Limited resources, invested for the development of transport facilities, such as infrastructure and vehicles, coupled with the rapid rise in transport demand, existence of a huge number of no motorized vehicles on roads, lack of application of adequate and proper traffic management schemes are producing severe transport problems in almost all the urban areas of Nigeria. Worsening situation is the traffic congestion in the streets and sufferings of the inhabitants from vehicle emissions. I wil...
In the process of man’s consumption of natural resources in his natural environment, a number of stress is created which affects adversely the quality of the environment in which he lives. In this paper an attempt has been made to identify the various methods through which public awareness that are considered effective as well as the strategies for their implication are discussed in the light of the achievement of a sustainable environment in Nigeria. In its introductory section, attempts h...
This paper examines factors influencing land ownership and real estate investment decisions in Ile-Ife. Investment property can be residential building, commercial building, factory and vacant land. The term investment property usually describes property that the owner does not occupy, but in some cases, the owner may occupy a portion of it. Although property in Ile-Ife may not be able to give a good income like their counterparts in Lagos or Abuja, but there are a number of factors which inf...
It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—enough to encircle the planet more than 600 times. Roughly 90% of new roads will be built in developing nations, frequently in tropical and subtropical regions with high biodiversity and environmental values. Many developing nations are borrowing from international lenders or negotiating access to their natural resources in order to expand their transportation infrastructure. Given the unprecedented...
Twenty-five years ago the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1,500 scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 “Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.” These scientists called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required, if vast human misery is to be avoided.” In their manifesto, they showed that humans are on a collision course with...
This study analyzed the spatiotemporal pattern of settlement expansion in Abuja, Nigeria, one ofWest Africa’s fastest developing cities, using geoinformation and ancillary datasets. Three epochs of Land-use Land-cover (LULC) maps for 1986, 2001 and 2014 were derived from Landsat images using support vector machines (SVM). Accuracy assessment (AA) of the LULC maps based on the pixel count resulted in overall accuracy of 82%, 92% and 92%, while the AA derived from the error adjusted area (EAA...
The Cross River State Government in Nigeria is proposing to construct a ‘‘Cross River Superhighway’’ that would bisectcritical remaining areas of tropical rainforest in south eastern Nigeria. We offer and evaluate two alternative routes to the superhighway that would be less damaging to forests, protected areas, and biological diversity. The first alternative we identified avoids intact forests entirely while seeking to benefit agriculture and existing settlements. The second altern...
The Chad basin which covers an area of about 2.4 million kilometer square is one of the largest drainage basins in Africa in the centre of Lake Chad .This basin was formed as a result of rifting and drifting episode, as such it has no outlet to the oceans or seas. It contains large area of desert from the north to the west. The basin covers in part seven countries such as Chad, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroun, Niger, Sudan and Algeria .it is named Chad basin because 43.9% falls...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate out how solid waste is managed in Ibadan North East local government area of Oyo State. One duly validated instrument- Questionnaire on Waste Generation and Disposal (QWGD) (r= 0.75) ans structured interview were used for data collection. Seven research questions were raised and answered,Statistical results were presented in figures and tabl...
Sustainable infrastructural development as a key ingredient for sustained economic growth has thus far received poor attention in Ado-Odo Ota local government area. The intense shortage of infrastructure constitutes a huge threat to survival in the study area. Despite the efforts made to enhance this “Social Overhead Capital”, it still currently does not meet the requirement of economic development. The study emphasizes on the extent the tax irregularities hinder sustainable inf...
ABSTRACT Property rating has come a long way, right from the British poor relief Act of 1601 which was also known as the Statute of Elizabeth. This project is all about “Rating” of properties which is used to generate revenue or income to the communities in order to develop their areas. This project research will enable us to understand and see the need for reestablishing the term property rating in our various local governments. TABLE OF CONTENT Cover page - -i ...
ABSTRACT This research work is a careful study of effects of water on residential property prices in Owerri capital city of Imo state. The work was a handiwork of thorough and detailed fact finding task about water supply embarked upon by the researcher as is portrayed in various chapters and sections of this report. This work therefore tends to disclose the impact of water to many Nigerian citizens with direct reference to residential property prices of infrastructures in Owerri the capita...
ABSTRACT This research work is a careful study of effects of facility management on urban water supply in Owerri capital city of Imo state. The work was a handiwork of thorough and detailed fact finding task about ‘facility management’ and ‘urban water supply’ embarked upon by the researcher as is portrayed in various chapters and sections of this report. This work therefore tends to disclose the existence of limited and poor assess to good and safe drinkable water t...
ABSTRACT A lot of public latrine poses a very serious problem to the people of Awka and also to other places across the country. The problem of open defecation which some people often refer to as going to the bush or bush shitting has persistently been difficult to address in Awka and Nigeria because of the unavailability of good public and home toilets both in the cities and local communities or villages. A lot of people live without proper sanitation in Awka and these people have to decide...
PREFACE One problem facing Inhabitants of Port Harcourt metropolis is Housing and its financial Institution. The problem has come to a point that the state private, co-operation and Individuals should seat and finance Housing development and problems f Housing finance and sort our a desirable plan of tackling it. With all this in mind the researcher has taken pains to look into the financial institutions in Port Harcourt metropolis the entire study concerns. Source of finance and problem of ...