URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Housing is one of the three basic needs of man and it is the most important for the physical survival of man after the provision of food (Turner, 1983; Munonye, 2009 and Olayiwola et al, 2005). It has a profound influence on the health, efficiency, social behaviour, satisfaction and general welfare of the community. Okedele […]
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Introduction Inventory control refers to the process whereby the investment in materials and parts carried in stock is regulated within predetermined limits set in accordance with inventory policy established by management. The activities of inventory control thus include: determination of limits of inventories to be held, determination of inventory policies, setting out of investments pattern
INTRODUCTION Housing, a basic necessity of man has over the years been a subject of both public and intellectual discuss and will continue as far as deficit is there. It is worthy to note too that man cannot do without housing; he must find where to lay his head after day activities, as population grows,
INCREASING PRICE IN HOUSING MATERIALS AND ITS EFFECT ON HOUSING POLICY IN IMO STATE Read More »
For centuries Kano was an important market town on trans-Saharan caravan routes. Kola and other products from the forested coastal areas of West Africa changed hands in Kano’s market, as did Saharan salt, luxury goods from North Africa and Europe, and slaves. Kano’s resident Hausa artisans also manufactured textiles as well as leather and metal
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Transportation infrastructural development remains a major tool for achieving the aspirations of the newly introduced economic principles of the Federal Government of Nigeria National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). Hence, the paper aims at empowering Nigerian basic livelihood through appropriate transport infrastructure investment. The production and their distribution costs through such investment will be
IntroductionThis paper describes few steps in achieving an urban and regional developmentstrategy, starting from the analysis of existing infrastructure. It will monitor the trafficthat connects arteries, such as road intersections or major street network. It willanalyze how traffic connections are made, given by the need of regional integrationand taking into account European standards.Pantelimon town has
Rapid urbanization and increasing rate of poverty are among the greatestchallenges facing developing countries in the new millennium. This is obvious from thealarming rate of urban population growth, particularly in Nigeria. Indeed, for more than50years, the progressive population drift to urban centres in Nigeria have not beingmatched by corresponding upgrade in infrastructural facilities. In other
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INTRODUCTION The demand for housing increases in response to several factors, notably urbanization and population growth. According to Omiunu (2014), a high population growth will have significant effect on resource allocation such as housing and this could pose a big problem to the Nigeria housing and national development. Thus, urbanization and population growth if not
Abstract This article explores how longer distance cycling, by rendering distance as a conceptual measure embedded in the production of space rather than an abstract quantitative unit, can advance interspecies mobility justice. The article theorizes longer distance cycling not as some specific number of kilometres, but rather as the social production of cycling space across
Introduction. Housing delivery is a highly contentious and politicised issue that is of great concern to administrators, scholars and the public in Nigeria. In the last few decades, the influx of people into urban areas, the natural population increase and inadequate responses by the government have contributed to the worsening housing situation in the country,
