LOCATION ANALYSIS OF FILLING STATIONS IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
LOCATION ANALYSIS OF FILLING STATIONS IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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2015-02
Authors
UBA, Murtala Mohammed
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Abstract
This study analysed the location of filling stations in Kano Metropolis against the
physical planning standards set by Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) and
Kano Urban Planning and Development Agency (KNUPDA).Namesand street
addresses of the filling stations were obtained from the Department Petroleum
Resource (DPR) Kano. Global positioning System Garmin 76X GPS was used to
capture the locations of the filling stations. The Quickbird imagery, street map, and
boundary map were obtained from the Kano State Ministry of Land and Physical
planning and then imported to Arcmap environment of ArcGIS 10, integrated and
georeferenced to the same coordinate system. The findings revealed that there are 214
filling stations located along the 43 roads in the study area, of which 69% are owned
by independent marketers, 26% owned by Major Marketers and 5% owned by the
NNPC. There is significant correlation between the number of filling stations and the
road hierarchy. While Zaria, Maiduguri and Katsina roads (all major roads) have the
highest number of filling stations, the access roads like Sabo Bakin Zuwo and
Zungeru roads have highest densityof filling station per km. Petroleum Motor Sprit
(PMS) is major products trade by the stations, the overall pattern of the location of the
filling stationsin the area is clustered, and there is significant difference between the
pattern and random pattern at both 95 and 99% level of significance. The major
factors governing the location of filling stations are the traffic flow, exit site from the
city and closeness to motorpark. Most of the filling stations satisfied the minimum
requirement of 15 metres distance from the road (96%). Equally 98% of the filling
stations met the minimum distance of 100 meter from the health care facilities.
However many stations had not meet the criteria of 400 meter minimum distance to
other stations where located on same road side and when not separated by any road or
street. The research recommends that the regulatory agencies should take appropriate
which ensure that filling stations operators comply with the standards.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN REMOTE
SENSING AND GIS
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
Keywords
LOCATION ANALYSIS,, FILLING STATIONS,, KANO METROPOLIS,, NIGERIA