CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Human beings are naturally gregarious and no human being is an island on his own. There is therefore a need for them to interact, cohabit, and do things in common. The Port harcourt metropolis has witnessed continuous growth in demand for housing…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY We live in a world shaped by human migration. Everyday people make decisions to leave their hometown, or even their own country and move elsewhere to work, study, retire or reunite with their families. Migration has changed the demographic composition of towns,…

CHAPTER ONE 1.0   INTRODUCTION Topography can be defined as the shape or configuration or relief or roughness or three-dimensional quality of the earth surface the object of topographical surveying is to produce a map showing elevations, natural and artificial feature and forms of the earth’s surface. It is drawn from…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the studyA 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…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study The generation and disposal of waste is an intrinsic part of any developing or industrial society. Waste, both from domestic and commercial sources has grown significantly in Nigeria over the past decade. Every time a householder shops at the store, and open market…

CHAPTER ONE 1.1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The problem of developing the rural area has received the attention of many experts and researchers as well as the government.  This is because it constitutes a serious bottleneck to the socio-economic development of the country as well as the communities.  It is…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY         Slums are home to the poorest of urban populations in Africa. The houses inhabited by slum dwellers are mostly decrepit, overcrowded, in neighborhoods that are prone to flooding and beset with poor sanitation and shortage of potable water. Slums are easily…

IntroductionRapid urbanisation has placed urban land in African countries under pressure.In many of these countries, access to urban residential land by households islimited and thus an issue of public concern. Africa and Asia are the fastesturbanising continents and Nigeria together with India and China expected toaccount for 37% of the…

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION Background of the studyA 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…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The housing sector plays a more critical role in a nation’s welfare than is always recognized, as it directly affects not only the citizenry, but also the performance of other sectors of the economy. Adequate housing provision has since the early 1970s consequently engaged…

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 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…

CHAPTER ONE Introduction Statement of the Problem 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…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Rural community development through self- help approach is an age long social activity in our society. Even before the advent of the colonial administration, people had at different time in history, organized themselves into group and had employed communal resource to provide…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the Study Development is a necessary aspect of societies, indeed any society without development could be said to be static. Hence all societies are dynamic. Development as a term has been defined by many writers with different views: – Ablu, (1982) viewed development as…

CHAPTER ONE 1.0   INTRODUCTION Topography can be defined as the shape or configuration or relief or roughness or three-dimensional quality of the earth surface the object of topographical surveying is to produce a map showing elevations, natural and artificial feature and forms of the earth’s surface. It is drawn from…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 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…

CHAPTER ONE Introduction Statement of the Problem 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…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Rural community development through self- help approach is an age long social activity in our society. Even before the advent of the colonial administration, people had at different time in history, organized themselves into group and had employed communal resource to provide…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYWith a population of about 173 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and accounts for 47% of West Africa’s population. Given these large reserves of human and natural resources, the country has significant potential to build a prosperous economy characterized…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Town planning is a technical and political process concerned with the development and use of land, protection and use of the environment, public welfare, and the design of the urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of…

INTRODUCTION        In other to have a clear and complete understanding of this project, there is then need to break down the various concepts that constitute the research work and thereafter define them one after the other. These concepts include Urban, Development, Housing/Housing challenge cum the way-out to this housing…