ASSESSMENT 'OF LANDSCAPING IN BIDA TOWN NIGER STATE

Abstract

·A ,~STRACT ' / . It is very necessary to understand the nature of an environment, which invariably manifested· into various land. uses that . housed man and all his activities, which are majorly classified to include: Residential, Commercial institutional and recreation alland use. First, residential is mainly meant for dwelling purposes providing living accOlmnodation and related activities, • • • 4 Commercial land use, !. on ,~·the . other hand .. ' is meant for I business transaction trade etc while institutional land use in a place or area of land meant for learning ,health public welfare, law 'and order and so on . Recreational land use attracts large number of people other then work related purpose, it include such 'places reserved for health resort, sport scenic area etc. According to Hf\NCOCK n 987). Landscaping aims to integrate new \ ':.' . -. development into its surrounding and'to provide a desirable new environment. It evolves an accurate provision/plan ting of trees, shrubs hedges to drainage the out side view of entire surrounding. Moreover, landscaping scheme en compasses a natural out come of the (survey designed for the easy of maintenance and include design and layout of the path ways. Planting should be for specific purposes such as screening, wind breaking, noise defection and to prevent success to sp~cific area.