Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Water and Sanitation Services in Low Income Areas of Nairobi (in: Low Income Area Water Supply and Sanitation in Selected African Cities
(Civil and Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
Water Balance of The Mtera ? Kidatu Reservoir System System
(Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1999)We investigated whether resistant pollen genotypes can be selected for when the maternal plants are infected and whether infection can result to changes in the pistil nutrient level influencing reproductive outcome. Both ... -
Water Modeling and simulating water level fluctuations: Mtera- Kidatu case study
(Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2003)We investigated whether resistant pollen genotypes can be selected for when the maternal plants are infected and whether infection can result to changes in the pistil nutrient level influencing reproductive outcome. Both ... -
Water Resources
(2013)Fresh water is one of the basic necessities without which human beings cannot survive since water is key to the sustainability of all kinds of lifeforms. Water has multiple uses namely; nutritional, domestic, recreational, ... -
Water Sector Reform and Irrigation Practice in Kenya
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2004) -
water turbines, a paper presented to the annual KSAE conference at Grand Regency Hotel
(College of Architecture and Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2001)Annual seasonal droughts of 2-4 months occur in Kusa limiting access of households to safe drinking water. This compounds the health and socio-economic disasters through increased water borne diseases rated at 10% morbidity ... -
Water, sanitation conditions and implications for child survival in Kenya: A review of statistical evidence from the 1999 census of population
(2016)Water supply and sanitation are important requisites for basic human needs and primary health care. Their inadequate provision has far reaching economic and humanitarian consequences. In Kenya this is well expressed in ... -
Watershed conservation in semi-arid Kenya
(2005)Over the past three decades, agricultural watersheds in semi-arid Kenya have experienced some rapid decline in soil and crop productivity due to severe soil erosion, low soil water, low soil fertility and high soil crusting ... -
Wavelet Compression And Data Fusion: An Investigation Into The Automatic Classification Of Urban Environments Using Colour Photography And Laser Scanning Data.
(Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2000)The field of wavelets has opened up new opportunities for the compression of satellite sensory imagery. The paper examines the influence of wavelet compression on the automatic classification of urban environments. Airborne ... -
Wavelet Compression And The Automatic Classification Of Landsat Imagery.
(Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2000)Investigation of the influence of data compression techniques on the quality and further processing of satellite sensor imagery is a research and development topic which remains both current and important. In principle, ... -
Wavelet Compression And The Automatic Classification Of Urban Environments Using High Resolution Multispectral Imagery And Laser Scanning Data
(Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001) -
The way forward in civil engineering training
(Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi,, 2008)The civil engineering teaching involves provision of sound professional education so that upon graduation the student is able to fit into the various disciplines of civil engineering. These disciplines can be broadly ... -
Weather, Climate and Global Warming
(2013)In order to fully appreciate the contribution of geoinformatics in monitoring climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate, on one hand, and climate variability and climate ... -
Web GIS and Mapping
(2013)The Internet and web-based technology has dramatically influenced the access to and dissemination of information among communities, locally and globally. This is no less true in the domain of geographic information systems ... -
Welding Quality in Kenya: Application of Radiography
(University of Narobi, 2014)In Kenya, welding services are extensively employed in both the formal and informal sectors. The needs continue to increase with increasing population, infrastructure and vehicle fleet, and economic development. Welding ... -
What Is The Limit Of Up-scaling Rainwater Harvesting In A River Basin? Physics & Chemistry Of The Earth, 28:943-956
(Envrironmental and Biosystems Engineering, 2003) -
Where Do Textile Design Students Go After Training
(Arts and Design, University of Nairobi, 2004) -
Wire Rope Selection for Manual Winch Application
(2009)The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the application of analytical decision making during the selection of engineering entities in an engineering design setting. The paper develops a quantitative method for wire ... -
Women at the Source of Life: The Experience of Kenya Rainwater Association
(2003)The main objective of this study was to determine the service life of high-density polyethylene lining when exposed to natural degradation in tropical climates using time-dependant properties. The changes in material ... -
Workplace monitoring and occupational health studies in Kenya using nuclear and related analytical techniques
(Institute Of Nuclear Science, University Of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)Air pollution studies in Nairobi are indicating a rising trend in the particulate matter loading. The trend is mainly attributed to increased volume of motor vehicles, the physical change of the environment, agricultural ...