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Web Mapping of Improvised Explosive Device (Ied) Incidents in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This project reviewed existing Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Incidents data from different sources, cleaned it up and used the data to develop a reliable IED incidents geodatabase for Kenya. This database was then used ... -
Web-based GIS borehole information management system: a case study of Wajir county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In Kenya, just as it is in most parts of the world, natural resources are being depleted at high rates. In particular, the extraction of groundwater via boreholes has been going on for over half a century in Kenya. The ... -
Web-based mapping of water supply in low income urban areas: a case study of Westlands District of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Water supply in low income urban areas is a huge challenge in many towns in Kenya. The nature and location of the areas presents a big challenge to water service providers as most of these areas are not planned and therefore ... -
A web-based spatial management information system for institutions of justice in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)The manner in which geographic data is acquired, processed and applied continues to change with advancing technology. This study focused on the development of a web-based spatial management information system for the justice ... -
Webgis parking management system for Voi town
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Urban transport faces several challenges, among the most important being the time-consuming challenge of finding and accessing parking spaces by automobile users. In Voi Town, the problems associated with parking include ... -
Wind Data Logging and Validation Using Telecommunication Base Station Infrastructure
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Meteorological stations form the basic units for the existing wind monitoring network in Kenya. Siting of a typical Greenfield mobile telecommunication Base Station (BS) has traditionally followed similar principles to ... -
Wind Regime Analysis And Reserve Estimation (case Study: - Kenya)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2013)Kenya is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the low water levels in its major dams caused by recurrent droughts. This has resultedin the deployment of expensive thermal power generation for both standby and base load ... -
Wind, Solar and Mini/Micro hydro power: a Kenyan approach to project implementation
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In Vision 2030, whose main objective is to make Kenya a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by the year 2030, the role to be played by power and in retrospect its generation cannot be ... -
Women's access to land and agricultural productivity in kipkaren division, nandi district, kenya
(Department of urban and regional planning, University of nairobi, 1997)The main objective of the study was to determine whether women 's agricultural productivity is affected by the amount. of land they have access to The research was carried out in Kipkaren Division , in Nandi district, ... -
Wood fuel demand and supply in a rural set up: A Case of Naitiri Sub-location Bungoma District
(University of Nairobi,, 1989-06)This study addresses itself to rural energy supply and demand in a medium agricultural potential area which has a medium population density. The predominant source of rural domestic energy in the third world as a whole and ... -
Workmanship In Construction Of Small And Medium Hospitality Enterprises In Nairobi Central Business District
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Building construction is a complex activity and requires trained manpower at the design stage, approval process, supervision and construction stage. The design of a building commences with a site survey which shows beacons ... -
Youth technology centres
(2005)This study is a critique of youth technology centers in Kenya.It explores the dynamics of these centers with reference to the trends in transformation that these are undergoing.In particular there exist a problem of under ... -
Zero plastic waste for a healthier ecosystem: an assessment of sustainable waste management in Runda estate, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The human anatomy is a practical route to bring the issue of waste to better understanding. A comparison between buildings and the human body shows similarities therein, mechanisms for air to flow in and out, pipe-work ... -
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