ABSTRACT This research work examines the socio-economic impact of Zobe Dam on its neighboring environment. Specific objectives includes how the construction of the dam has brought about changes in farming techniques, their standard of living and its potential contribution to the overall development of the area. The problem hinges on how the construction of dam has triggered changes in farming techniques in the area. The proposed hypothesis (Ho) that: there is no relationship between Zobe Dam ...
Abstract this page contributes to the debate on the role of the informal sector in solid waste management by examining the effectiveness of informal sector solid waste management practice in transforming waste into nonwaste in the city of gweru in zimbabwe.
ABSTRACT The interaction of landuse/Landcover (LULC) and climate change, to a large extent, involves anthropogenic activities. This interaction has brought about a complex global environmental change which includes biodiversity loss, land degradation, deforestation, afforestation and forest degradation among others. Such change is manifested through the dual nature of landuse/landcover both as causal factor and as effect of climate change. LULC is initiated through human activities such as fo...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication ……………………………………………………………………………………..i Declaration ……………………………………………………………………………………ii Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………….…iii Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………………iv Table of contents………………�...
Abstract The savanna biomes are characterised by a coexistence of two antagonist – woody plants and herbaceous plants in defiance of competition theories. Scientific efforts to understand this unique coexistence are still largely inconclusive; various theories have been proposed, but no unanimous theoretical framework exists to date. Among these theories, the root niche-partitioning model offers the most popular, yet the most controversially debated viewpoint. It argues that this coexistenc...
ABSTRACT It has been asserted that unconventional modes of public transport in the third world cities flourish because of increasing
ABSTRACT This study examines handicraft production and the effects of local and global spatio-temporal changes on craft production and craft-based livelihoods in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It also investigates the coping and survival mechanisms craftspeople have adopted to overcome production difficulties and poverty. The study is philosophically grounded in cultural geography (cultural globalisation). Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, Value Chain analysis. Participatory Wealth ...
Abstract This empirical study in application-oriented Human Geography examined conditions of entrepreneurial knowledge and skill enhancement strategies practiced by informal food vendors in Windhoek’s Okuryangava suburb, which are apparently required for the achievement of individual aspirations such as socio-economic resilience. Against the analysis framework of the ‘Street Vendors Success and Knowledge Gap’, the research focused on two components, namely the Social and the Human Capit...
ABSTRACT In Namibia, the land question remains high on the agenda of Government, which is implementing a land reform programme since 1995. The reform attempts the correction of inherited imbalances in the access to land in order to alleviate poverty and dependency. The research was guided by the theoretical framework known as 'decoloniality'; and configured around the concept of land tenure structure, considered as a central element of any agrarian system. The subject has been widely investig...
ABSTRACT This research project is an assessment of built-up expansion in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto from 2007 to 2015. Data for this research project was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source of data include field observation, interview and satellite imageries. While secondary data include relevant published materials such as textbooks, journal articles, dissertations, reports, and the internet. The method used is satellite image processing, image clas...