Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Mitigating Conflicts Over Scarce Water Resources in the Highland-Lowland System of Mount Kenya
(2000)The Mount Kenya region offers a great deal of beautiful scenery and attracts tourists from all over the world. What these tourists may not see, however, is the crucial function of Mount Kenya as a water tower for its ... -
CO2‐Induced Climatic Changes and Irrigation‐Water Requirements
(1991)Effects of CO2‐induced climatic changes on irrigation‐water requirements (IR) in the Great Plains region were evaluated using results of global atmospheric‐circulation models with a water balance‐IR model. Increases were ... -
An Investigation of the Flow Field Above a Two Dimensional Finite Width Strong Heat Source in the Atmosphere
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1972) -
Flow due to a two-dimensional heat source with cross flow in the atmosphere
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1976)This paper presents a model describing the flow field due to a two-dimensional infinitely long heat source in a stably-stratified atmosphere with a uniform wind cross-flow. The governing equation which is valid for any ... -
Transition from Brittle Failure to Ductile Flow in a Sandy Soil
(2007)A series of experiments were carried out using a triaxial system modified for unsaturated soil testing to investigate brittle transitional and ductile failure behaviour of a sandy clay loam soil under varying soil water ... -
A Time-Distance Analysis of Mombasa Municipal Bus Network
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
Human Settlements and Infrastructure in Kenya
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Nurturing East African Cities into Viable and Sustainable Human Settlements and Economic Bases: Conceptual Framework and Related Strategies
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2007) -
Understanding the decline of water storage across the Ramser-Lake Naivasha using satellite-based methods
(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 ... -
Civic Engagement and Planning in Ruiru Municipality, Kenya: Community Associations and their Relations with the Municipality
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Protection and Conservation of Animals and Vegetation
(2013)This chapter presents ways in which geoinformatics could be useful in supporting management and conservation efforts of animals and vegetation. Ways in which animals and vegetation impact on the environment, and vice versa, ... -
Land Management
(2013)Land provides the base upon which social, cultural and economic activities are undertaken and as such is of significant importance in environmental monitoring. Social, cultural and economic activities have to be planned ... -
Maps in Environmental Monitoring
(2013)A map is an abstraction of reality that creates a model of the world or a part thereof, effectively projecting the curved surface of the earth onto a plane surface. Unlike images that model reality at an iconic level of ... -
Weather, Climate and Global Warming
(2013)In order to fully appreciate the contribution of geoinformatics in monitoring climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate, on one hand, and climate variability and climate ... -
Spatial Analysis
(2013)The most important function of GIS is the analysis of spatial data and their attributes for purposes of decision support. Indeed, spatial analysis is the very crux of GIS. It is the means of adding value to geographic data ... -
Optical Remote Sensing
(2013)There are a large variety of systems for collecting remotely sensed data in operation today.