Mugwima Njuguna
Biographic Data
| ID | 1399995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mugwima Njuguna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mugwima |
| FAMILY NAME | Njuguna |
| SIGNATURE | NJUGUNA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1878-6457 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Establishing Historical Shoreline Trends for Adaption of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change Part 2
Kenya’s northern coast is confined to a narrow continental shelf dominated by high wave action. As a result, uncertainty surrounding rising sea levels makes conservation of maritime historic buildings, monuments and archaeology pertinent, yet challenging. Maritime antiquities are increasingly exposed to intrusive driven chemical weathering, damage which requires immediate remediation. To prioritize adaptation strategies along Kenya’s 584 km coast…
Analysis of Heritage Footprint in Towns along the Kenya Railway
The origins of urban development and the colonial railroad in Kenya’s hinterland are inseparable. As a consequence of their history, the urban areas encompass important heritage areas that can be methodologically determined, quantified and conserved for posterity. Despite its historic significance, townscape heritage around railway stations is at threat of loss since it remains unidentified, unmapped and without a common methodological conservati…
Determination of Shoreline Variability for Adaptation of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change
Erosion, shoreline retreat and accelerated beach loss at maritime heritage sites in Southern Kenya, is on the rise. Consequences ranging from gradual decay, collapse to outright catastrophic loss of pillars, mosques, tombs, wells and historic ruins are indicative of absent coastal management and climate adaptation plans. Unfortunately, the susceptibility of this heritage to suffer damage remains high due to its location, age, material and methods…
Conserving Commons for Whom? Heritage Conservation in Nairobi and Other Places in Kenya
Urban heritage is an indicator of people’s idiosyncrasies. Significant values and meanings are created, and their decline can be controlled through conservation. Unfortunately, conservation in Kenya has been endorsed somewhat by powerful politicians and administrators for partisan objectives. They have failed to enforce existing conservation law and tried to appropriate value heritage assets. This paper, therefore, assesses the challenges of heri…
A Planning Framework for Enhancing Street Aesthetics in Kisii Town
Likability is the degree to which people find a specific street or location pleasant, appealing, and desirable. Street aesthetics have a significant impact on user likability since they influence people’s perceptions, emotions, and overall experience with the street environment. This study investigates the relationship between urban street aesthetics and user likability in Kisii Town, focusing on the visual characteristics of urban streets. It em…
Aesthetic Indicators for Sustainable Road Development in Kenya
Existing frameworks in Kenya recognize road aesthetics as crucial for transportation but lack clarity on the applicable criteria for assessing road environments. Current techniques, such as planting trees and grass, only indicate road attractiveness through greenery. Therefore, there is a need to clarify road aesthetic indicators for sustainable infrastructure development in Kenya. This paper aims to investigate the aspects of aesthetics used in …
Strategies towards Business Continuity for Construction Industry in Kenya during and after Covid-19 Pandemic
The onset of the novel COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 has brought wide-ranging detrimental impacts on the construction industry. The industry has experienced delays in the delivery of materials, high cost of materials, suspension of activities, termination of contracts, and workforce implications among others. This array of impacts cannot be ignored by the construction industry stakeholders as they requi…
Residents’ Visual Preference Dimensions of Historic Parklands in Nairobi, Kenya
The colourful history evident in art-deco architectural heritage in historic neighbourhoods such as Parklands in Nairobi is barely discernible now. Swamped in drab tenements, this heritage has faced an avalanche of economic and development pressure used to justify its destruction to pave way for contemporary edifices. Discrepant intrusions have overloaded the heritage space detracting its scale, historic colour and visual quality. This paper soug…
Cost-benefit analysis of water conservation systems installed in household buildings in Nairobi County
Cost–benefit analysis of installed water conservation systems (piped water storage, water recycling, and rainwater harvesting) is important in management of water resources in urban areas. This study analysed water conservation systems installed in households in Nairobi County using 200 households’ questionnaires. Benefit–cost ratio analysis indicated that the piped water storage system and rainwater harvesting system were viable with benefits at…
Saving the Industry from Itself
Kenya railway represents the earliest direct interaction between Kenya and the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It came to Kenya in 1895 after it had successfully opened up many parts of the world and has since then been a key mode of transport for over 100 years. This entrenches the railway as part of Kenya’s heritage as it has impacted many aspects of the sociocultural and economic spheres of life. This study identifies the…
Can devolution and rural capacity trigger de-urbanization? Case studies in Kenya and Malaysia respectively
Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya
In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectu…
Can devolution and rural capacity trigger de-urbanization? Case studies in Kenya and Malaysia respectively
Saving the Industry from Itself
Kenya railway represents the earliest direct interaction between Kenya and the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It came to Kenya in 1895 after it had successfully opened up many parts of the world and has since then been a key mode of transport for over 100 years. This entrenches the railway as part of Kenya’s heritage as it has impacted many aspects of the sociocultural and economic spheres of life. This study identifies the…
Residents’ Visual Preference Dimensions of Historic Parklands in Nairobi, Kenya
The colourful history evident in art-deco architectural heritage in historic neighbourhoods such as Parklands in Nairobi is barely discernible now. Swamped in drab tenements, this heritage has faced an avalanche of economic and development pressure used to justify its destruction to pave way for contemporary edifices. Discrepant intrusions have overloaded the heritage space detracting its scale, historic colour and visual quality. This paper soug…
Cost-benefit analysis of water conservation systems installed in household buildings in Nairobi County
Cost–benefit analysis of installed water conservation systems (piped water storage, water recycling, and rainwater harvesting) is important in management of water resources in urban areas. This study analysed water conservation systems installed in households in Nairobi County using 200 households’ questionnaires. Benefit–cost ratio analysis indicated that the piped water storage system and rainwater harvesting system were viable with benefits at…
Strategies towards Business Continuity for Construction Industry in Kenya during and after Covid-19 Pandemic
The onset of the novel COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 has brought wide-ranging detrimental impacts on the construction industry. The industry has experienced delays in the delivery of materials, high cost of materials, suspension of activities, termination of contracts, and workforce implications among others. This array of impacts cannot be ignored by the construction industry stakeholders as they requi…
Determination of Shoreline Variability for Adaptation of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change
Erosion, shoreline retreat and accelerated beach loss at maritime heritage sites in Southern Kenya, is on the rise. Consequences ranging from gradual decay, collapse to outright catastrophic loss of pillars, mosques, tombs, wells and historic ruins are indicative of absent coastal management and climate adaptation plans. Unfortunately, the susceptibility of this heritage to suffer damage remains high due to its location, age, material and methods…
Conserving Commons for Whom? Heritage Conservation in Nairobi and Other Places in Kenya
Urban heritage is an indicator of people’s idiosyncrasies. Significant values and meanings are created, and their decline can be controlled through conservation. Unfortunately, conservation in Kenya has been endorsed somewhat by powerful politicians and administrators for partisan objectives. They have failed to enforce existing conservation law and tried to appropriate value heritage assets. This paper, therefore, assesses the challenges of heri…
A Planning Framework for Enhancing Street Aesthetics in Kisii Town
Likability is the degree to which people find a specific street or location pleasant, appealing, and desirable. Street aesthetics have a significant impact on user likability since they influence people’s perceptions, emotions, and overall experience with the street environment. This study investigates the relationship between urban street aesthetics and user likability in Kisii Town, focusing on the visual characteristics of urban streets. It em…
Aesthetic Indicators for Sustainable Road Development in Kenya
Existing frameworks in Kenya recognize road aesthetics as crucial for transportation but lack clarity on the applicable criteria for assessing road environments. Current techniques, such as planting trees and grass, only indicate road attractiveness through greenery. Therefore, there is a need to clarify road aesthetic indicators for sustainable infrastructure development in Kenya. This paper aims to investigate the aspects of aesthetics used in …
Establishing Historical Shoreline Trends for Adaption of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change Part 2
Kenya’s northern coast is confined to a narrow continental shelf dominated by high wave action. As a result, uncertainty surrounding rising sea levels makes conservation of maritime historic buildings, monuments and archaeology pertinent, yet challenging. Maritime antiquities are increasingly exposed to intrusive driven chemical weathering, damage which requires immediate remediation. To prioritize adaptation strategies along Kenya’s 584 km coast…
Analysis of Heritage Footprint in Towns along the Kenya Railway
The origins of urban development and the colonial railroad in Kenya’s hinterland are inseparable. As a consequence of their history, the urban areas encompass important heritage areas that can be methodologically determined, quantified and conserved for posterity. Despite its historic significance, townscape heritage around railway stations is at threat of loss since it remains unidentified, unmapped and without a common methodological conservati…
Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya
In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectu…
Geography (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works)