Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Kiema, J.B.K"

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    • GIS-Based Railway Route Selection for the Proposed Kenya-Sudan Railway: Case Study of Kitale-Kapenguria Section 

      Kiema, J.B.K; Dang´ana, M.A; Karanja, F.N (Envrironmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2007)
      This paper describes a procedure developed for automated railway feasibility analysis based on GIS and Multi-Criteria analysis. Good engineering railway alignment requirements are assessed and suitable factors and constraints ...

    • Market segmentation using Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A case study of the soft drink industry in Kenya. 

      Musyoka, S.M; Mutyauvyu, S.M; Kiema, J.B.K; Karanja, F.N; Siriba, D.N (Envrironmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2007)
      Purpose – To show how the analytical and visualization capabilities of geographic information systems (GIS) can enhance the communication, understanding and utility of data and information to be used in marketing planning, ...

    • Understanding the decline of water storage across the Ramser-Lake Naivasha using satellite-based methods 

      Awange, J.L; Forootan, E; Kusche, J; Kiema, J.B.K; Omondi, P.A; Heck, B; Fleming, K; Ohanya, S.O; Gonçalves, R.M (Western Australian Centre for Geodesy and The Institute for Geoscience Research, Curtin University, Perth, AustraliaInstitute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn University, Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaIGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Nairobi, KenyaGeodetic Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, GermanyHelmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, GermanyDepartment of Cartography Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Geodetic Science and Technology of Geoinformation Post Graduation Program, Recife, PE, Brazil, 2013)
      It has been postulated that Lake Naivasha, Kenya, has experienced a rapid decrease (and fluctuations) in its spatial extent and level between the years 2002 to 2010. Many factors have been advanced to explain this, with ...