Essays about: "water resources in nigeria"
Found 5 essays containing the words water resources in nigeria.
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1. Vulnerability assessment of groundwater pollution in the vicinity of a landfill in Nigeria
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Malfunctioning landfills are a globally sprawled problem. The Olusosun landfill in Lagos, Nigeria is not an exception. It is located in the middle of the city, nearby groundwater resources used to supply drinking water for the inhabitants in Lagos. READ MORE
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2. Women and Water in the Lake Chad Area: Participation and Influence in Water Management Processes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The riparian countries of Lake Chad River Basin – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad – suffer from environmental degradation as the lakes surface water has decreased with 90 percent since the 1960’s. This has put pressure on the population around the lake as the livelihood for many of them is dependent of the lake’s water. READ MORE
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3. Understanding brain drain in Nigerian universities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Global migration of both skilled and unskilled persons from developing countries to developed countries is on the increase and to understand the underlying factors behind the increase, this research examines how migration theories like pull-push factors of migration, world system theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of need explain those factors that cause migration among Nigerian university workers. I reviewed the data from the research conducted by Omonijo et al (2011) titled: ’’Understanding the Escalation of Brain Drain in Nigeria from Poor Leadership Point of View’’, ‘’An Examination of the causes of Brain drain in Nigerian universities’’ conducted by Aliyu 2005, ‘’Effect of brain drain of librarians on service delivery in some selected Nigerian Universities’’ examined by Okolo et al (2014) and a research titled ‘’An analysis of the cause and effect of the brain drain in Zimbabwe’’ conducted by Chetsange and Muchenja (2003). READ MORE
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4. An assessment of lake extent Changes Using four sets of satellite imagery from the Terra Look database: a case study of Lake Chad, Africa
University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)Abstract : Lake Chad is located in Central Africa. This lake is shared by four countries namely Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger. The total population of the five urban areas that make up the Lake Chad drainage basin in 1991 was about 22 million inhabitants, with an average density of 22 persons/ km2. READ MORE
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5. Water resources development: opportunities for increased agricultural production in Nigeria
University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälleAbstract : Agriculture has been the backbone of the economy in Nigeria providing employment and source of livelihood for the increasing population and accounting for over half of the GDP of the Nigeria economy at independence in 1960. However, the role it plays in the regional and economic development of the country has diminished over the years due to the dominant role of the crude oil sector in the economy. READ MORE
