Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Urban Celebrations-greenway Network For Livable And Sustainable Cities: Case Of Nairobi Central Business District
(University of NairobiSchool of The Built Environment, 2012)There has been an explosive growth of urban areas that has brought fundamental changes, not only to the physical landscape, but also to people's perceptions of land and environment. Greenways, because of their key ... -
Urban design, permeability and functionality of city central places: A case of the CBD of the city of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Urban and Regional planning, 2010)Urban Planning and Design is a multifaceted and complex process that requires variety and subtlety in policy response. Such responses need to be based upon a multi disciplinary understanding of the social and economic ... -
Urban housing affordability in Kenya: a case study of the mortgage housing sector in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Over 70 % of urban households in Kenya experience severe housing affordability challenges. Affordability problems are manifested in the high levels of homelessness, poor human settlement conditions, high price of housing ... -
Urban Housing Market For Zambia. Report Prepared For Shelter Afrique.
(Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
Urban informality in planned neighbourhoods A case of home based enterprises in Buru-buru estate in Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)This research focuses on informal sector activities in planned neighbourhood. Using Buru-Buru as a case study, the research interrogates the nature and types of informal sector activities in planned neighbourhoods, their ... -
Urban land policy and urban land values a case study of land zoning in Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Development, 1986)Any land policy is aimed at land allocation and distribution. It affects both the value of land and the use and distribution of the product. The urban land policies that any nation follows are based on adopting different ... -
Urban land use and environmental damage: the case of Limuru town
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1990)The Kenyan urban areas have many environmental problems but one of 'the least understood is that of degradation of the physical environment resulting from conflicting land uses. This study, therefore, investigates this ... -
Urban management challenges facing emerging towns in Kenya: a case study of Kiserian Market Centre in Kajiado County
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Kiserian Market Center is one of the rapidly growing urban centers in Kajiado County. The challenge is that although the area has grown beyond the status of a rural market; having surpassed the 2,000 population threshold, ... -
Urban planning and airports: Land use compatibility for optimal development of malindi Airport
(2014)The problem of incompatible land uses around airports is a critical one which has been allowed to develop largely through the inadequate provision of appropriate planning measures. Malindi Airport which was originally ... -
Urban Planning And Development Of Eastleigh District Commercial Centre In Nairobi.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Architecture And Building Science, 2013)There is an implementation gap between the urban planning and design framework of Eastleigh District Commercial Centre EDCC) with the development of the centre leading to higher building densities and deteriorating ... -
Urban Renewal Potential: A Case For Kaloleni Estate, Kisumu Town
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Housing shortage is a major challenge for urban areas and cities in Kenya. Management and maintenance challenges have led to decay of most housing stock in our urban areas. While urban renewal is seen as means of both ... -
Urban Resource Centre Mombasa old Town
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Urban secondary technical school-Nairobi
(Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development, University of Nairobi, 1976)Lately, various privately run secondary schools have sprung up in large numbers within the town-centres in Kenya eapecially within the City of Nairobi. These schools operate from what were originally shops or offices and ... -
Urban Shelter Problems In R.A. Obudho. Environment And Development In Kenya. Centre Of Urban Research.
(Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
Urban Sprawl and Its Impact on the Morphology of Homa Bay Town
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Rapid urbanization is experienced across the developing world with the fastest growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The migration of people from rural to urban areas in search of better education, jobs, and higher living standards ... -
Urban transportation, land use and the environment:A case of katima mulilo town, caprivi region, Namibia
(School of the built environment Department of urban and regional planning, 2011)One of the results of non synchronization of transportation, land use and the environment in developing countries, Namibia included, has been poor attractiveness and maintenance of roads, storm water drainages, urban sprawl ... -
Urban Water Demand, Supply and Health Outcomes in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: This thesis provides evidence to inform strategies on provision and access of clean drinking water in Nairobi city through provision of data on multi-year patterns on water distribution, association with ... -
Use of Biogas From Brewery Waste Water:a Case Study of Kenya Breweries Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Rising global challenges of energy generation, especially green energy, sustainability and cost, has triggered immense research on alternative energy sources and technologies in the current times. Energy costs represent a ... -
Use of enzymes in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater
(2015)Slaughterhouse wastewater if not adequately treated has potential for environmental degradation including contamination of groundwater, deoxygenation of rivers and clogging of soil pores. In Kenya, treatment of slaughterhouse ...