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Classification of catchment risk areas using spatially distributed event-based soil erosion: a case of upper Njoro river catchment, Kenya
(WIT Press, 2008-12-19)
Human-induced soil erosion and drastic change in land use practices have adversely infl uenced the land degradation
and surface runoff response in upper Njoro River catchment. The drainage area is approximately 127 km2.
Due ...
Analysis of manual and centralised supervisory control operations to improve level of service: a case study of pyramid hill no 1 channel, Victoria, Australia
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001-02)
The current challenge facing irrigation inAustralia is tofind ways to improve the operationalperformance of existing systems rather thanconstructing new ones. Unsteady flowsimulation models are often used as keytools to ...
The ROSA project–a new approach to sustainable sanitation in Eastern African cities
(2008-09)
The ROSA project promotes resources-oriented sanitation concepts as a route to sustainable and
ecologically sound sanitation. These concepts shall be applied in four cities in Eastern Africa,
namely Arba Minch (Ethiopia), ...
Norms, attitudes and gender perspectives in ecological sanitation
(Loughborough University, 2009)
In Kenya, the urban poor are residing in the Peri urban areas of Nakuru Municipality with inadequate
sanitation facilities. This study investigated attitudes towards urine diverting toilets to popularize their
use as ...
Characterization of greywater from urban and peri-urban areas of Nakuru municipality, Kenya
(Loughborough University, 2009)
Kenya faces serious challenges regarding water and sanitation services. Despite many years of
government investment, existing facilities continue to deteriorate and have also failed to meet the demand
of increasing ...
Predictings sediment loading into Masinga reservoir and its storage capacity reduction
(2005-09-07)
It is estimated that the annual loss in storage capacity of the world’s
reservoirs due to sedimentation is around 0.5 – 1.0%. For many reservoirs,
however, annual depletion rates are much higher and can go up to 4% or ...
Soil erosion management at a large catchment scale using the RUSLE-GIS: the case of Masinga catchment, Kenya
(WIT Press, 2004-08-23)
Kenya is one country suffering heavily from land degradation due to increasing
anthropogenic pressure on its natural resources. As is common to many tropical
countries, Kenya suffers from a lack of financial resources ...
Measurable feller semigroups on rn
(2007)
Fractional derivatives are used to model anomalous diffusion, which occurs when the particles spread in a different manner than the prediction of
the classical diffusion equation
∂
∂tu(x, t) = D
∂
2
∂x2
u(x, t), ...
Traditional herbal preparations for indigenous poultry health management in Western Kenya
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2007-01-01)
Conventional disease prevention methods are geared towards birds in confinement and not free range in an indigenous poultry production system. However, the existing indigenous technical knowledge inherited from past ...
Efficacy of Tephrosia vogelli and Vernonia amygdalina as anthelmintics against Ascaridia galli in indigenous chicken
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2007-01-01)
The efficacy of Tephrosia vogelli and Vernonia amygdalina leaf extracts as anthelmintic against Ascaridia galli was determined in-vitro and in-vivo.The extracts whose chemical constituents included rotenoids, sesquiterpene ...