Urban & Regional Planning

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    Visualization of Ecotourism potentials of Borgu Sector of the Kainji Lake National Park
    (Journal of Research and Tourism. National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), 2007) Musa, Haruna D.
    Decision-making in tourism development and planning is becoming increasingly complex as organisations and communities have to come to terms with the competing economic, social and environmental demands of sustainable development. Geographic Information Systems (GlS) and Visualization is a computer-base, tool for gathering, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying spatial data. GlS therefore, can be regarded as providing a toolbox of techniques and technologies of wide applicability to the achievement of sustainable tourism development. Spatial (environmental) data can be used to explore conflicts, examine impacts and assist decision-making. The study was carried out using ancillary data such as Maps (Topographic and Planimetric maps), as well as attribute data (such as species of fauna and flora existing, their distribution, tourist traffic, facilities available, and scenic inventories) of the park. The study revealed the importance of space information and technology in ecotourism planning and development.The main goal was to develop a simple Geographic Information System(GIS) that would serve as a Decision Support tool for ecotourism planning and development og Kainji Lake National Park(KLNP).
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    Urban Sprawl Pattern Recognition and Modeling of Kaduna Metropolitan Area using Geographic Information System
    (Environmental Technology and Science Journal., 2007) Gana F. N.; Musa,H.D.
    Urban sprawl has been recognized as a problem that faces the developed world. Most developing countries follow their erstwhile colonial master's pattern of development; hence the problem of urban sprawl is not restricted to the developed world as it exists also in the developing of the world. However, the indicators are different as are the causes for sprawl. Developing country sprawl is largely a result of necessity people move to the city in search of better employment and opportunity Population dynamics are often cited as a driving force behind urban sprawl. This paper used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and land cover change analysis and neighbourhood statistics, to measure urban sprawl in Kaduna metropolitan area. Analyses of time series satellite images of urban land cover of Kaduna metropolis from 1973 to 2001(Landsat MSS of 1973, Landsat TM of 1990 and Landsat ETM of 2001). The data were reclassified to show only those classes that represent urbanized land. The two period's data were compared, to show the extent of urban growth over the last twenty eight years Patterns analyses of urban expansion using mapping capabilities within the GIS and neighbourhood statistics were carried out in order to show the density and connectivity of patches of new growth, The quantitative results from GIS data collection and analysis, and visual detection of sprawl patterns shown that urban sprawl is a part of urbanization processes in Kaduna metropolis. There is a 53.27 % increase in the level of urban land from 1973 to 2001. The increase in built-up land use was visible and result shows increase in the percentage of urban land in 1973 - 1990 constituted for approximately 46.73% of the study area. From 1990 to 2001, urban land accounted for approximately 53.27% of the study area. The result of the time series analysis revealed that urban land has increased over the twenty eight years time period by 145.52sq.metre
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    An Analysis of the Pattern of Land Development and Management in Niger State (1976-2006)
    (The Estate Surveyors and Valuers .Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), 2008) Musa, Haruna D.; Nuhu Mohammed Bashir
    Recent land policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa provided for the inclusion of customary tenure in land administration to improve tenure security for the poor and encourage land development. The failure of formal systems of land delivery to cope with the demands of rapidly growing urban populations has led to households in the urban areas of the developing world living in informal settlements characterised by extreme poverty and limited state capacity. This study analyses the pattern of land development and management in Minna in order to suggest ways to improve the administration and management of land in Niger State. The data for the study were collected from various sources. The design layouts of the built-up area of Minna town for the period between 1976 to 2006 were utilised. An extensive fieldwork was carried out to update information on the plots in the layouts to reflect the extent of development using four (4) classifications: Developed plots, Not developed plots, plots under construction, and plots with cases of prescribed landuse conversion. The extent of development(built-up area) in Minna was computed from the multi-dated layouts. 104 implemented layouts consist of 7,893 total plots implemented, 4,349(55.06%)plots were fully developed, while 2,599(32.93%) of the plots were not developed,672(8.51%)plots were still development or construction, and 273(3.46%) plots were encroached upon or claimed by the natives by reasons of non-payment or inadequate compensation. To mitigate the problems emanating from this, it is suggested that processing fees and other related charges be reduced and consideration given to the masses in the design and allocations, while the undeveloped allocated plots of land should be revoked and re-allocated to those who are ready for development.