IMPACTS OF SAND AND GRAVEL MINING ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN GWAGWALADA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA FCT, NIGERIA  

2016-11-10
Economic development is one of the main objectives of developed and developing nations worldwide. Development comes with the growth of urban areas. Urban growth is achieved through sand and gravel ...

MAPPING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN BADEGI AREA OF KATCHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2016-11-11
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 ...

EFFECT OF FLOODING AND COPING CAPACITY OF RESIDENTS OF IDAH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-11
Recent flood disasters in Nigeria have been of major concern to people, communities and institutions in which Kogi State was one of the affected state during 2012 flood disaster with ...

IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF HEALTH HAZARD IN KONTAGORA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-11
An epidemic is any outbreak of a disease among members of a specific population that exceeds the extent of occurrence of the disease normally found in that population. Epidemics affect ...

IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF HEALTH HAZARDS IN SELECTED ARE AS IN KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA.  

2016-11-11
Urbanization and increasing population growth in Keffi town has led to social, economic, environmental and most times political problems. These developments have caused the emergence of infectious diseases in human ...

ASSESSMENT OF HOUSEHOLD FIRE SAFETY PREPAREDNESS IN MINNA, NIGER STATE NIGERIA.  

2016-11-11
Fire has been source of comfort and catastrophe for human race. Most of the residential fire are caused by the misuse of domestic equipment, individual heating, open fire, smoke and ...

ASSESSMENT OF HOUSEHOLD FIRE SAFETY PREPAREDNESS IN MINNA NIGER STATE NIGERIA.  

2016-11-11
Fire has been source of comfort and catastrophe for the human race. Most of the residential fire are caused by the misuse of domestic equipment, individual heating, open fire, smoke ...

RESIDENTS PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF 2008 FLOOD DISASTER AND GOVERNMENT RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS IN AKARE WUSHISHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2016-11-11
Over the past decades, disaster and their impacts on economic and social activities have been on the increase worldwide, perhaps due to the growth in population of people living in ...

IDENTIFICATIONOF HAZARDS AND SAFETY MEASURES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN ABUJA, FCT, NIGERIA  

2016-11-11
•· .. · .·. i,. .· '"ti,·,··,-., t•'.-- = ta ? ABSTRACT Humans constitutes the oil that lubricates the factors of organizational growdt ami effectiveness. Safety and security measures have ...

FARM WORKERS' PERCEPTION OF THE CAUSES AND AWARENESS OF EPIDEMICS IN SELECTED POULTRY FARMS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-11
A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the risk of epidemics and vulnerability in poultry farms in Niger-State against the backdrop of the disaster normally associated with such epidemics in ...