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Participatory Natural Resource Management - Policy and Institutional Framework- (Part 1)

Mireri, C.; Calestus, O.; Museng'ya, M.P. (IOS Press, 2011)

Participatory Natural Resource Management- Policy and Institutional Framework - (Part II)

Mireri, C.; Calestus, O.; Museng'ya, M.P. (IOS Press, 2011)

Partnership for Research on Viable Infrastructure Development in East Africa

Majale, Christine Liyala (2012-03-15)

The Potential of Satellite Imagery and Policy Framework in Addressing Sustainable Management of Watershed Resources in the Lake Victoria Basin. The Uganda Journal, 51, 74- 85

Onywere, S. M. (2012-04-13)

Predictors of change order rates in building projects under "due process" in Northern Nigeria

Kolawole, A. R; Munala, G; Kamau, K. P (Journal of international academic research for multidisciplinary, 2016-04)

An investigation was conducted to examine the influence of project size and the difference between base estimate and initial contract sum in predicting change order rates. The study was conducted on historical data of 45 ...

Public open spaces in Nairobi City, Kenya, under threat

Mireri, C.; Makworo, M. (Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2011-10)

The paper demonstrates that public open spaces in Nairobi City have been increasingly threatened by congestion and deterioration as result of the rapid rate of urbanisation (5–7.5%), poor planning, weak management and ...

Reconsidering Urban Sewer and Treatment Facilities in East Africa as Interplay of Flows, Networks and Spaces

Sammy, Letema; Bas van, Vliet; Jules B., van Lier (Springerlink, 2009)

Urbanization has brought about concentrations of people in densely populated settlements, resulting in the generation of waste water that needs to be disposed off in a hygienic way to avoid the outbreak of diseases. Decisions ...

Sanitation policy and spatial planning in urban East Africa: Diverging sanitation spaces and actor arrangements in Kampala and Kisumu

Letema, Sammy; Vliet, Bas van; van Lier, Jules B. (Elsevier, 2014)

This paper discusses sanitation policies and spatial planning in Kampala (Uganda) and Kisumu (Kenya) from colonial times to date and their implications for the sitting of sanitation technologies and involving actors. ...

Satellite Sanitary Systems in Kampala, Uganda

Letema, Sammy; Bas, van Vliet; Jules, B. (Mary Anne Liebert, 2012)

Satellite sewage collection and treatment systems have been independently developed and managed in East African cities outside the centrally planned and sewered areas. A satellite approach is a promising provisioning option ...

Spatial distribution of waste collection points and their implications on quality of life in Mombasa County, Kenya

Wekisa, Ezra; Majale, Christine (Elsevier, 2020)

Quality of life index is a measure used to describe the living environment experienced by a segment of the population. Correspondingly, waste collection and transfer are the core of waste management chain and is influenced ...

Spectral Discrimination of Invasive Lantana Camara L. From Co-Occurring Species

Waititu, Julius Maina; Mundia, Charles Ndegwa; Sichang, Arthur W. (Elsevier, 2023)

Lantana Camara L. (LC) invasive species has not been successfully mapped due to inadequate spectral information. This study aimed at assessing the performance of leaf-level in-situ hyperspectral data and derived indices in ...

Sustainable Catchment Management: Assessment of Sedimentation of Masing a Reservoir and its Implication on the Dam’s Hydropower Generation Capacity

Bunyasi, M. M.; Onywere, S. M.; Kigomo, M. K. (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013-05)

Masinga dam is the largest Dam of the Seven Forks Hydro-Electric Power (HEP) project with a design capacity of 1,560 million m3. It has a full operation surface area of 125 Km2and was commissioned in 1981. Masinga catchment ...