ABSTRACT This project examines the use of GIS and Remote Sensing in mapping Land Use Land Cover in Abakiliki between 1986 and 2014 so as to detect the changes that has taken place between these periods. Subsequently, an attempt was made at overlaying the observed land use land cover in those epoch time. In achieving this, Land Consumption Rate and Land Absorption Coefficient were introduced to aid in the quantitative assessment of the change. The result of the work shows rapid growths in buil...
ABSTRACT Identifying solid waste disposal sites and appropriately managing them is a big task to many developing countries. This is a critical problem in Enugu urban in particular. The existing site in Enugu urban is not sufficient in its capacity and it is damaging the environment due to its location, and the type of waste dumped, while the surrounding area is being irrigated. Due to the expansion and urbanization developments in Enugu State, it badly needs to develop controlled solid waste ...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to empirically compare the performances of formal and informal sectors solid waste management system in Uyo, with a view to identifying whether variation exists in their performance. The specific objectives of the study were to: (i) identify and classify the activities of formal and informal sectors solid waste management in Uyo, (ii) determine the level of performance of the formal and informal sectors and variation (if any) in solid waste management in Uyo,...
ABSTRACT As access to health care is a human right in Zimbabwe it is expected that primary health facilities should be optimally located to serve demand. It is therefore a challenge for the government and policy makers to provide primary health facilities which are optimally located to serve demand conveniently. This paper highlights a GIS method for optimising location of primary health care facilities. The study area is Gweru district in Zimbabwe. Using location allocation models in ArcGIS ...
ABSTRACT Road traffic accidents’ statistics in Nigeria revealed a serious and growing problem with absolute fatality rate and casualty figures rising rapidly. The challenges of road traffic accidents in Nigeria have not left Akwa Ibom State untouched as the State also shares in the pandemic of frequent loss of lives of her citizenry. Akwa Ibom State has three major urban areas – Uyo, Ikot Ekpene and Eket. In the recent past, the urban areas were identified by different types of road traff...
ABSTRACT The decision to buy or rent a home is a large financial commitment that, in most cases, will continue to influence the quality of life, access to opportunities and residential location decision that shape our cities in important ways. Studying these decisions can reveal a great deal about the culture, aspirations and expectation of a nation’s residents. Furthermore, the relatively permanent influence that certain factors have on residential location decision makes an understanding ...
ABSTRACTS Enugu has witnessed an unprecedented increase in the influx of commercial activities on their major roads with each of them competing for an accessible location to display their goods and also access their customers. This indiscriminate display of goods has resulted in disorderliness, chaotic traffic congestion, drainage blockage, indiscriminate conversion of adjoining land-uses to commercial activities, increased noise pollution, reduction in access road width, poor and inadequate ...
Abstract Solid waste alludes to all materials that are not prime items, for which the individual creating the material has no further use in terms of his or her own motivations for generation and utilization. In developing countries, Zimbabwe included, municipal authorities rely on poor methods and techniques in waste collection administration which are subjective and tend to increase operational costs of solid waste collection activities. Instead of maintaining vibrant information management...
ABSTRACT The study determined the nutrient composition of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms, and explored their use of cultivated Pleurotus tuber-regium in food-to-food fortification. Wild edible mushrooms (Pleurotus tuber-regium, Pholiota mutabilis, Pleurotus ostreatus, Corprinus disseminates, and Peziza badioconfusa Korf) were collected from different parts of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) residential quarters and identified in the Department of Botany, UNN. Cultivated Pleurotu...
ABSTRACT In as much as decision makers increasingly are turning to Geographical Information Systems to assist them with solving complex spatial problems, these systems on their own do not adequately support decision making because they are lacking in analytical modelling capabilities, do not easily accommodate variations in either the context or the process of spatial decision making. One response to these shortcomings is the development of spatial optimisation modelling techniques which are ...
ABSTRACT National youth funds are financial resources allocated and reflected in national budgets by governments either as grants or loans for youth (18-35) years to start new or expand existing businesses. In developed countries, youth entrepreneurship has thrived for decades due to conducive business environments, adequate government regulation, enabling mechanisms such as availability of funding from both government and private sectors and good youth entrepreneurship training programs. In ...
ABSTRACT Many strains of Escherichia coli can be pathogenic leading to diarrheal diseases. The occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria is increasing in aquatic environments infecting fish which are later consumed by humans when not well cooked posing a major problem in the management of bacterial infections. Rastrineobola argentea is food for many people livingaround Lake Victoria due to its nutritive value and highprotein content. Sun dried R. argentea retailed in Kisumu city markets ...
ABSTRACT In developing countries, 70% of the population lives in rural areas and of these 75% are smallholder producers who derive their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Kenyan smallholder dairy producers constitute 80% of the dairy producers and they produce about 80% of total milk production and 70% of the total milk marketed. Therefore, smallholder dairy producers have their livelihoods majorly dependent on dairy farming. Thus, commercializing smallholder dairy value chain will be a...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyse the waste oil management practices in the auto repair and maintenance workshop in the informal sector of the city of harare in zimbabwe
ABSTRACT Flooding and erosion phenomenon is a major environmental problem prevalent in the rainforest region of Nigeria. The need to develop appropriate models to control the menace of the phenomenon is informed by the high demand for land and the increasing incidents of flooding and erosion in some parts of the country. Whatever model is to be adopted, its effectiveness depends on the contributions from geodetic measurement data. Once relevant data from geodetic and other sources have been ...