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Assessment of impacts of land use changes on water resources of river Mpanga catchment
(Kyambogo University, 2019-11)
Mpanga Catchment has in recent decades been exposed to changes in land use/cover (LULC). This could have been due to intensive agricultural activities to sustain the needs of the increasing population. Transition in land ...
Study of the impact of management skills on labour productivity in the building construction industry in Uganda
(Kyambogo University, 2020-12)
The construction industry plays a significant role in integrating the economy of any developing country. Moreover, the growing rate of building construction projects has led to an increasing demand of competent first line ...
Applicability of public private partnerships in development of infrastructure in higher institutions of learning in Uganda
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)
Public Private Partnership system is considered an innovative finance strategy which offers good prospects for global construction industry. Yet, since the adoption of the system in Uganda, the benefits have not been fully ...
Comparing performance of different lumped conceptual hydrological models : a case study of River Kafu catchment
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2020-10)
Planning for water resources management can be supported by hydrological modeling. In a typical data scarce region, the compatibility of structures of various models with the limited data can greatly affect results of ...
Comparison of physical and statistical models in predicting space-time decay of residual chlorine in water distribution system
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-10)
Chlorine is the most widely used disinfectant in water distribution due to its efficacy,
ease of application, low cost and extended disinfection durability. The World Health
Organization recommends concentrations of ...
“A Comparative Analysis of the Concentrated Plasticity, the Yielded Block Spread Plasticity, and the Spread cracking and yielding block Pushover analysis models”
(2022-08)
Pushover analysis is mainly carried out using the concentrated plasticity model where by when a point reaches yield, a hinge is placed at that point. The other is the yielded block spread plasticity model, whereby when a ...
Stakeholder participation and service quality of road construction projects in local governments: a case of Adjumani district urban and community roads division
(Kyambogo University, 2021-04)
The study investigated the effect of Stakeholder Participation on Service Quality in Local Governments in Uganda. The objectives of the study were; to examine the effect of information sharing on service quality of road ...
Effect of banana fibers on the mechanical and microstructural properties of concrete
(Kyambogo university (unpublished work), 2021-08)
This research presents an experimental study on the "Effect of Banana fibres on the
mechanical and microstructural properties of concrete". Concrete being a quasi-brittle
material, exhibits limited ability to restrict ...
Investigation of cracks in flexible pavement on a section of Kampala – Masaka road
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-11)
The study investigated cracks in flexible pavement on a section of Kampala-Masaka Road. The continuous occurrence of cracks which has affected the riding quality, increase in travel times as the vehicles be moving at a ...
Quantitative analysis of contributions of human activities and climatic variability to stream flow variation in river Rwizi catchment
(Kyambogo University, 2021-08)
Climate variability and human activities have an impact on hydrological processes. Human activities influence rainfall runoff generation process while climate variability does not only affect runoff volume but also low and ...