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EFFECT OF LAND DISPUTE ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Land is the basis for every form of physical development and constitutes the primary medium for food production, for the provision of sheets and utilities, for the manufacture of goods and the establishment of institutions to support the basic needs of modern communities (Lanus ad Olufemi 2006). Ukaejiofor (2009) posited that land at the heart of social, political and economic life of ...

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ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF SAND EXCAVATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Soil is an important resource covering the land surface. Mining is the process of getting minerals and soil components for various uses. Man depends on soil for agriculture, construction and even as a habitat for various organisms (Mwangi, 2007). People benefit from soil particularly sand and gravel but interfere and disturb the resource through excessive exploitation to fulfill their needs. There is ...

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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECT OF CRUDE OIL EXPLOITATION

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1     INTRODUCTION Petroleum is among the various resources produced by nature. They are used by human to satisfy their needs such as transportation, cooking, electricity power supply and others (Mike, 2012). The exploitation of natural resources such as crude oil is the use of natural resources for economic growth, of sometimes with a negative connotation of accompanying environmental degradation (Cronin, 2009). It started to ...

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USE OF SINGLE-POINT RESISTANCE AND SP LOGGING IN GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Water is one of the abundant and widely used natural resources available to man. Many communities obtain the water they need from rivers, lakes, or reservoirs, sometime using aqueduct or canals to bring water from distant surface sources. Another source of water lies directly beneath most towns. This resource is groundwater, the water that lies beneath the ground surface. The origin of water is traced to the ...

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INDEPENDENT GEOLOGIC FIELD MAPPING OF THE IGARRA AXIS OF THE BASEMENT COMPLEX

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Detailed Geological field mapping is an indispensable exercise in geology as a result of the fact that geology as a discipline is field-oriented. It is the aspect that completes and gives life to the study of geology. An independent Geologic field mapping of the Somorika-Aiyetoro-Aiyegunle-Ogugu-Imiegba-Fugar-Okpekpe-Bawa Hill-Auchi area and their environs in parts of Etsako East local government area in the Northern part ...

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EXTRACTION, ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTI–MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA BARK EXTRACTS

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page……………………………………………………………………..i Certification………………………………………………………………….ii Dedication …………………………………………………………………..iii Acknowledgment ……………………………………………………………iv Abstract………………………………………………………………………v CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………..1 1.1 Micro-organisms………………………………………………………....1 1.2 Classification of micro-organism………………………………………...2 1.2.1 Bacteria………………………………………………………………...3 1.2.2 Virus…………………………………………………………………...4 1.2.3 Algae…………………………………………………………………..4 1.2.4 Fungi…………………………………………………………………..5 1.2.5 Protozoa ………………………………………………………………6  CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Literature review………………………………………………………..7 2.1 Bacteria…………………………………………………………………7 2.2 Bacteria and its cells……………………………………………………9 2.3 Shape of the bacteria…………………………………………………...12 2.4 Environmental effect of bacteria……………………………………….14 2.5 Medicinal plants………………………………………………………...16 2.5.1 Characteristics of medicinal plants…………………………………...17 2.6   Medicinal plants as antimicrobial……………………………………...26 2.7 Why considering ...

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HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF ADETA AREA, ILORIN, NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page...........................................................................................             i Certification........................................................................................            ii Acknowledgment................................................................................           iii Dedication............................................................................................          iv Table of contents.................................................................................           v List of Tables......................................................................................            vi List of  Figures......................................................................................          vii List of  Plates……………………………………………………….....         viii Abstract..............................................................................................                        ix CHAPTER ONE 1.0       Introduction 1.1       General Statement 1.2       Aim and Objectives 1.3       Scope of the Study 1.4       The Study Area 1.4.1    Location and Extent of the Study Area 1.4.2    Climate and Vegetation 1.5       Water Quality and Principles of Hydrogeochemstry 1.6       ...

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