Outputs (4)

Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi (2015)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., & Mkandawire, T. (2015). Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi. CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, 1(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.32783/csid-jid.v1i1.6

Urban water shortages continue to pose a threat to the livelihoods of many people in most developing countries including Malawi. In the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have focused on improving the performance of water utility infrast... Read More about Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi.

Embodied energy and carbon analysis of urban residential buildings in Malawi (2015)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E. C., Brown, A., & Sloan, B. (2016). Embodied energy and carbon analysis of urban residential buildings in Malawi. International journal of construction management, 16(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2015.1110274

The rising demand for bricks baked in wood-fuelled kilns in Malawi is raising concerns due to its contribution to fluctuations of climatic conditions locally and globally. This paper presents findings of a study to evaluate the global warming poten... Read More about Embodied energy and carbon analysis of urban residential buildings in Malawi.

Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2011). Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa. The Built and Human Environment Review, 4, 41-55

As the knowledge and understanding of environmental impacts associated with buildings increase, methods of assessing the impacts are also improving in building research. This paper attempts to analyse how applicable the conventional and improved proc... Read More about Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review (2011)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2011). Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review. Built & Human Environment Reivew, 4, 56-63

The knowledge and understanding of the environmental related problems associated with development activities has increased rapidly in recent years. Consequently, arise in adoption of appraisal tools for monitoring environmental performance is also ev... Read More about Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review.