LANDSCAPE KEY POINTS ON SITE LANDSCAPE DOCUMENTATION LANDSCAPE KEY POINTS ON SITE

( A ) USE OF ASPHALT TARMACED ROADS AND GREENERIES ( C ) USE OF PLANTER BOX

MOMBASA
MUNICIPAL STA
DIUM

B
KOINANGE ROA
D
N
USE OF PLANTER BOX FOR
FURTHER STREET
LANDSCAPING
BEAUTIFICATION

( D ) TYPES OF VEGETATION PRESENT

SERVICE SERVICE
ZONE ZONE A A

Use of grass
Use of different palm tree species

SAGANA STREET

KEINO STREET
JIPE STREET
CABRO TARMACKED
VEGETATION PAVEMENT ROAD STADIUM
ZONE
( B ) USE OF DIFFERENT CABRO PAVED SIDEWALKS MATERIALS

Use of different trees species

40000 ( E ) USE OF BOLLARDS

USE OF Bollards to
avoid spillage of
motorists and
Interlocking red cabro pavement Interlocking Grey cabro pavement vehicular into the
LUHAR WADHA STREET pedestrian walkways
and corner steeets

B
activities

bear soil pavement Natural stone pavement

In general majority of landscape type encampassing the site is hard landscape type categorised by
( A ) SIDEWALK PAVEMENT

MOMBASA
MUNICIPAL STA
DIUM

B
KOINANGE ROA
D
N

SOFT LANDSCAPE CABRO ASPHALT CABRO SOFT LANDSCAPE

USE OF PAVED PAVED USE OF
VEGETATION VEGETATION

DISADVANTAGES OF HARD LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS

( 1 ) Contributes to poor drainage due to its
impermiability thus it does not allow percolation of the A A
surface run off water resulting into generation of
stagnant sewer waters along the streets.
SAGANA STREET

KEINO STREET
JIPE STREET

( 2 ) Contributes to generation of urban heat island

effect as cabro and concrete surfaces have high heat
LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
conduction index that results into rises of 40000
temperatures.
Direct solar
radiation

LUHAR WADHA STREET

B

reflected
shortwave
radiation

conducted solar Convection

radiation solar radiation
( 3 ) Hard landscaped surfaces as cabro and concrete physiologically reduces mental health quality of the urban
inhabitants
TOPOGRAPHY
THE SITE GENTLY SLOPES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY 3 % OF AN ELEVATION LOSS OF 0 - 3 M
SECTION A A
22M
19M

0M 25M 50M 75M 100M 125M 150M 175M 200M 225M 250M 278M

THE SITE GENTLY SLOPES FROM EAST TO SOUTH BY SLOPE AVERAGE OF 1.3 % OF AN ELEVETION LOSS BETWEEN 1 M - 2M

SECTION B B

20M 21M 20M

0M 25M 50M 75M 100M 125M 150M 175M 200M 225M 234M

Generally the buildings are mainly of row rise of 2 -- 4 floors

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