Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Gatari, Michael"
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Airborne particulate matter monitoring in Kenya using calibrated low-cost sensors
Pope, Francis D.; Gatari, Michael; Ng'ang'a, David; Poynter, Alexander; Blake, Rhiannon (University of Nairobi, 2018-10)East African countries face an increasing threat from poor air quality stemming from rapid urbanization, population growth, and a steep rise in fuel use and motorization rates. With few air quality monitoring systems ... -
Development of an x-ray method for mineralogical analysis of Africa soils using a benchtop diffractometer
Nyambura, Mercy; Gatari, Michael; Hillier, Stephen; Shepherd, Keith D; Esala, Martti; Mochoge, Benson (University of Nairobi, 2014)Soil mineralogy is a principal determinant of many soil functional properties that are expensive and time consuming to measure, and can in turn determine soil agricultural, engineering and environmental qualities. ... -
Measuring exposure levels of inhalable airborne particles (PM2.5) in two socially deprived areas of Nairobi, Kenya
Egondi, Thaddaeus; Muindi, Kanyiva; Kyobutungi, Catherine; Gatari, Michael; Rocklöv, Joacim (University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Introduction Ambient air pollution is a growing global health concern tightly connected to the rapid global urbanization. Health impacts from outdoor air pollution exposure amounts to high burdens of deaths and disease ... -
Occupational exposure to roadway emissions and inside informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa: A pilot study in Nairobi, Kenya
Ngo, Nicole S; Gatari, Michael; Yan, Beizhan; Chillrud, Steven N; Bouhamam, Kheira; Kinney, Patrick L (Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2015)Few studies examine urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet urbanization rates there are among the highest in the world. In this study, we measured 8-hr average occupational exposure levels of fine particulate ...