ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LAND USE WITHIN ZARIA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LAND USE WITHIN ZARIA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2014-08
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GIDADO, FadimatuHalilu
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The proper functioning of the Central Business District (CBD) is a crucial requirement for a
healthy and prosperous city. Land uses are dynamic particularly for CBDs and their complexity
contribute to the overall development of the CBD but they equally produce negative impacts on
the environment, the negative impacts imply abuse of the environment due to improper resources
management. The CBD of Zaria urban area face a number of these negative environmental
problems, the study assesses the environmental problems of commercial land use in Zaria
Central Business District (CBD). The objectives include the identification and mapping of
different land-use types existing within the study area, describing the types of activities within
the different land uses, identifying the environmental problems associated with the different
commercial land uses in the CBD, and determining the relationship between different
commercial land use activities and environmental problems. Both primary and secondary data
were used for the study, the type of data collected include land use map of the study area, land
use types, activity types, field and social survey information, physical observation. The data were
analyzed using a high resolution image of the study area that was obtained from Google Earth
and various land use activities within the CBD were identified the land use activities were
mapped out. Simple descriptive statistics was used for the analysis of data obtained. Correlation
analysis was used to determine the relationship between land use activities and environmental
problems. Several environmental problems associated with commercial land use activities were
identified in all the Zones, which are 16.7% air pollution, 21.3% noise pollution, 46.4% land
pollution and 15.3% traffic congestion and general sanitation problems. Conclusively, to reduce
the rate of these environmental problems within Zaria CBD, a prompt legislative framework
should be put in place to tackle the issue of indiscipline; Provision of commercial
infrastructure/facilities; Strengthened administrative mechanism are some of the few
recommendations highlighted.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
AUGUST, 2014
Keywords
ENVIRONMENTAL,, LAND,, CENTRAL BUSINESS,, DISTRICT,,, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA