of a long-term study initiated in the late 1960s on flexible pavements in Kenya. The study was conducted through field and laboratory studies. It was prompted by the need for continuing research ...