July 2009

Rural water utilization: Factors affecting aquaculture in Owo local government area of Ondo State, Nigeria

  The study was on factors affecting aquaculture in Owo local government area of Ondo state, Nigeria. Despite the challenges being faced by the rural people of the study area in accessing water for various uses, they still had a very good utilization of the available water for aquaculture. However, several factors of which the major ones were number of ponds owned, size of farm, years of aquaculture experience...

Author(s): Abbas, Idowu Innocent and J. A. Ukoje

August 2009

Housing stress and urban renewal imperatives in Diobu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

  Using a 5% probability sample of 1,118 households (hence dwelling units) drawn from 3,816 residential buildings, this study profiled the residential housing stock in Diobu, a run-down part of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Information was obtained primarily through direct observation and administration of a largely pre-coded questionnaire, administered face-to-face by trained interviewers. Data transformation...

Author(s): Victor C. Obinna, Opuene B. Owei, Precious Ede, Akin Ojumoro