Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Kenya: Urban Settlements and Development Profile
(2006)This paper presents a development pro¬file of a sample of urban settlements in Kenya. Kenya is experiencing very rapid population growth, particularly in urban areas. The number and size of urban settlements has grown ... -
Informalising a planned neighbourhood in Nairobi
(2004)Nairobi is in many ways an archetype of the African colonial city, having purely colonial origins, which shaped its structure and management at the time of Kenya’s transition to independence. In fact, Nairobi was born ... -
Nairobi’s Informal Modernism
(2005)A lot of literature on ur ban development in developing countries has entirely focused on the nexus between rapid urbanization, Gross Geographic Pr oduct (GGP) and poverty growth with little research that demonstr ates ... -
Spatial Transformations in Nairobi. A study of Nairobi’s Urban Process
(2008)A generalized Newling function to the fourth degree is used as a regionalizing technique to analyze population density data from the 1969 national census of Kenya in order to identify the spatial structure of Nairobi, ... -
Informal Urbanism in Nairobi
(2011)Post-colonial Nairobi has experienced a rapid urbanization rate averaging 5 per cent per annum from 1963 to the present. The planning framework inherited from the colonial regime and little changed after Independence has ... -
Temporal hydrologic response of unstable crusting soils in Semi- arid areas of Kenya
(1998)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 ... -
. Influence of selected tillage operations on draft power and penetration resistance of a crusting soil.
(2000)Depending on the top and subsoil textures, semi-arid soils exhibit cohesive and frictional properties that are associated with the relatively high soil strength, bulk density and penetration resistance. The objective of ... -
Conservation tillage implements and operations for soil and water management in Eastern and Southern Africa
(2000)Improved agricultural productivity using conservation farming (CF) systems based on non-inversion tillage methods, have predominantly originated from farming systems in sub-humid to humid regions where water is not a key ... -
Triaxial testing of a Cemented Agricultural Soil under Varying Soil Water Levels
(2005)The soil-water characteristic curve can be used to estimate various parameters used to describe unsaturated soil behaviour. A general equation for the soil-water characteristic curve is proposed. A nonlinear, least-squares ... -
Transition from Brittle Failure to Ductile Flow of a luvisol Soil
(2006)A comprehensive programme of triaxial compression tests was carried out on unsaturated samples of a sand, a loam soil and a clay. The samples were prepared under laboratory conditions in two microstructural states where ... -
Influence of soil water on stress-strain behaviour of a compacting soil in semi-arid Kenya
(2006)Depending on the top and subsoil textures, semi-arid soils exhibit cohesive and frictional properties that are associated with the relatively high soil strength, bulk density and penetration resistance. The objective of ... -
The limiting value of the fleet angle of a rope running off a sheave
(2005)Based upon specialised experience of rope mechanics spanning over 20 years, this paper reviews the processes of degradation and fatigue that are relevant to hoisting ropes in mines. The review is brought up to date ... -
Shattered Grain Loss Attributable to the Combine Harvester Reel
(2006)Losses of grain in the field, which occur with the use of the header, combine and windrower, have caused much concern to farmers and research workers. Bracken (2) reported that the combine ... -
Shield making in Western Kenya
(1971)The Precambrian Kisii Series in Western Kenya is unmetamorphosed and contains andesites, rhyolites, quartzites and basalts. The basalts, for which a minimum K-Ar age of 930 My is cited, were sampled at 15 sites, and after ... -
Harmony in Colour and design
(1989)Colour plays a key role in determining a consumer’s response to a product’s appearance. Accordingly, this study proposes an automatic design support system which enables a designer either to emulate the colour scheme of a ... -
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 ... -
A Study of Community Industrial Design in Kenya
(2003)Poverty reduction strategies show promise for more transparent and rational delivery of public services to meet the needs of Africa’s rural poor. An analysis was conducted to determine how closely Kenya’s Poverty Reduction ... -
Design of Museum Spaces - PMDA, Mombasa Kenya
(2005)Projected future urban growth in Africa is anticipated to be considerable, although estimates vary as to the overall likely scale of this, its spatial distribution within different countries, and the likely drivers and ... -
Advanced photography for Technical Institutions.
(2005)The principal point has long been regarded as one of the fundamental parameters in camera calibration. In the age of film based aerial and large format terrestrial cameras, the principal point could be located by a variety ... -
Mainstreaming Women in Rural Travel and Transport in Kenya:
(2002)The provision of rural transport infrastructure and services is inadequate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As a result, social and economic activities in rural areas take place at high cost in terms of the time and ...
