ABSTRACT This research is aimed at determining the impact of household solid waste disposal practices on the environment of Enugu metropolis. This is with a view to developing appropriate strategies for improving solid waste disposal system in Enugu metropolis. The objectives of the study were to: (i) examine the existing nature of household solid waste disposal practices in Enugu metropolis, (ii) identify the pattern of household solid waste disposal practices, (iii) identify the environment...
ABSTRACTThe research on the impact of citizen participation in community development in Ibeku in Aboh Mbaise has analysed the data collected through stratified random sampling techniques. Data came from primary and secondary sources. The finding from the analysis showed that poverty, disunity among the leaders and corruption hindered citizen participation to a greater extent. The research also discovered that the citizens maximally participated in community projects from initiation to executi...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at empirically identifing the determinants of housing demand in Enugu metropolis. To this end, the objectives of the study were to: (i) examine the trend of housing demand in Enugu Metropolis, (ii) identify factors that influence housing demand (determinants) in Enugu metropolis, (iii) determine whether there is variation in housing demand among various income groups (high, medium and low) in Enugu metropolis and (iv) identify residents’ perception of the hous...
ABSTRACT Soil erosion is the systematic removal of soil including plant nutrients from the land surface by various agents of denudation. This study intends to examine the community assessment on the social and economic effect of gully erosion on dwellers of Ihube, Amuro and Ugwaku communities in okigwe local government of Imo state respectively. It also intends to identify the percentage of gully erosion area affected in the total land use area of the communities/ villages under study. ...
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 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 ...
The project thoroughly analyzed the effects the development of Lekki Free Trade Zone has on the surrounding communities.
Background to Study Urban poverty and livelihoods has been the major concern of professionals in the built environment such as urban economists and urban planners for many decades, which they considered as an impediments to the physical development of most cities in the developing countries like Nigeria. However, majority of these professionals have common views in conceptualizing, measuring and establishing the key indicators for contemporary poverty issues such as the use of househol...
ABSTRACT; It has been argued from several quarters that the l guided and monitored. ocation of a Tertiary institution in an area is a The establishment of Federal University of Technology Minna in Gidan Kwano has led to the emergent of various transformations in the community which shows tendencies towards chaotic physical development and unprecedented growth in the environment. This res earch aims to Assess of the Impact of Federal University of Technology Minna Location on the Physical Dev...