Browsing PAUWES Master Thesis Series by Title
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Evaluation of Experience from Using Sure® Standard in Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study of the Northern Collector Tunnel (Nct) Phase I Water Project
(2017)The concept of sustainable development has evolved since the Brundtland Report of 1987 but the principles of ensuring environmental, social and economic balance in the face of development remain the same to this day. ... -
An Evaluation of Impacts and Sustainability of Humanitarian Organization’s Water Projects in Juba, South Sudan
(2018)The civil war in South Sudan has affected the water supply infrastructure either completely destroying the water system or overstretching the system due to influx of the internally displaced persons. Many people are forced ... -
Evaluation Of Irrigation Scheduling Strategies For Enhanced Irrigation Efficiency And Water Conservation – In Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
(2016)Irrigation scheduling refers to the process of defining the most desirable irrigation frequencies and depths. It helps the farmer to know when to irrigate, water flow rate(quantity), and duration of water supply to the ... -
Evolution of Macronutrients Content during Thermal Drying of Faecal Sludge
(PAUWES, 2021-11-29)Research has shown that an increase in urbanization is an increase in urban population, which relate to increase in waste production. Sub Saharan African countries are experiencing a lot of urbanization and most of the ... -
Experimental Design for Optimizing the Removal of Heavy Metals Ability from Wastewater by Ficus Benjamina
(2017)Excessive and cumulative release of toxic metals from industrial effluents due to rapid industrialization has posed hazard to aquatic ecosystem integrity and environmental/ human health. The inadequacy and high cost of ... -
EXPLORING THE USE AND IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF BUNGOMA COUNTY
(PAUWES, 2021-12-18)Climate change is an emerging global issue that can longer be ignored and requires immediate actions. This can clearly be seen from the unpredictable weather patterns which have made it difficult to maintain crops in the ... -
"Factors Affecting Adoption and Scaling Up of Rooftop Solar PV Deployment in Urban Centres A Case Study of Nairobi City"
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Urban centres in developing countries are growing at unprecedented rate. This is attributed to high population growth being experienced in those nations and more people moving to urban centres and the desire for those ... -
Feasibility of Solid Biomass-Solar Hybrid Standalone System Using HOMER Pro: Grand Bassa, Liberia
(PAUWES, 2021-10-17)Liberia is a low electricity access nation, wherein only 26.7% of the population has access to modern energy. To improve the huge grid power deficit in the country, the government of Liberia and partners have endeavor to ... -
Feasibility Study and Energy Applications of Advanced (2G and 3G) Biofuels in South Africa
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Recent advancements in the technology, economy and sustainability of bioenergy from biomass and biofuel have been revolutionized. There is the utmost need for the sustainability of bioenergy and in transmogrifying the ... -
Feasibility Study for a Solar PV (Hybrid) Mini-grid System for Small Businesses in Lagos, Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been recognized to be the cornerstone of every developing economy; for their contribution to national GDP growth and as a great employer of labor. In Nigeria: as at April ... -
Feasibility Study of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Mini-Grids for Rural Communities in Mali: Case Study Sokolo
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Despite the efforts made so far in developing countries, access to energy and electricity remain a challenge especially in Mali, particularly in remote rural areas. Mali is endowed with good renewable energy potential, ... -
Feasibility study of offshore utility-scale wind farms implementation in Tunisia
(PAUWES, 2021-11-24)Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our society due to its adverse impact on the earth ecosystem and on the world economy. Improving energy system efficiencies and the massive expansion of renewable ... -
Flood Inundation Modeling in the Gourou Watershed of Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Nowadys, floods and droughts are becoming more and more frequent all other the world. According to the Emergency Events Database, Africa is the third continent most affected by flood events in terms of occurrence, total ... -
Flood Modeling And Floodplain Mapping Based On Geographical Information System (Gis) And Hec-Ras In Oued Fez Watershed (Morocco)
(2016)Maps give a more direct and stronger impression of the spatial distribution of the flood risk than other forms of presentation such as diagrams or verbal description. The urban flood risk appears among the major environmental ... -
Flood Reduction through Flood Risk and Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping in Hadejia River Basin, Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Floods are one of the most recurrent and devastating natural disasters that has enormous, widespread and ravaging negative impacts on lives, economy and infrastructures across the globe. Hadejia River Basin is known by its ... -
Flood Risk Assessment in the Niger River Basin in Support of the Conception of a Flood Risk Management Plan: Case Study of the District of Malanville, Benin
(2018)This thesis was carried out to evaluate the flood risk in the district of Malanville located along the Niger River. The knowledge produce by this study is useful in the implementation of adaptation and/or mitigation measures ... -
FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE NAKAMBE BASIN, BURKINA FASO
(PAUWES, 2021-11-18)Flood is the most disastrous natural disaster in the world due to its devastating effects that endanger lives and cause property damage to the affected areas. Flood events are alarmingly increasing all over the world; ... -
Geothermal Electricity Compared To Electricity From Other Sources In Kenya
(2016)Kenya's energy mix is predominantly renewables; more than 80 percent of electricity is generated from locally available renewable sources. To lessen the pressure put by economic growth on the electricity supply and to meet ... -
Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping in the Karstic System of Ghar Boumaza, Using the C.O.P. Method
(2018)After an extensive literature review on the methods of vulnerability mapping, analysis of the European project COST action 620, a geological and hydrological study of Merchich watershed, we saw the possibility of the ... -
A guideline for utility-scale onshore wind farms distribution in Tunisia
(PAUWES, 2021-11-20)Wind energy, as a component of the green transition has been given a lot of attention in theTunisia since 2000. Moreover, the good wind energy potential is one of the motivations to develop the wind energy sector in the ...