Boniface MungaiNgochi is a Deputy Director of Housing working in the Civil Servants Housing Scheme Fund. He has more than twenty years’ experience in property management and building surveying practice. He has worked in the former Nyeri and Meru Central districts in charge of housing function. He graduated withB.A. Land Economics (Hons.) in 1996. He is a Full Member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, a past Chair of the Building Surveyors’ Chapter and a past Council Member of the Institution. He has training in Project Planning and Management and Strategic Leadership Development Programme Course at Kenya School of Government. He is a Moderator at Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, Don Bosco Upper Hill. He is an active supporter of community development programmes.
Project Summary
IMPACTS OF UNIVERSITY LOCATION ON RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE A CASE OF KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS IN MERU COUNTY
The research study was to assess land use changes, characteristics and development patterns and determine the socio-economic impacts of KEMU main campus neighborhood in the last fifteen years and propose spatial planning interventions for organized development. Data collection was through literature review,interviews of Households and key informants, mapping, observation, photography and focused group discussions. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Among notable land uses were residential, commercial, transportation, recreational and educational. Agricultural land use was the dominant land use prior to the establishment and growth of the university. Benefits and negative impacts from land use change were examined. The study recommends strategies on enforcement, food security and green infrastructure for sustainable university neighborhood.
Research Supervisors
DR FRIDAH WILUMILA MUGO
