PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE
PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE
| dc.contributor.author | EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL U. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-25T12:52:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-25T12:52:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990-08 | |
| dc.description | DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis focusses on the apparent issues of neglect and poor economic activities in the development process in the rural parts of Anambra State of Nigeria, using Nsukka Local Government Area as a case study. It is the low level of development prevailing in this part of the State which is essentially rural in character that has necessitated the choice of the area as an appropriate place for undertaking a rural development study. Settlement pattern hero is more dispersed than it is nucleated so that it is not easy to establish where one settlement begins and another ends and as a consequence presents problem or allocation of modern infrastructures because of the required threshold population. In addition most of the remoter settlements from the urban centre of Nsukka are inaccessable by road for many months especially during the rainy season which has resulted to the use of human potterage, bicycles, and a very few motor-cycles as means of transportation - thereby compounding their problems. Many farmers in this sub-region appear to be living in a closed system and completely isolated. This has drastically affected their income level as their agricultural produce are sold to the middle men at reduced prices who are able to scramble to reach them. This, it is held, dulls the enthusiasm of the farmers to increase their output. Worst of all are poverty, unemployment, inequality in income and gross inadequacy of infrastructures because of non-tapping of the potentials of the area to generate employment* These remarkable features have caused the youths to migrate to other areas for employment. The situation is now changing owing to the establishment of Okpuje Agricultural development project and other Community development projects. These projects which have contributed to the development of the area were sectoral and proceeded without any definite theoretical guidelines and as a result featured haphazard development. Thus spatial planning efforts to locate, link and co-ordinate these elements in integrated form are needed. This will utilize both human and natural resources of the area to create employment opportunities. It is obvious that the spill-over benefits from these, will outweigh and reduce the constraints of these rural dwellers who can now set up adult schools for themselves, give formal education to their children and solve their other pressing needs. In view of this and in line with the present government policy in the development of the rural areas, there is therefore much need for new orientation in planning process of the study drea by centralising of functions and services in Hierarchical Centres in order to give rise to a number of economies, external and internal. This should now form the basis of development approach to be adopted for this area that will link rural problems, proposals and policies. It is envisaged that once this new approach including phasing and implementation of programmes are adopted the issue of rural stagnation and low economic activities in the study area will be minimized. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2643 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | PHYSICAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | PLANNING, | en_US |
| dc.subject | PROPOSALS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RURAL DEVELOPMENT, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NSUKKA, | en_US |
| dc.subject | LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA | en_US |
| dc.subject | ANAMBRA STATE. | en_US |
| dc.title | PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |