Department of Environmental Management

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    CREATING A GIS APPLICATION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LUGBE FEDERAL HOUSING ESTATE, F.C.T., ABUJA - NIGERIA
    (Environmental Science Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-02-11) Abubakar, Mahmud; Musa, Eya Adamu
    The study evaluates the volume of solid waste generated within the Lugbe FHE and creates a GIS application for appropriate planning and management of solid waste. 5% of the 5680 estimated houses in Lugbe FHE were sampled for the study, thus a total of 284 copies of questionnaires were distributed, out of which 250 copies of the questionnaire were completed and returned for analysis. Descriptive statistics were largely employed; Moisture and Density of Solid Waste as well as stepwise multiple regressions were determined. The aerial photos for Lugbe were acquired from Abuja Geographic Information System and analyzed using various ArcGIS function. The final model obtained by stepwise regression has only the percentage of respondents who had no formal education and the percentage household size as selected predictors of solid waste generation. Household size was the best predictor of solid waste generation followed by No formal education. The proportion of the variance of solid waste generation explained by this model is 0.627. The existing dumpsites are not serving the whole of Lugbe FHE, and there is a large part of the housing estate that is not within the collection center catchment area. An asset of the maps developed in this study is that, they allow pinpointing isolated households/houses with deficient access to modern waste collection centers sites. The study recommends for route planning for waste collection vehicles using GPS. education and enlightenments among the residents for a healthy and clean environment with minimal cost.
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    ROLES OF LAND ADMINISTRATION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERI
    (Department of Environmental Management, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-10-10) Adamu, Musa Eya; Abubakar, Mahmud; Kadafa, A.A.; Alkali, Mohammed
    , , This paper examines the roles of land administration and physical development in Keffi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria and attempted tracing if these roles were achieved. It identified the various instruments for land use administration, physical development, management policies, regulatory system and rated effectiveness in the study area. The study affirmed that many of the land administration tools are not effective especially, the Landuse Act of 1978 Urban and Regional Planning Law Decree No: 88 of 1992, an implication of uncoordinated land use management in context of developing world cities and suggests how to improve the present practices. The paper draws on a systematic survey of land use mechanisms and activities, departments and agencies of government responsible for land administration aid physical development as well as individual, community involved in land use activities including land owners m the study area. The paper revealed that land administration in the study area has not been unanimously concerned with the granting of statutoiy right of occupancy and approval of plans to use land for a particular purposes, without adequate monitoring of its outcomes. It also shows that land management and control tools are either not available or weakly implemented disjointed and uncoordinated since several organizations and agencies are involved without approval or an overall land use plan within which effective land use management can be undertaken. The study concludes that unnl and unless land administration and physical planning authority are actively enforced. It suggests a reorganization of land administration^ urban land t*e planning and physical development machinery in the area and institutionalization of Local Planning Authority. The study also recommended that land administration and physical development should be supported by government, community, corporate organization and individual to achieve their roles.