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Role of Pension Backed Mortgages in Affordable Housing in Kenya
(Africa Habitat Review, 2021-10-12)
Access to affordable housing is a challenge to many public sector employees who retire without a home despite
having worked and saved towards pension. One of the initiatives by the Government of Kenya (GOK) to increase
access ...
Co-Design:Tools, Methods and Techniques for Designing with Users
(Africa Habitat Review, 2021-10-12)
The field of co-design has grown exponentially in the last 20 years. This is evidenced by an increasing number of non-designers getting involved in design projects. The rationale for the engagement of non-designers in ...
A study on the engineering behaviour of Nairobi subsoil
(2011)
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The effect of vegetation roots in slope stability, 2nd Civil Engineering International Conference on Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development held in Mombasa between 25h and 28th September 2008.
(2008)
Kenya experienced extraordinarily heavy rainfall between May 1997 and February 1988 due to the El Nino weather phenomenon. This period of about 10 Months of heavy rainfall caused widespread landslides and floods in various ...
Difficulties experienced in the planning of transportation facilities in unplanned settlements.
(2004)
The development of transportation infrastructure in unplanned settlements is a major prerequisite to both economic growth and poverty alleviation. This is largely so because they promote livable environments and contribute ...
Land As A Resouce And Its Management For Construction..Paper Presented At The Architects And Quantity Surveyors Education Board Professional Development Workshop 14-15 September,2005.Safari Park Hotel,Nairobi.
(2005)
The objective of this study is to inveigate the real inequality perspective of land ownership and use in Kenya. The study demonstrated that there are varying degrees of inequality in land ownership, access and use in Kenya ...
Technological_Curriculum & culture
(2008)
This article explores First Nations (Native American) science education from a
cultural perspective. Science is recognized as a subculture of Western culture. Scientific and
Aboriginal ideas about nature are contrasted. ...
Characteristics Of Fatal Motorcycle Crashes Into Roadside Safety Barriers In Australia And New Zealand
(2011)
This paper reports on the findings of a retrospective case series study of fatal motorcyclist–roadside barrier collisions. Cases were retrieved from the National Coroners Information System (NCIS), the coronial case files ...
Microbial and Physical Chemical Indicators of Groundwater Contamination in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisumu Aquifer System, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Safe water of adequate quantity, and dignified sanitation, is vital for the sustenance of a healthy and productive human population. In the recognition of this, the United Nations formulated the Sustainable Development ...
The quality of an urban residential neighbourhood: a case study of Umoja I Estate, Nairobi
(2020-08-15)
Purpose of the study: The study examined the quality of an urban residential neighbourhood
in Umoja I Estate, Nairobi. Notably, the study sought to determine the indicators of quality in
an urban residential neighbourhood ...