Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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People-to-people peacemaking and peacebuilding: A review of the work of the New Sudan Council of Churches
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Architecture of societies in transition—the case of the Maasai of Kenya
(Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development, 2001)Historically, it has been observed that people's settlements tend to change with their changing cultural values. Societies in early and rapid transition offer rich laboratories for the testing of this observation. The ... -
Urban Ad Valorem Land Tax: Implementation Experiences in Some Kenyan Towns
(2001)Value based land taxes in Kenya are levied by various local authorities for local uses. They are however, mandated by national legislations that give both the local authorities themselves and the Central government ... -
Major issues of smallholder land policy: past trends and current practices in Kenya
(2001)The official government strategy on land policy in Kenya aims to achieve optimum utilization and equitable distribution of land for the country's rapidly increasing population. This strategy has been pursued with programmes ... -
Leisure policies and urban residential development in Kenya: experiences and possibilities
(1989)The relationship between urbanization and provision of leisure facilities in developing countries is examined, taking Nairobi, Kenya, as a case study. The growth of urban areas in Kenya has been phenomenal and there has ... -
Ecology of increasing disease, population growth, and environmental degradation.
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1998)The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade is rapidly increasing. Population growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are ... -
Charcoal trade in Kenya
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 1999) -
The conflicts, shortcomings, and implications of the urban land management system in Kenya
(Department Of Real Estate and Construction Management, 1997)Particularly during the last decade, there has been a clear recognition of the importance of urban land management in helping to alleviate urban poverty in the developing countries. It is argued that, managing the economic ... -
Assessment of potential approaches to charcoal as a sustainable source of income in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2003) -
Training plan (2008-2010) for the Western Kenya Intergrated Ecosystem Management Project, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Kenya Afforestation for Charcoal. Case study No. 6 in, FAO, 2009: Small Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief description and preliminary lessons on livelihood impacts from case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Rome, Italy.
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2009) -
Charcoal: Not old-fahioned and outdated
(Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi, 2010) -
Evaluating Development in Small Sub-National Areas of Developing Countries
(1991)This paper focuses on problems of measuring and evaluating development for small subnational areas in a developing country. It has been stressed that the core of the problem is a lack of suitable tools to do the job, due ... -
Problems of project implementation: A postmortem study of Thika Dam Project
(Land Develoment, University of Nairobi, 1999)This paper analyses the problems of project implementation programmes. Taking a case study of Thika Dam Component of the Third Nairobi Water Supply Project, the analysis reveals that delays in land acquisition among other ...