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THE
CARDINAL POINT
Journal of the Institute of Certified Geographers
of Nigeria.
Issue 1. Vol.1 November, 2008.
ISSN: 2006-5884
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GEOMATIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS
AND PROSPECTS
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By
Solomon Kogi
Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya
P.M.B. 1024, Kafanchan, Kaduna State
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This paper examines the introduction and development of
Geomatic education in Nigeria. It has been found that
Geomatic education is a metamorphosis from surveying to
the integration of surveying techniques and its applications
with modem methods of Global Positioning System (GPS),
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS).
Geomatic education is offered in Universities, Colleges
of Education technology Polytechnics and Technical Colleges.
It is also available for apprenticeship and on the job
training. The problems of Geomatic education include lack
of facilities, poor funding and dearth of qualified teachers.
If the government can promulgate a clear policy, provide
adequate funding for training and purchase mordem equipment
and provision of facilities, provide career guidance at
the post primary level, the prospects of Geomatic education
would be greatly enhanced. For full details, click
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TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA:
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
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The study assessed development of rail transportation
in Nigeria and made appropriate recommendations in improving
the performance of our rail system.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation was an asset to the nation
during much of the colonial era but has since become a
liability as far as its financial performance from passengers
and freight services are concerned.
This Write up investigates a number of reasons responsible
for the steady ineffectiveness of the Corporation from
the Onset of the teething period and prescribed proposals
for alleviating these problems.
The government and most Authorities concern are aware
of these multifarious problems which are gradually ruining
the existence of the Corporation. From the onset till
1995 the corporation has witnessed fifteen (15) Committees,
Commissions, Studies or tribunals set up to investigate
her problems but none of these reports have seen the light
of day.For full details,
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URBAN CIVIL CONFLICTS AND POPULATION
REDISTRIBUTION IN KADUNA METROPOLIS:
A CASE STUDY
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This paper explains the problem of managing full¬
blown, urban civil conflicts in Nigeria using the, Ethno-religious
violence in Kaduna metropolis in 2000 as a case study.
It employed the field survey approach, characterized
by observation, instrumentation, measurement and mapping
to uncover a binary formation, namely, the conventional
and the spontaneous, in the management process. It went
on to demonstrate that the application of the conventional
system to the management of Kaduna ethno-religious violence
had mixed results: the rapid response approach was evidently
flawed while the recovery and mitigation exercises were
found successful and commendable. The spontaneous process,
characterized by population redistribution and areal
differentiation, was shown to be novel, responsive and
practical but, nonetheless, fraught with dangers. Based
on the findings, the paper made recommendations to the
stakeholders on ways and means of managing ethnic and
religious violence. For full details, click
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APPLICATION OF
REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR MONITORING AND MAPPING OF
AFAKA FOREST RESERVE OF NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA |
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Forests are ecological as well as socio-economic resource.
Objective, timely and accurate forest
information is one of the preconditions for robust
conservation and management plans. The problem concerned
in the study area is the assessment of the forest spatial
growth with a savannah encroachment of the forest. This
paper is therefore an attempt to evaluate, map and monitor
changes taking place in Afaka forest reserves of North
Western Nigeria over a 17 year period as well as to
have a systematic understanding of the forest trend
base in the area. A subset of38151.0 hectares was carved
out from the Landsat TM of 1987 and Nigeria sat 1 2004.
A total of 20 training samples were identified through
field survey. On screen classification was used as a
method for change
detection. Based on the Maximum Likelihood algorithm,
landuse/covertypes were assessed and identified. The
results show that shrub/savanna
declined and was converted to afforestation with an
increase of 52.83% between 1987 and 2004 at the rate
of 20.22 annually, while built up increased by 3.90%,
farmland and open land decreased by 9.70% and 33.57%
respectively within the same period. ILWIS 3.3a software
was used to carry out "on screen" classification
of forest and land use classes. Under this classification,
there was a spatial growth rate of 81 % increase from
the conversion of shrub/savannah into afforestation
in the study area. A profound need for digital mapping
of our forest reserve at regional and local levels are
recommended to aid Government and researchers in physical
planning and environmental management for sustainable
development. For full details, click
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Keywords: Afforestation, Forest Reserve, remote sensing,
GIS, LULC, image classification.
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LAND MANAGEMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA:
ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
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| INTRODUCTION
As the process whereby Urban Centers develop is commonly
referred to as urbanization (I), the process itself
is characterized by several changes, notable among them
are, increase in population, increase in physical development
i.e. Buildings and Infrastructure, increase in Social
and Economic activities.
Urban centers in Nigeria usually develop gradually over
time from small settlement to large settlement to small
town then to urban center e.g. Ibadan (2) which started
as a traditional political settlement as well as a small
trading center, later became a focal center of politics
and trade between regions and later developed in a large
urban center.
Urban centers in Nigeria(3) have characteristics, each
peculiar in several ways due to the historical development
of the centers. Basically we shall take two perspectives
in looking at the characteristics of urban centers in
Nigeria. For full details, click
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE RAINFALL AND
DISCHARGE TREND OF RIVER
KADUNA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study seeks to examine the annual rainfall - discharge
trend of river Kaduna. Both parameters were subjected
to a 'smoothing operation' i.e a time series analysis
of five and ten year running mean in order to authenticate
the rainfall effects on the discharge. The discharge trend
was found to be following the same downward trend as that
of the rainfall, though with just little but intermittent
variance, which is still a reflection of the basin characteristics,
particularly that of the rainfall within the catchment
area. This will have serious implications for municipal
water supply if nothing is done urgently, in view of the
growing population of Kaduna city and particularly with
no dam across the river water at the metropolis.For full
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Terdoo Fanen, Editorial Note
It is a dream come true to have this first edition of
the journal of the Institute of Certified Geographers
of Nigeria published. Over the few years of the existence
of the institute, we have nursed a dream to have a journal
that will not only be academic based but will draw from
both academicians and practitioners in the field of
environment.
To day, this dream is fulfilled. It is my pleasure
to introduce to you the CARDINAL
POINT Journal.
This edition presents works carried out by both academicians
and practitioners in the environmental arena. The aim
is to point out to both the public and private sectors
of the economy those environmental issues that need
serious attention in order to achieve sustainable development
and also encourage further research into those environmental
issues that might arise in the future. To this end,
the board of CARDINAL POINT
is highly committed.
Finally, I like to express my profound gratitude to
all members of the CARDINAL POINT interim committee
for their commitment to this cause. Also, I like to
thank all who contributed to this edition for the quality
to their papers. We accept responsibility of any unspotted
error that may have occurred during the editing process.
We also welcome suggestions on how to improve on the
quality of this journal. It is our hope that readers
will find this material helpful.
Terdoo Fanen
Interim Editor
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