ASSESSMENT OF HAZARD AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION AMONG WOMEN IN MINNA,NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2012-11-11
ln recent times, the world has witnessed a lot of disasters ranging from flood to wildfires which have claimed many thousands of lives, causing human and material losses. There is ...

CAPACITY BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN AKARE COMMUNITY OF NIGER STATE.  

2012-11-11
The people who are directly impacted by a particular disaster are the people whose preparedness for the disaster is most critical. Building capacity and knowledge transfer of these people in ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN MINNA, NIGERIA.  

2012-11-11
This research assessed the causes and possible risk of building in Minna, Nigeria and the highlight on the causes and effects of building collapse disaster in human settlement and examine ...

FACTORS AFFECTING JOB PERFORMANCE ON FEMALE EXTENSION AGENTS IN NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.  

2012-12-12
Regularly occurring flood events do have a history in Badegi area of Katcha Local Government, the study area for this research. The analysis of flood events, the resulting damage and ...

FLOOD DISASTER VULNERABILITY PROFILE OF THE RIVER CHANCHAGA WITHIN MINNA METROPOLITAN AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2013-03-05
Flooding is the result of heavy or continuous rainfall exceeding the absorptive capacity of soil and the flow capacity of rivers, streams and coastal areas. This causes a watercourse to ...

HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT IN NIGERIA  

2013-05-11
Construction sites are considered the most potentially hazardous and accident-prone parts of any working environment, therefore excessive exposure to these construction site hazards exposes workers to injury and possible death. ...

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF FLOOD IN AKARE, MINNA NIGER STATE.  

2014-03-03
Floods are purely environmental hazards of meteorological causes, but very often induced by man's improper utilization of the physical environment. Floods are among the most dramatic forms of interaction between ...

RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, A CASE STUDY OF RIVER SUKA FLOOD PLAIN IN MINNA NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2014-03-03
Risk and vulnerability assessment has been the most viable analytical method used in assessing and estimating the potential damage/disaster liable to occur in any hazard-prone environment in the developed world. ...

RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, A CASE STUDY OF RIVER SUKA FLOOD PLAIN IN MINNA NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2014-03-03
Risk and vulnerability assessment has been the most viable analytical method used in assessing and estimating the potential damage/disaster liable to occur in any hazard-prone environment in the developed world. ...

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS.  

2014-03-03
In the work, we developed and analyzed a denialistic model for the transmission dynamics and control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a population with vital dynamics (birth and death ...