Peaceful coexistence is the backbone of development of any nation or society. The continuous breach of this valuable phenomenon �“ peace in the Nigerian Nation State would not augur well for the desired and much needed development. Various factors causes the breach of peace among these are political, economic, social and religious factors. The lis... Continue Reading
Music predominates and performs specific roles in the daily activities of Moro' a people. It integrates with almost all the cultural , aesthetic, political , economic social, psychological, emotional and physiological aspect of their lives. Music is not just seen as an enjoyable pursuit, it helps in the continuity of tradition, because all musical ... Continue Reading
The rapid growth of urban centres in dovoloping countries and Nigeria in particular has resulted in spatial expansion of those urban centres therebycreating the sprawling of urban fringes. These urban fringes or urban peripheral settlements grow haphazardly due to lack of development control by the planning authorities concerned, thereby resulting ... Continue Reading
Increasing crime appears to be a failure of all modern industrialised societies. The crime rate and efforts to control it has led to the evolution of prisons. Prisons are places created to shelter the reformation of judged criminals. Depending on perception, it may be viewed as a place to reform the convicted offenders of the society. Prison is see... Continue Reading
The problem this study is concerned with, is the fact that in the Nigerian Army of today, there are so many badges and insignia in existence which are poorly designed, some have no enough basic aesthetic values which are inherent in good designs some even have inscriptions in foreign languages on them! Furthermore, the quick and very effective com... Continue Reading
Spatial Planning has received more emphasis in 1RD design relating to rural service delivery. However there are limitations in knowledge of the implications associated with the pattern of implementation of the spatial input in IRD design and use of the information to improve IRD policy formulation and implementation strategy. To fill the gap in kno... Continue Reading
The development of art education in Nigeria has been a reflection of socio-cultural and political practices; and social and economic changes from traditional times through the colonial era to the contemporary period. Despite the efforts of the artists and art educators, there is inadequate literature on them to enlighten and educate readers about t... Continue Reading
Urban degeneration is a phenomenon of great concern both in the Third World and the Industrial Nations. It is found almost in all cities in Nigeria. It is determined by using many indicators as were applied for Aba Core Area. The ultimate end of the exercise is to find a renewal approach that is most suited to the problem and apply it appropriately... Continue Reading
The amount of documents and records produced within the information process during the course of a construction project is overwhelming. Consequently, proper management of these documents and records is of key importance regarding efficiency and quality management in the construction industry. This study is concerned with the status of records mana... Continue Reading
Housing has been a major problem in Urban areas in the developing countries, particularly the low income group. One of the strategies adopted to solving this problem is sites and services Sites and Services is an approach aimed at providing plots of land in a convenient location with essential services which would afford people the opportunity to c... Continue Reading
Nigeria produces cotton seed and groundnut in abundance, especially in the northern part. This project Gusau Oil Mills aims at designing a factory for processing these oil seeds. In the process of doing this, more products will be realized and wastage will be minimized. The sub topic is Architectural considerations to hygiene in Industries. This ha... Continue Reading
This study is conducted to measure the Artistic Creative Abilities of some selected post primary students in Gongola State, A sample of 389 Form and IV students (203 males and 186 females drawn from some selected post primary schools in Gongola State were used for the study. The standardised test of visual perception - The Zaria Test of Artistic Cr... Continue Reading
The efficiency of a city's spatial organization is determined by the organization of its central, area. Today, in most cities of developing countries, a peculiar but more fundamental problem of central area development that affect majority of the people and the town's growth is lack of efficiency due to poor locational pattern and functional linkag... Continue Reading
The physical living environment of the Koma people and their Socio-Economic condition calls for planning for them. The planning for them is to integrated them into the State development efforts, and afford them the opportunity for them to contribute to the growth and development of the state as well as the nation. This study is an attempt in planni... Continue Reading
In Nigeria and other developing countries of the world, planning and development of new retail areas have been used as a means of decentralising the existing traditional retail areas, which mostly have evolved without due planning considerations and therefore, have constituted a nuisance to the urban areas in which they are located. In view of the ... Continue Reading