EFFECT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON LAND RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study is focused on the “effect of population growth on land resources development”. A case study in Aba urban of Abia state. It is a comprehensive research on the course of population growth problems, and benefits of the growth on land development. There is no doubt that at present, there is link between development and population growth. However, the fact that the two opinion are related to each other in many cases, it is the main negative relationship between population and growth and the level of land development as said in the study is that programmes for controlling the rate of population growth should be encouraged. Therefore, it is common practices among countries to have a population census every ten years to know the number of people in that country such as males, females, age and occupational groups. The main point of this write-up is emphasizes on the physical components of environment because population growth has effected buildings, roads, landuse and development which makes up the urban areas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS PAGES
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE i
DEDICTION ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION 1
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 2
THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY 4
ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 4
CHAPTER TWO
THE STUDY AREA 6
CHAPTER THREE
DATA METHODOLOGY 8
DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDING 8
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 9
CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH 10
THE EFFECT OF POPULATION 12
EFFECTS OF TRANSPORTATION 12
EFFECTS ON HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION 13
EFFECTS ON WATER AND ELECTRICITY 14
EFFECTS ON THE IMPROVEMENT ON LAND 14
EFFECTS ON DEMAND FOR FOOD 15
EFFECTS ON URBAN LAND USE 15
CHAPTER FOUR
THE CONCEPT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT 17
POPULATION 18
EDUCATION 20
URBAN LAND USE CONTROL 20
HOUSING 21
TRANSPORTATION 22
RECREATION 22
CHAPTER FIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 24
RECOMMENDATION 24
CONCLUSION 27
REFERENCE S 29
QUESTIONNAIRES 31
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The common problem facing most state in Nigeria today is how to improve the standard of living of the vast majority of their people.
Consequently, most state like Abia is involved in a variety of programmes designed to speed up the process of socio-economic and physical development. Development planners in different parts of Abia have realized in relent time that understanding of the population in the development process of Abia is important.
This is due to the fact that population has big impact on the economic, social and physical development of Abia state. It is therefore, certain that the population factor can do much to either promote or frustrate a state’s uppermost development objective.
This study on population impact on land development at this time the state population increased with inadequate economic and physical growth of the state that needs a study to fight against its contents future occurrence. Information has been shown that this state population has reached the four million and if measure are not taken quickly, the situation could lead to HUNGER, POVERTY, DISEASE, OVERCROWDING and can no longer be allowed in both the developed and undeveloped state. All these consequence of increasing in number of people will have a general effect on land development, the identified effects like overcrowding and poverty is what the study will aim at finding solution to its improvements.
