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Planning for sustainable water supply and sanitation infrastructure services at the suburbs: A case study of Ngundu informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007-06)
Various researches have documented attempts at improving service provision and infrastructure in urban areas. Despite these researches, rapid urban growth coupled with inability of local and central government to provide ...
Managing the process of relocation and resettlement of informal settlements in urban areas of Africa: the case of Kaburini village, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Nearly every industrializing country has faced the overwhelming demands for housing,
employment, urban services and the problems of proliferating informal settlements.
Different interventions have been employed including ...
Design in jua Kali pottery in Kenya
(2007)
Contemporary pottery has become increasingly common within the Jua kali sector in and around urban areas in Kenya. Little research however on the creative and innovative aspects of contemporary Jua kali pottery has been ...
Valuation of forest benefits: The perception of communities adjacent to Mount Kenya Forest
(University Of Nairobi, 2007-11)
The purpose of this study was to explore the full range of benefits that Mount Kenya forest
provides to the forest-adjacent' communities and the linkage of these benefits to their
perception of the value of the forest.
A ...
An investigation into the quality of workmanship on construction sites. A case study of construction sites in Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 2007-06)
The aim of the study was to address the problem of low level of workmanship in Kenyan construction sector, which manifests itself in defects on the final products. The role of the sector in the economy cannot be over ...
Innovation and current practice of quantity surveying firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This project is on various innovations models and tries to measure the extent on
to which the Kenyan quantity surveying firms have adopted. Innovation is seen as a key
activity in improving construction industry ...
Integrated Light Design For University Libraries In Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The study looked at light design in a library building in tropical upland climate, considering different ways used in lighting a library building, daylighting and artificial.
Case studies have been done, both local and ...
Impact of applied colour in middle class Interiors: a case study of Nyayo Highrise estate in Nairobi.
(2007)
Colour is a major interior design to than an be employed to change the ambience of
interior spaces on a low budget. Walls for example, are the best surface that colour application
can easily be emphasised on. Colour plays ...
Synthesis and binding studies of ring constrained glucagon analogues
(2007)
The aim of this study was to design and synthesize glucagon antagonists,which alone or in combination with insulin may be of potential therapeutic value in the treatment of Diabetes mellitus.Glucagon and twenty new cyclic ...
Impact of Applied Colour in Middle Class Interiors a Case Study of Nyayo Highrise Estate in Nairobi.
(university of nairobi, 2007)