Effect of Flooding On Urban Development (Case Study of Yenagoa and Environs, Bayelsa State-Nigeria (Published)
This study was conducted to determine the effect of Flooding on Urban Development as occasioned in Yenagoa and environs of Bayelsa State-Nigeria. Data of the study was obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Research instruments such as questionnaire, interview and observation methods were used for data collection from individual respondents and organizations within the study area. Ten Communities within Yenagoa metropolis which were identified as flood-prone were used for the study. Simple percentages and tables were used for data analysis. The study came up the with the findings that; there is significant relationship between Flooding and Urban Development; that urban physical development planning in the study area is not in accordance with town planning standards e.g. unavailability of functional drainages, encroachment of buildings on flood plains, stream and creeks is also some of the causes. The study however, recommended some strategies that would help to solve the above stated findings and problems caused by flooding in the Study Area.
Keywords: Flooding, Urban Development, Yenagoa environs
Role of Social Trust in Urban Development (Case Study: Zahedan City) (Published)
Social trust is one of the most important aspects of human relationship that is the basis for cooperation between members of the community. Social trust will enhance the cooperation in the economic, social, political and cultural fields and will increase the willingness of people to work with different groups of population. The target of the current research is surveying the role of social confidence in urban development of Zahedan. The type of the research is corresponding and in order to analyze data the regression model was used. The population in the research include all of the Zahedan citizens and the population of the sample, based on Cochran formula, is 384 people in which individuals were selected randomly. For collecting the data of the research social confidence and urban development questionnaires were used. The questionnaires’ reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s Alpha. The questionnaires were distributed among the sample population and then collected. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS.V20 software. The results show that from the perspective of the citizens of Zahedan city, there is a significant positive relationship between social trust and urban development.
Keywords: Development, Urban Development, Zahedan, social trust
Analysis the Rate of Satisfaction of Quality Of Life and Its Role in Development of Urban Areas (Published)
Quality of life is one of the most important issues facing the world today and of social policy development is the basic topics that issues such as welfare, promote Quality of life, health and basic needs, growing and unsatisfactory life, altruism and selflessness in the midst of the in human include. Accordingly, this research will study the evaluation of satisfaction of quality of life and its role in development in the city of Rask (Located in Sistan and Baluchestan province). The type of research is applicative and its method is descriptive-analytic based on completing the questionnaires. The Statistical population is all the residents of the city of Rask and the sample community is 295 of heads of households living in thirteen districts in city of Rask. Random sampling method is used and the size of sample is computed by using Cochran method. The data is processed and analyzed based on statistical methods of SPSS software. The results showed a high positive and statistically significant relationship between the satisfactions of quality of life and urban development. This means the situation of urban development is significantly effective in increasing satisfaction of quality of life.
Keywords: City of Rask, Quality of urban life, Satisfaction, Urban Development