JOURNEY TO WORK IN MAKURDI URBAN AREA.

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dc.contributor.authorAMEH, PAUL ONUMINYA
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-07T08:20:52Z
dc.date.available2014-03-07T08:20:52Z
dc.date.issued1988-12
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, A.B.U. ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF M.SC. URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. DECEMBER, 1988en_US
dc.description.abstractIn many of our Nigerian Urban centres, workers face problems of long travel time and high cost of travel in their worktrips. The Study is aimed at examining the characteristics of Journey to work in Makurdi, identify the problems with a view to planning effectively for it. Data was collected from Primary and Secondary Sources. In Makurdi, Journey to work was found to be associated with problems of high cost long travel time, inconveniences and strains. The low income earners spend more than 26% of their monthly income and travel for longer distances than high income earners in their worktrips. Less than 22% of the workers were observed to own private vehicles (Cars, bicycle, motor-cycle, etc) of their own. Unfortunately, the public transport system is inefficient, overcrowded and their services are not accessible to a large part of the Urban area. These problems are due to the poor Urban growth with respect to the distribution of residences and workplaces, the poor roadnetwork and the present economic recession. Forcasts of landuse and worktrips shows that these problems may be worse by the year, 2005. Proposals for achieving an effective journey to work based on short term curative measures and long term preventive measures were advanced. The short term curative measures were directed at solving the problems of existing flows. These include proposals on improvement of road network, organising the present public transport system and traffic management schemes. The long term preventive measures include proposals on distribution of residential areas and workplaces to minimise distance and ease movement to work, mass transit system, utilising the train services by 2005, planning for pedestrians, motorcyclists and organised parking system. The proposals are expected to be implemented in 17 years. The phases of implementation are 1988-1990 (Short term), 1991-1995 and 1996-2005 for long term proposals. There are also recommednations on sources of finance and administrative framework for the implementation. It is hoped that if the Physical Planning solutions advanced were implemented, the problems of journey to work in Makurdi would be solved.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3474
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectJOURNEY,en_US
dc.subjectWORK,en_US
dc.subjectMAKURDI,en_US
dc.subjectURBAN AREA,en_US
dc.titleJOURNEY TO WORK IN MAKURDI URBAN AREA.en_US
dc.title.alternativePROBLEMS AND PHYSICAL PLANNING SOLUTIONS.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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