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A cost/revenue evaluation of the rural estate management practice in Kenya with special reference to coffee estates/farms in Kiambu, and Murang'a Districts
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Development, 1997)The study has been devoted to the assessment of the rural estate Management practice in Kenya with special reference to coffee estates/farms in Kiambu and Murang'a Districts. This was done from the three perspectives ... -
Country Report: Kenya
(Department of Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2002) -
Crack Behaviour Under Vehicular Loading Along Mbagathi Road in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Nairobi County has nearly 100% road network as bituminous roads and only 4km road network (Mbagathi Road) is concrete road. This road was a pilot project that was implemented by Kenyan Government between the years 2005 ... -
Craftsmanship in Kenyan informal construction: a case study of Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Building Economics and Management, 2004)The aim of this study is to address the apparent low-level craftsmanship in the Kenyan informal construction sector, which manifests itself in defects due to poor workmanship. The role of the sector in the economy cannot ... -
Creating a Land Information System for a Sectional Property Case Study: Lr 1870/1/218, Westlands, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The general trend of urbanization, population growth and industrialization is asserting more pressure on land, depending on various human activities and land use. Since the supply of land is inelastic and fixed in quantity, ... -
Creation of a digital database for preliminary index diagrams (PIDs): case study of Athiru / Ruujine / Ndoleli adjudication section, Meru County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In the Kenyan rural areas (designated as adjudication areas), land ownership is through the process of land adjudication, in which the Preliminary Index Diagrams (PIDs) are the official map documents. The PIDs together ... -
Criteria for location of industries in rural settlements: a case study of Kirinyaga district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1976)Looking at the criteria used for designating service centres in Kirinyaga District, Kenya, it will be noticed that it has included not only centrality but also aspects of potential for growth, especially raw materials and ... -
A criteria for urban boundary extension of Kenya towns:A case study of Nyeri Municipality
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A critical evaluation of plant and machinery valuation approaches in Kenya
(Department of Real Estate and Construction Management School of Built Environment, 2009)Plant and machinery valuation is a multi-disciplinary subject involving law, engineering, statistics, economics, insurance, industrial process, environment and planning. In addition, it is a complex process which requires ... -
A Critical Examination of Valuation Methods for Vacant Land in High Income Residential Neighbourhoods in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Development, 1992)The need to examine critically the methods being used to value vacant land in Nairobi, Kenya arose upon observation that these methods were often subjective and inequitable. The objective of this examination was twofold: 1. ... -
A critical study on housing standards in Iringa town, Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,, 1976-06)Housing Standards is an important aspect of Housing Policy in a country. The housing standards are categorized into three types. There are those which are legally based; those which are acceptable by the politicians, which ... -
Cultural and Geological Heritage Contextualism in the Interior Built Environment of Hotel Brands in Kenyan Counties
(University of Nairobi, 2018)With the onset of devolution, there has been a surge in development of three star plus hotels in Kenya as part of the development of the tourism economic pillar in Vision 2030. Despite Kenya having rich cultural and ... -
Deception in advertising: a case study of fruit juices in the local Kenyan market
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Deception in advertising is an ongoing moral, and in some cases, controversial issue. What may appear to be a harmless advertisement to one person or group may be very misleading to another. With the increase in technology ... -
Densification of urban residential spacem and it’s effect on solid waste management:
(Department of Urban and Regional planning Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development School of Built Environment, 2010)One of the key problems that Kenya and most other developing countries have in common is the high population growth- rate, which has become an impediment to growth and led to poverty- ridden slum cities . 'This is threat ... -
Department of Geospatial and Space Technology Food Mapping; Case Study of Turkana Central Subcounty
(university of nairobi, 2022)A food map is a visual representation of food related data on geographic location, at a given scale factor, existence of a food map gives a clear illustration at a glance of the situation and state of food in the area of ... -
Design and Characterisation of an Electrohydrodynamic Multinozzle Atomizer for Thermal Desalination Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Water is one of the three basic necessities (Air, water and food) of life on earth. Access to adequate quantities of safe andfresh water for drinking, domestic, commercial, agricultural and ... -
Design and Characterization of a Hybrid Flat Plate Photovoltaic-thermal System
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A variety of solar energy systems have been designed to harness sun power to produce both thermal and electric energy. Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar energy harnessing systems can concurrently provide electric ... -
Design And Evaluation Of Solar Maize Grain Dryer With A Back-up Heater
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)A solar dryer integrated with a simple biomass burner was designed and constructed with locally available materials to dry maize. The dryer was composed of solar collector, drying chamber, back-up heater and airflow ... -
Design and Modelling of a Microcontroller Based Automatic Transfer Switch With a Sequential Loading System
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Design and planning considerations in building materials research
(Department of Real Estate & Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 1991)