ABSTRACT The study investigated the informal sector activities and urban environment problems of Kericho Town. Informal sector activities were a non convectional way of conducting business in an area. It was observed that the informal sector activities had some significant challenges to the urban environment of Kericho Town. The study was carried out in the months of May to June 2010. The instruments used to carry out the investigations were questionnaires. interviews and observation. The sel...
ABSTRACT Studies have documented many negative social, economic and environmental implications of tobacco farming. Tobacco farming puts an extra stress on ecosystems and causes specific health and socio-economic problems for poor populations engaged in the activity. Through research, environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative crops to tobacco farming such as soya beans, watermelons, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, cabbages, among others, have been identified. However, the rate and ...
ABSTRACT Recently, Nigeria witnessed unstable exchange rate, currency devaluation, high cost of fund e.t.c, which were attributable to the current global economic recession. As a result of the recession, real estate development in Enugu Urban was equally affected and it became impossible to access development funds due to scarcity and high cost of fund. Meanwhile, most existing studies on the subject tend to concentrate on the demand side of the effects of the economic recession on real esta...
ABSTRACT The indiscriminate location of land uses, rapid and uncontrolled development in urban/rural areas as well as the old and new state capitals in Nigeria have resulted in urban slums, urban sprawl, traffic congestion, blight, obsolescence and overcrowding. Worst still, little or no attention is paid to their orderly growth and the demand they make on the limited land resources. Awka Capital Territory (the study area) as a new site for the New Anambra State Capital is also affected with ...
A B S T R A C T Wetland degradation and loss has persisted in developing countries due to existence of poor institutional frameworks supporting wetland governance. Therefore, wetland ecosystem services that support the livelihoods of most subsistence populations in rural areas are concomitantly lost. This paper explores the nature and consequences of institutional arrangements governing wetland access, utilization and conservation in six communal wetlands in Zimbabwe. Data were collected thro...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of Mundi-Mataga irrigation Scheme in improving household food security in Chikure Ward 26 in Mberengwa District. The study specifically sought to assess how the land was allocated to the beneficiaries in the scheme, examine the types of crops grown in the Mundi-Mataga irrigation Scheme, analyse the output trends in the Scheme and assess knowledge of farmers in the Mundi-Mataga irrigation Scheme. The study adopted a triangulation desig...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the role of community based organizations in sustainable solid waste management. Solid waste management has become a big issue in our day and age at local, national, regional and even at global scale. Community based organizations in developing countries have been done but there are gaps in the real documentation in their full participation in solid waste management, constraints affecting them as well as suggested solutions. The study’s main aim was/is to ide...
Abstract This study sought to assess veld fire management strategies in Hwedza Ward 1. Data was collected using questionnaires, field observation and key informant interviews. Major causes of fire in the area include hunting land clearance and smoking bees. Results show that people in Ward 1 have benefited from the introduction of a veld fire management plan that was introduced by EMA in 2010. Frequency of veld fires has declined from 31 between 2005 and 2009 to 11 between 2010 and 2014. As a...
Abstract A plethora of researches have been done worldwide to determine and illustrate the effects of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity especially on vegetation, using the most imperative climatic variables, rainfall and temperature which are of vital importance to plant species growth henceforth, determine biomes, ecosystem and woodlands plant species composition, structure and distribution. This study focused on effects of the climate change on vegetation in Mutoko District in Mas...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to assess the occupational hazards, injuries and illnesses associated with gold mining at Renco Mine. Field observations, interviews, questionnaires and secondary data sources obtained at the company SHE department were data sources used by the researcher. A purposive sampling technique was employed in choosing the General Manager, SHE manager, Mine captain and the Human Resources Manager for interviewing as key informants. Stratified random sampl...