AN ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIES IN JALINGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN TARABA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorEMMANUEL, TAR ADAGBA
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T10:24:20Z
dc.date.available2014-02-18T10:24:20Z
dc.date.issued2000-11
dc.descriptionEMMANUEL TAR ADAGBA (MA/FASS/08484/95-96) A Thesis Submitted to the Postgraduate School, in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts Degree in Regional Development in the DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF ARTS AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NIGERIA. NOVEMBER, 2000.en_US
dc.description.abstractDeep in the heart of the researcher, lay the question, "what may be the revealing facts about this region with regards to what is conceived as "development"? Thus, seven major indices were selected: water, education, market/stores, electricity, motor—park, housing and health facility provisions. Seven major settlement locations were also selected for research, with the aim of discovering the nature of the distribution of social amenities in the region. Three independent variables population, distance and the number of taxable adults per location were used to formulate the following hypothesis: That there is no significant relationship between facilities located in a community and spatial indices such as population, the number of taxable adults and distance from Jalingo. The conceptual framework was built around two theories - Growth Pole and Central Place. Data collection was based on both the primary and secondary sources, that is, questionnaire (structured and unstructured), and the field survey for the primary source; and textbooks, theses, news papers and information from offices for the secondary sources. Two regression models were used in the analysis of data. These are, the multiple and simple regressions. The former was the main tool of analysis. The latter model was used to broaden our base for the final conclusion. In order to identify centres with deficient number of viii facilities, the standard score model was used. The scores depicted the levels of inequality for all the locations. The two regression models produced two contrary results. The multiple regression, as was later discovered, accepted the null hypothesis as a result of collinearity in the independent variables. This collinearity was indicated by the resulting insignificant t-values, while the R2 values remained quite high. The simple regression on the other hand rejected the null hypothesis, which means that the independent variables are significant in determining facility location. In the midst of this occurrence, we drew the conclusion that in the operations of government, these independent variables are quite passive. The most active ingredient is public policy which determines most significantly what occurs in geographical space. From all that has proceeded, this research must be recognized for its contribution in the sphere of development. But I have acknowledge limitations also of this research. First, time, monetary resources as well as opportunities did not favourably unit to perfect the research. Besides, development per se is not stagnant. Governments are supplying more electricity, more water and building more schools. As a result, findings of research are soon out of tune with current situation; this research is not an exception. However, this research has helped to generally confirmed the conclusion by Idachaba (1981) that the area is rural. ix Also, like the research by Bashir (1997) disparity in facility distribution was seen to exist. The research has deepened the knowledge about the current social status-quo of the L.G.A.; not in a general manner but in a particular sense. Since the creation of Taraba State in 1991, no research, except this one, has been conducted to bridge the gap between previous researches and the present trend in development. The standard score model which measured the levels of inequality showed that of the seven locations, only two were not deficient in the number of facilities required per settlement location. These two settlements represent 28,5%, that is to say 71.5% of all the main centres in the area are deficient with regards to the number of facilities. Based on the foregoing, we recommended improvement in the supply of agricultural tools for the ruralites, and also suggested that urbanization of a higher order should be highly encouraged by government.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1890
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSISen_US
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONen_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL FACILITIESen_US
dc.subjectJALINGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAen_US
dc.subjectTARABA STATEen_US
dc.titleAN ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIES IN JALINGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN TARABA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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