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Investigation of variations in paved road construction unit rates: A case study of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
The global economic situation that has affected all sectors of economies has seen widespread variations in prices of many sectors including construction. In Uganda, the road sector has seen an upward trend in the prices ...
Uncertainty assessment in water balance modelling for Lake Victoria
(Makerere University, 2012)
The analysis of the water balance of Lake Victoria is constrained by limitations of data availability in terms of quantity and quality, both of which exhibit temporal and spatial variability around the basin. Lack of long ...
Assessment of the adequacy of the existing access of Entebbe International Airport for long term operations
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
By 2025, about 7 billion people and 170 million cargo tons will annually use civil airports globally. Studies on increased airport capacity of access and other facilities are necessary. This study assessed adequacy of the ...
Art and Gender: Imag[in]ing the new woman in contemporary Ugandan art, Book 1
(University of South Africa, 2012-04)
This thesis is based on the belief that representations of women in contemporary Ugandan art serve cultural and political purposes. The premise is that the autonomous woman (seen as the new woman in this study), emerging ...
Technical viability of utilization of municipal organic waste in an integrated energy recovery system: the case of Kakungulu Satellite City in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-07)
This dissertation presents the methods and findings of a study on utilization of municipal organic waste in an integrated energy recovery system. The scheme for this study was a derivative of a realization that due to the ...
Investigating the effects of urban physical planning and development control on the infrastructure development in Kampala City
(Makerere University, 2012-09)
The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of urban physical planning and development control on the infrastructure developments in the planning areas of Nakasero IV parish and undeclared planning areas ...
Participatory physical planning in Uganda: investigation on public participation processes during the preperation of the 1994 Kampala structure plan
(Makerere University, 2012-06)
The Kampala Structure Plan (KSP) of 1994 was developed as part of the Kampala Urban Study as a local land use plan. It was prepared as a guideline for the implementation of physical structures in Kampala, geared at developing, ...
Field based assessment on the performance of house-hold biogas plants in Bishoftu Area, Ethiopia
(Makerere University, 2012-01)
Several programmes have been implemented to disseminate biogas technology in many parts of Ethiopia. Their success rate has however been poor. This is mainly due to less attention given after the technology is introduced. ...
Capacity utilization of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) water supply system in Northern Uganda: a case study of Arua Municipality
(Makerere University, 2012-07)
Capacity utilization refers to the relationships between actual output that ‘is’ produced with the installed equipment and the potential output ‘which’ could be produced with it if capacity is fully utilized. The capacity ...
Water quality assessment of improved water sources and proposed pollution mitigation interventions: the case of Budaka District -Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-11)
Pollution of improved water sources has been reported to be on the increase especially in the rural water sources in Uganda. This is evidenced by the increasing outbreaks of waterborne diseases (diarrhoeal diseases and ...