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Item Peoples’ Attitude toward Property Tax Payment in Minna(West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference. C/o School of Construction Management and Engineering University of Reading, Reading, UK, 2010) Ayoola Adeyosoye BabatundeThis work examines people’s attitude toward tax payment in Minna. Data were collected via sets of questionnaire and interview conducted in Minna, the capital of Niger state. Findings revealed that, 90.5% of the respondents pay tax generally, out of which 71.5% is personal income tax while property related taxes stood at 9.4%. Sampling people’s willingness to pay tax, 41.6% are willing to pay while 52.6% are not willing to pay. Property rate is the major property tax in operation in Minna. Severance tax, site value rating, special land taxes and betterment tax are not in operation in Minna. The respondents advanced reasons for their lack of interest in paying tax to include lack of awareness, ignorance, and corrupt government officials among others. The paper recommends measures for creating positive people’s attitude toward property tax payment and strengthening the existing property generated revenue with the view to accelerating development projects most especially at the local government level.Item Geographical Information System (GIS) Based Analysis of Urban Trip Distribution Forecast of Bida Town(Lapai International Journal of Management and Social Sciences (LIJOMASS), 2010) Musa, Haruna D.; Mohammed Bala BankiThe purpose of this research was to study the urban home trips distribution using the Geographic Information System (GIS) tool based on the mobility surveys conducted in Bida town in 2007. The pattern of trip distribution is a basic tool necessary for planning formation and implementation in the transportation system. The problem of transportation within a township can only be resolved when proper and effective information on transportation is available. Bida township will contribute immensely to the scarce knowledge if a base is available for transportation planning. A mobility survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire designed and administered at various defined destinations; questionnaires were collected in trip count, generation and attraction at each zone. The town is divided into four zones: Zone 1 (include the institutional areas consist of Federal Polytechnic and College of Administration and Business study(CABS), Zone 2 (include the Wadata/Local Government Area; the administrative area of Bida town), Zone 3 (Federal Medical Centre/School of Nurse Area; the zone consists of public institutions). The trip production and the relative attractiveness for days (Monday and Friday; the hours)in December 2009 are generated. The inter-zonal travel times were calculated using the gravity model. The research revealed that landuse is a determinant factor; there exists a high level of attractiveness in Eso FMC/School of Nursing and Bida Poly/Cabs, respectively. With Esso haven thee the highest level of attraction of 332.51(50.34%), being a commercial landuses, followed by institutions.Item Effect of Addition of Calcium Nitrate on Selected Properties of Concrete Containing Volcanic Ash(Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies, 2011) OGUNBODE, Ezekiel Babatunde; HASSAN Ibrahim OgiriAbstract In this work, the effect of addition of Calcium Nitrate on selected properties of concrete containing Volcanic ash as partial replacement for ordinary Portland cement by weight was investigated .The study carried out used 10% volcanic ash as partial replacement and an admixture, Ca(NO3)2 Was added to improve the strength of the resulting concrete at 2%, 4%, 6% 8% and 10% respectively. The result of setting time showed a decrease in both initial and final setting time of the mixture as the Ca(NO3)2 Content was increased. The result of chemical analysis of volcanic ash showed an increase in calcium oxide (CaO) content when calcium Nitrate Ca(NO3)2 was added from 11.67% to 33.68%. Cubes were cast and cured in water for 7, 14, 21, and 28 days .The resulting Strength at 28 days hydration period shows a strength increase as the percentage of Ca(NO3)2 was increased to 10% .Item URBAN VIOLENCE AND INSECURITIES: EXPOSURE AND ADAPTATION IN SULEJA TOWN(International Journal of Current Research, 2011) Musa, Haruna D.; Musa DalilThe 21st century is often heralded as the ‘urban century’. For the first time in history the majority of the world’s population now live in cities, a figure forecast to rise to over 60% by 2030. Increasing urbanization raises crucial questions for security. At one end of the spectrum, it has been claimed that ‘the scale of armed violence in large urban areas frequently exceeds that of all but the most devastating of current wars’, while at the other, questions of poverty, health, and human insecurity are presented as finding their starkest manifestations in urban settings, particularly in the developing world. Urban people repeatedly stress the anxiety and fear they experience because they feel insecure and vulnerable. Most say they feel less secure and more vulnerable today than in previous times. They describe security as stability and continuity of livelihood, predictability of relationships, feeling safe and belonging to a social group. Forms and degrees of security and insecurity vary by region and differ by gender. Women are vulnerable to abuse and violence in the home. Men, particularly young men, are more likely to be picked up by the police. The origins and nature of insecurities are related to types of threat, shock and stress. People most frequently mention the following: Insecurities of work and livelihood, Crime and violence, Persecution by the police and lack of justice, Civil conflict and war, Macro policy shocks and stresses, Social vulnerability, Natural and human-made disasters, Health, illness and death. Insecurities and mishaps are an integral and pervasive part of the ill-being of the urban dwellers, threatening them and making them anxious, fearful and miserable. As a result of the unprecedented level of insecurity in Nigeria due to gang-related violence, this study examined violence-related crimes (armed robbery, the ‘area boys' phenomenon and communal/street clashes) and security situation and coping measures in Suleja urban town.Field survey was carried out with 2000 structured questionnaires as the sample size. A national average household size of 6 people was used based on the number of household in Suleja is 41,258. 5% sample size of the total number of households was taken to produce 2000 questionnaires. This questionnaire was administered systematic random sampling techniques. Also, records of crime data were obtain from Suleja divisional police station from 2001 – 2008 for analysis. The surveyed result shows that (14%) of the respondents in Suleja have been victim of crime and violence while 86%of respondents claimed that they have never been victim of any crime and violence.However,44% of the crime cases are armed robbery and burglary while 11% are other cases. Research findings also shown that 65% of victim of crime had no rescue, 19% were rescue by the vigilante groups, 15% of the victim were rescued by Neighbours while 1% of the respondents rescued by police intervention. In view of the above, it is recommended that job should be created and infrastructural provision strengthen. Government should also put crime prevention on its top priority list and allocate sufficient funds to cover increased welfare packages and acquisition of highly sophisticated modern security gadgets to aid surveillance and monitoring of criminalsItem Promoting Agritourism for Sustainable Development in Nigeria(Journal of Research in Tourism (JRT).National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR)., 2011) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohammed, B.B.Irrigation farming has increased in Nigeria in the recent times. In northern Nigeria, Irrigated farming is changing the livelihoods of farmers in rural community. The possible reason for this is the increased awareness from the Fadama project jointly funded by World Bank, Federal Government and State Governments. This work was carried out to assess the agrotourism potential of irrigation farming (agriculture) for food security and sustainable development in Nigeria. Before the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria, agriculture has been the backbone of the economy. Furthermore, agriculture was found to be capable of alleviating poverty because it provides income among farming households (they were able to live above US Sl/day/person which is the threshold for poverty level), Hence a duo of irrigation agriculture and tourism can be used to achieve the MDGs for reducing poverty and hunger.Item An Assessment of Mining Activities Impact on Vegetation in Bukuru Jos Plateau State Nigeria Using Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)(Journal of Sustainable Developmen,, 2011) Musa, Haruna D.; Jiya, Solomon NThe study area has a pathetic and deplorable condition of landuse/ landcover. The vegetal cover in the area has to be removed from the activities of tin mining which consequently resulted into adverse environmental effect such as erosion. Different forms of human induced stress such as tin mining and heavy rainfall have severely degraded soils on the Jos Plateau. Such degradation problems are also caused by deforestation, inappropriate farming system, bush burning and over-grazing which are hostile to the environment. The impact of tin mining has greatly affected the natural ecology of the study area Bukuru. Micro and macro organisms and plants have been stripped off their natural habitat due to tin mining activities. This paper therefore, assesses the mining activities impact on the vegetation in Bukuru area of Jos plateau in Nigeria. Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) techniques was adopted to Maps effect of tin mining on the vegetation for the period between 1975 and 2007 using LandSat satellite data. The result of the differential vegetation index analysis reveals a decline in vegetated surfaces in 1986 ranging from 0.04 to 0.58 indicating 0.05 and continuous loss in vegetation over the study area in 2007 (vegetated surface decrease by 0.08 between 1986 and 2007). The decrease in vegetated surface is due to intensive mining and cultivation.Item An Appraisal of Household Domestic Energy Consumption in Minna, Nigeria.(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2012) 1. Abd’razack, N.T.A.,; Medayese, S.O.,; Matins, V. I.,; Idowu, O. O.,; Adeleye B.M,; Bello, L.OAbstract: One of the characteristics of African cities is uncoordinated urbanization with a trend of 4% annually, but the rate differs according to regions. Several factors are associated with urbanization such as lifestyle, consumption habit and pattern. The environment today is facing challenges from urbanization as consumption of resources such as land; water; energy, and air have changed to artificial environment. Energy consumption has been the driving force in global warming. Overtime, urbanization has been a great threat to sustainability of urban environment. However, kerosene and LPG that are supposed to be the major source of energy for cooking becomes unaffordable to low income households. This research was conducted in two residential areas of the identified neighbourhood and the choice of this neighbourhood is influenced by the fact that the phenomenon under study is more prevalent in the high and medium density localities. The effect of increase in electricity tariff, kerosene and LPG has shifted the focus of household source of cooking energy to biomass and this has been the cause of the environmental problems in the area which includes Indoor Air Pollution, Deforestation and Desertification. The analysis however shows a significant relationship between choice of energy and income.Item Climate Change, Development and the Cities; Perception of the Residents of Minna, Niger State(Centre for Human Settlement and Urban Development Journal(CHSUD Journal), 2013) Dalil Musa; Musa, Haruna D.The level of an individual or communal understanding of climate change would engender any consequential response to planning activities. The assessment of urban residence perception of climate change issues in Minna town was measured based on a field survey conducted using structured questionnaires. A total of 2000 structured questionnaires were administered using systematic random sampling techniques. That’s 80 questionnaires, each was assigned to 25 existing wards covering the entire study area. The result of the field survey analysis reveals that 79.2% of the respondents are aware of changes in the general weather conditions of their environment, but attributed it to an increase in temperature or natural changes(46.4%). The result also shows that 816 of the respondents, representing 81.6%, could not directly link urban planning within the environment with climate change. This research has concluded that though people are aware of the changes in the climate conditions in their environment, the majority of people felt that emissions from vehicles, generators, etc., could not contribute to climate change, but merely cause environmental pollution. The reasons advanced by most of the respondents were that carbon monoxide emitted from cooking stoves and automobiles is too insignificant to have any negative effect on the global climate.Item Residents' Water Needs in the Indigenous Core of Ibadan City, Nigeria.(ISOCARP, 2014-09-26) Ayangbile, O. A and Adeleye, B. M.nilItem Evaluation of Perception of Stakeholders on Key Performance Indicators for U.B.E Building Projects(Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST), 2015-03-02) Alumbugu, Polycarp Olaku, Abdulazeez, Abdulmumin, Saidu, Ibrahim, Ola-Awo, Wasiu Adeniran,Tsado Abel John—A project performance can be measured traditionally by three factors, which are co, time and quality. Researchers however argued that the measure of project success can no longer be restricted to the traditional indicators. Key performance indicators vary from project to project. Despite much work on the subject, there is no commonly agreed framework of performance measurement on projects. To bridge this gap, this research targets to investigate the perception of stakeholders on key performance indicators (KPIs) in the context of Universal Basic Education (U.B.E) building project in Niger state, Nigeria. The study explores key performance indicators in perspective of various stakeholders within (client, consultants, contractors, principal/teacher, parent, pupil/student and member of community) within U.B.E. Data for the study were sourced from a total of seventy (70) structured questionnaire administered to the stakeholders of the selected U.B.E primary school projects using the simple stratified sampling technique. The data collected were analyzed using the descriptive method comprising of the mean score and ranking methods. It was found out that the traditional measures of the iron triangle (on-time, under budget and according to specifications) are most criteria for measuring delivery of projects, it also shows that project executed by U.B.E are delivered within time, on budget and quality. It also revealed that stakeholders are satisfied with the UBE building project.Item Assessment of the Effect of Plan Shapes on Cost of Institutional Buildings in Nigeria(International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES), 2015-03-03) Saidu, Ibrahim , Alumbugu, Polycarp Olaku Abdulazeez Abdulmumin and Wasiu Adeniran Ola-AwoThis research analyzed the effect of plan shapes on cost of multi-storey Institutional buildings in Nigeria. Data were collected from drawings and priced bill of quantities for 28 projects of existing institutional buildings in Kwara State. In order to determine the plan shape with the most effect, a descriptive method of analysis (bar chart) was used. It was found out that, in all the plan types (“A” Circular-shaped, “B” U-shaped, “C” L-shaped, and “D” Rectangular shaped building) observed for each of the building elements (Substructure, Frame work, Block work, Roof work, Services, Finishes) including the overall building cost, plan shape Type “A” (circular shaped buildings) were the most expensive with an average total cost of N225,959,924.75 Plan shape type “D”(the Rectangular shaped buildings) have the lowest average total cost of ₦ 87,76I,791.27.It was concluded that plan Type “A” (circular shaped buildings) were the most expensive with highest average cost, plan Type “B” and “C” (U and L shaped) were at the average while building Type “D” (Rectangular shaped building) has the lowest average cost. The study recommends that clients that might be considering embarking on the multi-storey institutional building development should bear in mind the cost effectiveness of each plan shape in order to avoid adverse cost consequences on the project.Item Waste disposal: Existing infrastructure and the emerging trend in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State. Responsive Built Environment.(Published by the Faculty of Environmental Designs and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2015-03-12) Popoola Ayobami A., Ayangbile Oluwabukola A., Adeleye Bamiji M.Item Assessment of Households’ Satisfaction with Neighbourhood Facilities in Selected Residential Locations of Minna Urban(School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2016) Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Adeniran Ayoade Adeleye; Abdulkareem SekinatOne of the challenges facing the cities of the world particularly in developing economies is unsustainable nature of housing. And as neighbourhood remains the utmost fundamental environmental unit for dweller’s social platform influencing his or her quality of life, it should be ascribed serious attention. This study examined the effects of seven neighbourhood facilities on households’ satisfaction across six residential neighbourhoods in Minna. Systematic random sampling technique was used to administer questionnaires to the household heads in the study area. Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple regression were statistical tools employed using SPSS Version 16.0 Statistical package. The study revealed a positive relationship between level of households’ satisfaction and neighbourhood facilities considered in F-layout and Bosso Estate with correlation coefficients of 0.689 and 0.529 respectively; positive relationship in Bosso Town, Tunga Lowcost and GRA with correlation coefficients of 0.465, 0.375 and 0.360 respectively; and negative relationship between the variables in Minna Central (-0.033 correlation coefficient). The correlation results confirms the regression analysis which reveals significant relationship (p values < 0.01) between households’ satisfaction and neighbourhood facilities in F-layout (R2=0.501), Bosso Estate (R2=0.230), Bosso Town (R2=0.205), Tunga Lowcost (R2=0.180) and GRA (R2=0.124)) and reverse relationship (p value > 0.01) in Minna Central (R2=0.000). The study recommends that neighbourhood facilities should be augumented with other public facilities and households or community residents should be involved in infrastructure input decisions that affect their neighbourhoods. This will improve residential neighbourhood satisfaction by the residents and also enhance property values.Item An Assessment of the Impact of Public Infrastructure on Residential Property Values in Minna(Joint International Conference Editorial Committee, 2016) Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Ojetunde Ismail; Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Popoola NaomiThis study provides evidence on the value capitalization effect of public infrastructure in Minna. It employs rental transactions and datasets constructed from various secondary sources to provide information on geometric and spatial distribution of 4 groups of public infrastructure. Due to aggregation bias in these data sets, we utilize the quartile procedure to construct aggregate indices which capture the effect of the different infrastructure stock component but not infrastructure quality. The quartiles were used to compute location quotients for 12 a priori neighbourhoods, hence providing the basis for grouping and classifying neighbourhoods into low and high infrastructure neighbourhoods. A tenable statistical justification for this neighbourhood split by infrastructure is the Hodges-Lehman point estimate of shift (Δ) at 95.89 confidence level which is (−3.234,−11.072,−0.339) which revealed that the two classified neighbourhoods (low and high) are different. Findings revealed that geometric and spatial distribution of infrastructure is reasonably uneven across the study area. In addition, marked variability exists in quality of infrastructure between low and high-infrastructure neighbourhoods based on respondents‘ perceptual rating. The conjecture that high-infrastructure neighbourhoods have higher residential property values in contrast with that associated with low-infrastructure neighbourhoods was also found to be plausible. The capitalization effect of public infrastructure is evident in a falling market: high-infrastructure neighbourhoods significantly outperformed low-infrastructure neighbourhoods by N 14470, while in period of soaring property value, high-infrastructure neighbourhoods command N 57305.60 more than the low-infrastructure neighbourhoods. These findings have substantial implications for optimal location of public infrastructure and its capitalization into urban residential property value. To maximize this capitalization effect, policy makers and planners must efficiently allocate public infrastructure across space.Item Measuring Hotels Service Quality in Nigeria: A Case Study of Minna Township(Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism.Routledge Taylor & Fracis Group, 2016) Mohammed Bala Banki; Hairul Nizam Bin Ismail; Musa, Haruna Danladi; Musa DalilThe hotel industry in Minna, Nigeria has experienced tremendous growth in numbers in recent times. Despite this growth, nothing seems to be known about the quality of services provided to customers by these hotels from the customers’ viewpoint. Thus, this study investigates the relationships between service quality, perceived value, customer satisfaction and behavioral intention in the hotel industry in the town of Minna, Nigeria. A structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was applied to test the proposed conceptual framework using data collected from 263 customers in eight 4-star hotels. The descriptive statistics result indicates that fairly appreciable quality services are rendered by the hotels and the structural model suggests that perceived value has a significant impact on the relationship between customer satisfaction and behavioral intention. The findings of this study provide implications for the operators of hotels in Minna to continue to improve services rendered so as to enhance customers’ satisfaction in order to gain their loyalty.Item "Location".(Department of Urban and Regional.University of Ibadan, 2016-01-02) Ayangbile, O. A and Adeleye, B.M.nilItem Urbanization and Peri-Urban Development in Minna, Nigeria(School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2017) Popoola Naomi Ijadunola; Ojetunde Ismail; Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Ayoola Adeyosoye BabatundeItem Sustainable City: Assessing the Community Happiness of Residents in Putrajaya Municipality Malaysia(Review of European Studies Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2017) Haruna D. Musa; Mohd R. Yacob; Ahmad M. Abdullah; Mohd Y. IshakWith the recent establishment of linkages between characteristics of the community and subjective well-being of residents by a sociologist, the ability to design and monitor urban development that enables human and environmental well-being becomes necessary. Developing communities sustainably require resilient economic, environmental, social and governance systems. This study assesses community happiness based on perceived satisfaction of sustainable development interventions in urban areas. A sample of 400 residents was selected to complete the self-reported survey on specific items on a 10-point response scale (1 means “very dissatisfied” and 10 means “very satisfied”). The sample comprised of residents between 18 years of age and above who lived and works in the town, outside and identified with the communities in the city. The results show that the environmental well-being (M=7.69, SD=1.59), social well-being (M=6.96, SD=1.73), and urban governance (M=6.69, SD=1.61), and economic well-being (M=6.19, SD=2.01) respectively were positively perceived to contribute to the overall community happiness (M=6.88). The findings suggest that investments unto the dimensions could lead to a more optimistic outlook for sustainable community future. The study contributed to the literature on the connection between subjective well-being and sustainable development, and also the measure of community happiness in local context using subjective approach, particularly in Malaysia.Item Coordinates(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan, 2017-01-01) Adeleye, B.M., Popoola, A.A., Onyemenam, P. I. and Ndana, M.nilItem Leadership(Department of Urban and Regional Planning University of Ibadan, 2017-12-04) Medayese, S.O.; Shaibu, S.I.; Idowu, O.O.