Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Environmental Geoinformatics : Monitoring And Management
(University of Nairobi, 2013)There is no doubt that today, perhaps more than ever before, humanity faces a myriad of complex and demanding challenges. These include natural resource depletion and environmental degradation, food and water insecurity, ... -
Powerful Tools for Decision Makers.
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Investigation of interior stress relationships on rigid pavements along Mbagathi road, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-05)This research was carried out on Mbagathi Road which is approximately 6km dual carriageway that starts at Langata Road (C58) roundabout and ends at Ngong road (C60) roundabout at City mortuary in Nairobi City. Mbagathi ... -
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. ... -
Provenancing of Hominid and Mammalian Fossils from Kanjera, Kenya, using EDXRF
(University of Nairobi, 1994)We describe a rapid, non-destructive energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique for provenancing fossil bone, and apply it to surface collected fossils from Kanjera, Kenya. The locality is best known for its ... -
HydroMe: R codes for estimating water retention and infiltration model parameters using experimental data
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This package is version 2 of HydroMe v.1 package. It estimates the parameters in infiltration and water retention models by curve-fitting method. The models considered are those that are commonly used in soil science. It ... -
A Combined Sensitivity Factor Based GA-IPSO Approach For System Loss Reduction And Voltage Profile Enhancement
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Though several algorithms for optimizing DG location and size in a network with the aim of reducing system power losses and enhancing better voltage profile have already been proposed, they still suffer from several ... -
Effects of Distributed Generation penetration on system power losses and voltage profiles
(University of Nairobi, 2013)In present times, the use of DG systems in large amounts in different power distribution systems has become very popular and is growing on with fast speed. Although it is considered that DG reduces losses and improves ... -
Factors Affecting Implementation of Strategic Plans in Ministries in Kenya: A Case of Ministry of Housing
(University of NairobiDepartment of Real Estate and Construction Management, 2013)Strategy is the heart of strategic management because it helps an organization to plan, formulate and implement various tasks in its attempts to prosper. Strategic planning relates to the distinct elements which differ ... -
Urban Street Design and Standards in Architecture
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which the streets in the city of Nairobi were guided by the street standards enacted by different statutes. The streets studied were Mamlaka, State House and ... -
Perceptions of Land Conflicts with Special Reference to Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)Land conflicts are increasingly becoming common in Kenya's major urban areas and are blamed by scholars and politicians alike on colonial planning and rule, which ended more than 40 years ago. The regulations on land ... -
Pathways in the Implementation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Nigeria and Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)Recommendations on the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Nigeria and Kenya invite public organizations to harmonize spatial data sharing policies for the spatial data plays crucial role ... -
Participatory Development Using Devolved Fury, s: An Attempt to Develop Public Property via Politics in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Built Environment, 2013-06)The responsibility of ensuring that national development takes place has been largely left to the government through its systems, organs, policies and officials. Direct government involvement in development is ... -
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 ... -
Financial Implications for Stalled Public Building Projects
(Journal of Built Environment,School of Built Environment, 2013-06)The government of Kenya initiated a number of building construction projects so as to provide building facilities required for provision of basic services. However, most of these building projects were stalled at different ... -
Effects of the Public Procurement Oversight Authority Standard Tender Document on Procurement of Public Building Works in Kenya : A Case of Ministry of Public Works Managed Projects
(Journal of Buit Environment, University of NairobiSchool of Buit Environment, University of Nairobi, 2013-06-17)Procurement of public construction projects among clients and other stakeholders continues to be a matter of concern all over the world. Over the years, the government has introduced and revised conditions of contract ... -
Development of Disgust, Effects of Delay in Re-delopment of Occupied Buildings : A Case Study of ADD Building
(University of Nairobi,Journal Built Environment, University of Nairobi, 2013-06)The purpose of architecture is simply to protect the human being from the elements and to some extent, from danger of attack by animals and possibly, other human beings. Any structures failure to do that depends on several ... -
Makueni district profile: soil management and conservation, 1989-1998.
(2000)The investments in soil conservation made by farmers in Makueni District, Kenya over the period 1950-1998, and the policy and institutional framework under which the investments were made are explored. An assessment of the ...