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Investigating the Potential Use of Tuff Aggregates to Produce Lightweight Concrete
(UON, 2021)
Lightweight concrete can be made by using either artificial lightweight aggregates or natural lightweight aggregates. Artificial lightweight aggregates include expanded clay, ground blast furnace slag, slate, and shale. ...
Impacts of Quarrying on Land Use and Possible Rehabilitation Measures: a Case of Zowerani Sub Location, Kilifi County, Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Quarrying has been practised since pre-historic times and has been/is vital for the development of any society. Quarrying should be compatible with the neighbouring land uses and should be in harmony with their functionality. ...
Land Use Appraisal for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Smallholder Tea Zones of Kenya- the Case of Kirangi Sub-location, Kiambu County.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Agriculture remains the most vital sector in the economy of Kenya as it contributes the most to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country as well as a very important source of livelihoods to many citizens. Land is a key ...
External Shading for Passive Thermal and Daylighting Design a Case of Small Learning Spaces in Tropic Upland Climate of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
In a tropic climate, cooling dominates the highest energy consumption for buildings (UN-Habitat, 2014). Approximately 50% of these cooling loads occur through the building envelope, mainly due to the building form and ...
Management of Informal Traders in the Public Spaces: a Case Study of Megenagna Square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
The purpose of this study was to analyze the informal economic activities that are taking place around
Megenagna Square of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. The goal of the study was to investigate the spatial
challenges linked ...
Atrium Daylight Penetration in Dense Apartment Blocks.a Case of Roysambu Nairobi, Kenya
(UON, 2021)
In dense urban neighbourhoods the main source of daylight to the internal spaces is the atrium,
however, these are not designed, or sized to consider daylight penetration along all its floors.
Adequate daylight in ...
The Effects of Standard Gauge Railway on Industrial Property Values, a Case Study of Athi River Town
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
The railway lines act as routes in enhancing movements of people and goods form one location to another in a given region or urban area. These functions which contribute to property value have both economic and environmental ...
Power series distribution sand zero-inflated models
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
There are two main objectives in this project. First, to construct Power Series Distributions
and obtain their properties. Specically, to express the Power Series Distributions
in explicit form, in recursive form (in ...
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 ...