Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Fluoride Contamination in Drinking Water in the Rift Valley, Kenya and Evaluation of the Efficiency of a Locally Manufactured Defluoridation Filter
(2004)posed social health scheme (NSHIF) and its performance potential. The specific objectives were to: examine the existing social scheme (NHIF), its role and challenges in health care financing; establish whether or not Kenya ... -
Food insecurity in Sierra Leone Overcoming the Challenges in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
(2003)Sierra Leone has an area of about 73)326 km2 and a population estimated in mid-2000 at 5.29 million." The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. In the 1990s about 47 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) was ... -
Force Measurement Services At Kebs: An Overview Of Equipment, Procedures And Uncertainty
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This paper describes the facilities, instrumentation and procedures currently used in the force laboratory at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) for force measurement services. The laboratory uses the Force Calibration ... -
Forces Driving ICT Adoption in Real Estate Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)ICT plays a significant role in real estate transactions, facilitating efficiency in transactions and reduction of costs. The adoption of the technology has however been sluggish despite its importance property transactions. ... -
Form Making in Architecture
(2012)Form making is one of the most important activities that the architect is engaged in when creating architecture. During the process of form making the architect expresses the individual perceptions of reality in tangible ... -
Formal City Transformation to an Informal City; A Housing Perspective: The Case of Nairobi City
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)The paper aims at explaining the decay of formal neighbourhoods into informal ones through a qualitative study done by archival survey, observation of affected housing settlements and interviews of selected key ... -
Four lectures on geodetic network analysis
(University of Nairobi, 1983)A model for the establishment of an integrated geodetic datum covering a region is treated. The integrated geodetic datum is understood here to comprise the geoid, the reference ellipsoid, and the positional coordinates. ... -
Frame and Burst Acquisition in TDMA Satellite Communication Networks with Transponder Hopping
(2009)The paper presents frame and burst acquisition in a satellite communication network based on time division multiple access (TDMA) in which the transmissions may be carried on different transponders. A unique word pattern ... -
A framework for classifying disassemble/analyse/assemble activities in engineering design education
(2008)Disassemble/analyse/assemble (DAA) activities of an artifact pervade many undergraduate engineering courses in the USA as they provide useful 'hands-on' learning components. DAA activities are central to product dissection ... -
A framework for national assessment of land degradation in the drylands
(2011)Land degradation is a gradual, negative environmental process that is accelerated by human activities. Its gradual nature allows degradation to proceed unnoticed, thus reducing the likelihood of appropriate and timely ... -
Friction coefficient of cereal grains on various surfaces
(1990)The static coeff. of friction of 3 materials which could be used in the construction of silos were determined for oats and shelled maize at different m.c. within a range of 10-20% (w.b.). In general, the coeff. increased ... -
The fuelwood problem and the sustainable reproduction of rural life in Mai-ai-ihii Village, Kenya
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Functions of Juakali Artisans
(1994)Mounting demographic pressures, rising unemployment among school leavers, the rising cost of education against diminishing resources and shrinking jobs in both formal public and private sectors are some of the key challenges ... -
Fundamentals of GIS
(2013)Geographic Information System(GIS) is defined as a special type of information system that is used to input, store, retrieve, process, analyze and visualize geospatial data and information in order to support decision ... -
Fundamentals of Photogrammetry
(2013)Like in many other disciplines, there is no universally accepted definition of the term photogrammetry. The Manual of Photogrammetry (2003) defines photogrammetry as the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable ... -
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
(2013)Remote sensing is defined as the art, science and technology through which the characteristics of object features/targets either on, above or even below the earth’s surface are identified, measured and analyzed without ... -
Fundamentals of Surveying and Geodesy
(2013)Although the environment has remained at the forefront of scientific interest for well over four decades (e.g., Lein (2012)), it is not until this decade that remote sensing of the environment using geodetic methods started ... -
Fusion Of Multi-sensor Data And The Automatic Classification Of Urban Environments: A Case Study Of Colour Aerial Photography And Airborne Laser Scanning Data.
(Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001) -
The Future of the Housing Sector in Kenya’s Development
(Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 2009)