Abstract Housing is an inevitable aspect of human life in any society. Consequently, its condition has resultant effect on the general wellbeing of individuals. This study examined the housing conditions in Ajeromi Oke-Oja in Ogun State, Nigeria with the view of identifying and assessing existing housing facilities and building construction materials; methods of acquisition and […]

Abstract This study examined the perceived climate-induced problems encountered by urban farmers in Ibadan, the farmers’ responses and adaptation strategies. Primary data were collected through the administration of a structured questionnaire, key-informant interviews and field observation. Stratified random sampling was employed in selecting 244 urban farmers for questionnaire administration. In-depth interviews were also conducted with […]

Abstract Transportation challenges of the elderly are multifarious considering growing demands on transportation systems in many developing countries. Against this background, the study on which this paper is based identifies mobility challenges of the elderly following recent increase in the number of the aging group.  The study is part of travel survey of households in […]

Abstract The main focus of this paper was to examine the role and contribution of urban agriculture in reducing the level of poverty in Ajaokuta urban area.  The analysis was based on primary data collected through the administration of a well-structured questionnaire as well as personal field observation. These were analysed using the Statistical Package […]

Abstract Health and Safety Management policy is one of the monitoring tools used by the organization in the industrial building to ensure productivity and sustainability of the overall goals in industrial buildings. This paper therefore addresses the current situation facing application of health and safety policy industrial buildings. Questionnaire were purposively distributed to 270 employees […]

  Abstract The rapid rate of changing land use in urban areas has reached alarming proportions. The changes are observable along major transport routes particularly within the central business districts (CBD). The aim of this study was to assess the attendant problems as well as implications of changing land uses on physical environment in Calabar […]

Abstract The lopsided focus of research on metropolitan housing deficit, which preponderantly neglects the import of use-conversion of properties in the assessment of the problem, motivated this paper. Primarily, it analyzes the inter-use dynamics of the housing-stock in metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria, employing the field-survey method to draw out random samples of buildings from streets that […]

Abstract It is against the background of the increasing incidence and indiscriminate springing up of informal automobile workshops in virtually every open space in Nigerian cities that this study evaluates the spatial distribution of informal automobile workshops in Osogbo. This is with a view to identifying planning strategies for addressing the seemingly uncontrollable proliferation of […]

Abstract This study examined the barrenness and clustered commercial activities along the rural-urban fringe of an emerging city (Lokoja, Nigeria) and tried to establish the inhabitant’s preferred development pattern for road corridors at the fringe of the city. Questionnaire and photographs were utilized as research instruments for this study. Two roads: Abuja-Lokoja road (Nataco area) […]

Abstract The study examined the role of agricultural enterprises in food security status of urban farmers in Ikorodu metropolis. Using a multistage technique, 150 urban farmers were selected and surveyed with a structured questionnaire. Data was subjected to simple descriptive statistics and Spearman rank correlation co-efficient was used to test the hypothesis. Most of the […]