ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LAND USE WITHIN ZARIA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorGIDADO, FadimatuHalilu
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T07:58:05Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T07:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.descriptionA 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, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5628
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL,en_US
dc.subjectLAND,en_US
dc.subjectCENTRAL BUSINESS,en_US
dc.subjectDISTRICT,,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.titleENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LAND USE WITHIN ZARIA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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