signs of bad road Failures includes: Potholes and Cracks, Depression on the road surface, Development of Gully due to erosion, failed road shoulders, Faulty Drainage, Faulty Traffic signals, and Street lights, and Wiping off of Lane markings

This study will make people aware of the existence of institutional arrangements for land-use planning, and of the various challenges that have hindered land planning and management institutions from performing satisfactorily.

The construction industry have and continually raisisng projects to meet humans physical and social needs and also contribute significantly to the economic growth of the country’s GDP. Unfortunately, there are a lot of troubled buildings and infrastructures littering the skylines of many Nigerian towns, ready to collapse, while government authorities appear powerless due to a lack of manpower, resources, and equipment to carry out the necessary work.

To identify agencies involved in the management of solid waste in the study area; To assess level of participation of manufacturing firmss in the management of solid waste in the study area; and To examine correlation between waste management and profitability in manufacturing firms in the study area To examine prospects and challenges of manufacturing firms participation in solid waste management in the study area.

Study hypothesis The study hypothesis is: HO1: there are no significant factors affecting Waste Management practice of Riwama Rivers state HO2:There is no significant relationship between Waste Management and revenue generation of Riwama Rivers state Scope and Limitations of the Study The study scope is limited to investigating Wast

5 Research questions In order to achieve the above stated objectives, the following questions were asked; 1. Is there a significant relationship between urban and regional planning and socio-economic development? 2. Does urban and regional planning impacts on the socio-economic development of Abuja city? 1.6 Research hypotheses : There is no significant relationship between urban and regional planning and socio-economic development. : There is significant relationship between urban ... read more

e concern of the researcher in this study is not really another criticism of the Act but an in-depth evaluation of how it has achieved its aim in the mass provision of housing to the people. However the hope of the Nigerian masses lies in the Act with the current wave of high cost of acquisition of land. It should be noted that one of the cogent reasons why the Act came into existence was because of the nature of trusteeship of land in the past. It was difficult for anyone to get access to land.... read more

his study examined the housing quality perception of the resident of Umuguma. The data of this study were collected primarily through structured questionnaires while random sampling methods were used to arrive at the sample size of 140 units. The data were collected and analyzed while the presentations are on tables, charts, and percentages. The ANOVA (analysis of variance) was employed to test the hypothesis and the result shows that the calculated value (52.5) is greater than the tabulated val... read more

waste situation. The matter of solid waste and its management in Trans-Amadi Area of Port-Harcourt has catapulted itself into the limelight in the past decades Solid Waste Management (SWM) sector. This abysmal situation of solid waste is perpetuated by the fact that in some instances hazardous and non-hazardous wastes are still handled and disposed together without progressive proper segregation of wastes, thus creating a great health risk to municipal workers, the public, and the environment. D... read more

The world at large has in the recent past developed great concern over environmental issues such as global warming and its effect; flood which constitute a great problem to man, is both human-induced (anthropogenic) and natural disasters. Global warming is as a result of human activities such as deforestation, the release of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere in various ways and thereby creating hole in the ozone layer. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2007), fourth assessm... read more

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS BUSINESS STUDIES IN OGONI/KHANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE

Global warming is putting pressure on ecosystems, the plants and animals that co-exist in a particular climate. According to Riebeek (2007: 14), global warming will impact life on earth in many ways, but the extent of the change is up to us. Scientists have shown that human emissions of greenhouses gases are pushing global temperatures up, and many aspects of climate are responding to the warming in the way that scientists predicted they would. Ecosystems across the globe are already affected an... read more

The significance of the year 2012 flood disaster in Nigeria lies in the fact that they were unprecedented in the past forty years. Most parts of the central states of Nigeria and other adjoining states along the river Niger and Benue are devastated by these floods causing huge destruction to the rural and urban infrastructures (farmlands/crops, roads, buildings, damages, bridges, power lines e.t.c ) and socioeconomic lives of the areas. Floods occur when the soil, stream channels and man-made re... read more

he use of self-help approach in community development is considered as a process of social action in which the people of the community organized themselves for planning action, making groups and individual plans to meet their needs and solve their problems. They execute the plans, with a maximum reliance upon community resources and effort. Self-help approach involve the fullest participation of all the members in the community. Participation of individual in rural development activities is an a... read more

One of the basic necessities of life which are food, shelter, water and Air is of great importance to humans most especially in public buildings where there is high traffic and congestion most of the time. Research has shown that people spend about 90 percent of their time indoor since the majority of people’s daily activities take place indoor, the atmosphere inside of public building has a major impact on the health and safety of majority of the population can actually have more damaging eff... read more

Environmental planning the process of facilitating decision making to carry out development with the consideration given to the natural environmental, social, political, economic and governance factors and provides a holistic frame work to achieve sustainable outcomes. Environmental planning concerns itself with the decision making processes where they are required for managing relationships that exist within and between natural systems and human systems. Environmental planning endeavors to man... read more

Industrialization is a major development initiative that brings about massive development to a community be it rural or urban. With establishment of an industry the people stand to benefit in the way jobs are created security is provided, infrastructural development arrives and there is a general improvement in the welfare of the people. In the same vain, the community stand at a risk in being affected in numerous other ways. InGboko local government area of Benue state. The citing ... read more

THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF LAND REGISTRATION IN NIGERIA

A pit toilet is a type of toilet that collects human feces in a hole in the ground. They use either no water or one to three liters per flush with pour-flush pit latrines. When properly built and maintained they can decrease the spread of disease by reducing the amount of human feces in the environment from open defecation. This decreases the transfer of pathogens between feces and food by flies. These pathogens are major causes of infectious diarrhea and intestinal worm infections. Infectious d... read more

Abuja the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria has tremendous importance in the country's life and development. It is a hotbed for political fermentation, such that generates centripetal attraction from all corners of the country, perhaps nowhere has the need for judicious use and preservation of exhaustive land resources become imperative in Nigeria today than the Federal Capital City. From the outcome of the panel set up by the Federal Government led by Justice T.A Aguda to relocate the Federa... read more