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Population pressure as a factor of rural development in Hamisi District Kakamega District
(University of Nairobi, 1980-11)
Human population in terms of size, composition, distribution, components of growth and other characteristics provide a basic framework for estimating various categories of social, economic and physical planning needs and ...
Constraints to agricultural development and their implications to rural planning: A Case study of Meita Division, South Nyanza District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1980-06)
This study was prompted by the low level of agricultural
production and development in Mbita Division in
South Nyanza District. The average net farm income in
the division is only about KShs.I,545 per annum.
This level ...
Meeting housing demand in medium sized towns in Kenya: A Case study of Kericho town
(University Of Nairobi, 1989-06)
The focus of the study is on housing demand
in Kericho. Housing demand is a function of income
and the proportion of it that people are able and
willing to spend on housing and the cost at which
housing units are ...
Rural water supplies problem in Kenya: A case study of Kipkelion division, Kericho district
(University of Nairobi, 1986-06)
Throughout the world, there is a conviction that the availability of sufficient quantities of clean, potable, water is one of the ways of improving man's health, hygiene and productivity.
Although both the Government and ...
Traditional earth colours and vegetable dyes in Kenya
(1987)
"Traditional Earth Colours and Vegetable Dyes in Kenya" is a study conducted in two areas referred to in this thesis as 'sub-research areas,' that is: the Lake Basin and the Coastal Region of Kenya.
The hypothesis on which ...
Rural-Urban Relations and Agrarian Development in Kutus Area, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1989)
A considerable flow of resources takes place at the household
level from urban to rural and from non-agricultural to
agricultural activities by way of urban-rural remittances,
non farm income, and return migration. The ...
Towards a framework for the utilisation of Forest resources: a study of Nakuru district
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Forest depletion, is one of the many critical
problems facing Kenya today. Its gravity is seen
from the emphasis laid on afforestation and
reforestation programmes in the country. Forest
depletion in Kenya and Nakuru ...
Planning problems facing small urban centres 'a case study of Limuru town, Kenya
(1980)
The study examines the development problems
facing small urban centres with view of identifying
the critical problems that hinder spatial development.
The study further analyses the factors that constitute
constraints ...