Fire emergency has become a recurring phenomenon in school environment. Unlike the developing countries, the availability of preparedness measures in most of the schools in developed countries has tremendously reduced the impact of incidences (U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Centre, 2007). In developing countries, however, the contrary is the case, the lack of or inadequate preparedness measures in most schools, and the increase in fire incidents are raising alarm. The...
The study was carried out to analyze the vulnerability and adaptive measures to flood disaster in Rivers State focusing on Ahoada west local government area. Structured questionnaire was used in collecting data from a total of number of one hundred and eighty (180) respondents in Ahoada west local government area out of which one hundred and seventy two (172)were retrieved. Data for this study were collected from primary and secondary sources. The primary source was fr...
ABSTRACTThis study identified the impact of economic recession on public project deliveryEkiti state,Nigeria. Economic recession is a barrier to the completion of a projectdelivery. Thisisacommonissueencounteredin the construction industry across theglobe most especially in the developing countries. Ekiti-State,more than15% ofconstruction projects experienced more than five months delay while some wereabandoned as a result of economic recession. Hence,the study of the impact ofeconomicrecessi...
Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE 21.0 INTRODUCTION 21.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 41.2.1 MAIN PROBLEM 41.2.2 SUB-PROBLEM 41.3 DELIMITATION/SCOPE OF THE STUDY 51.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 51.5 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 51.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 61.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS 6CHAPTER TWO 72.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 72.1 DIGITAL INNOVATION 72.1 BENEFITS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 122.3 BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL INNOVATION 13CHAPTER THREE 203.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 203.1 METHOD ...
Housing for the poor in South African is the least problem dealt with in this country, looking at the past years of South Africans low cost housing for most people that are living in rural areas that are not economically active or at a distance from the economical areas have not been provided with housing at all. People living in area of low income have no quality housing, but will only depend on their own informal and traditional methods of house construction to have shelter.TABLE OF CO...
Flooding is a significant hydrological hazard in the world and has elicited responses from government and non-government agencies alike due to the damages it portends. This study was formulated on this backdrop, with the objective of designing a flood risk-vulnerability map of Ikom Local Government Area. The types of data employed were majorly secondary. Interviews were also primarily adopted. The multi-criteria assessment meant a systematic combination of independent parameter inputs (d...
Urban flooding is a major hydrological hazard in most cities of the humid tropics due to high amount of rainfall, unlike in Polar Regions. However, recent increase in flooding menace has been attributed to human activities. This paper presents new insights on the condition of the built-up surface as the major factor of flooding in humid tropical cities using geospatial technology, with Calabar as an example. The study area was first classified, using the unsupervised algorithm into paved...
Abstract Solid waste is one of the major challenges facing Nigerian cities. Waste management problem is complex because it involves a multitude of scientific, technical, economic and social factors. However, this essential service is not effectively and properly performed by the concerned bodies in Uyo Metropolis of Akwa Ibom State. Data were collected from both secondary and primary sources. Data on the existing solid waste management system in Uyo Metropolis were collected from primar...
Abstract The study evaluates the level of sustainability performance of professionals in hazard prone environment of Akwa Ibom State. In Nigeria, over 60-70% of Nigerian population relies on farming for livelihood. However, the obvious is that developing countries including Nigeria are lacking in capacity to sustain agricultural production which has resulted in scarcity of food and extinction of some produce. The worst is that professionals do not relate current information which would ...
AbsractConsumption of sachet water and the resultant effect on human health have prompted severalstudies. Quality assessment of various sachet water brands marketed in Oju Metropolis of BenueState was carried out in this study. Five sachet water brands (SWB) were selected and evaluatedwith the paqualab kit for two weeks to investigate the physico-chemical, microbiologicalcon...
ABSTRACTA field survey was carried out at eight (8) locations (Powerline, Sabo, Oja-oba, Oke-ayepe, Oke-baale, Dagbolu, Aiyetoro and Isale-osun) selected randomly in Osogbo city of Osun state.Nigeria to assess the extent of Landscape practice in the city. This&nb...
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Housing can be defined as buildings or structures that individuals and theirfamily may live in that meet certain federal regulations. Housing provision policiesand approaches have long been implemented in many developing nations in a bid toenhance its affordability as an inevitable human need (Teekhong 2012).Ademiluyi (2010) opined that housing represents a major area of deprivationfor the urban poor. The rate of provision of new h...
Abstract The current ecological status of the Kagoro/Tsonje riparian forest was assessed and information was gathered on the flora and bird fauna, water quality parameters and soil status. Other data collections were phytoplankton types and population. Physiocochemical properties of the soil were tested .Modified Whittakker plots were used to evaluate woody speci...
ABSTRACT This research on assessment of land use/land cover change and floristic composition of Kuwanka Banza Forest Reserve in Kebbi State was carried out to determine percentage change and extent of forest cover of the Reserve area between 1984 and 2013, the current land uses in the forest area as well as the distribution and abundance of woody species. Remote sensing techniques were used in this study,...
ABSTRACTThis study investigated the practices of health and safety management in construction industry focusing on risk assessment, communication and control. To achieve this purpose, the study focused on high-rise building under construction. Three construction sites were selected for detailed study using purposive sampling. 405 questionnaires were prepared and administered to the regulatory body, construction company and the labourers’ at the site. Observation checklist was used as a mean...