Occurrence of groundwater in the Basement Complex terrain of Ilesha area, southwestern Nigeria is controlled by secondary porosities developed through weathering and fracturing of the crystalline bedrocks. This paper presents the integrated approach of RS and GIS to groundwater p...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/22463
Soil erosion is one of the serious forms of land degradation in the Auchi area in Edo State. Efforts have been made to control the phenomenon but these have met with limited successes. Part of the problem is a poor understanding of the dynamics of the phenomenon in time and space...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26459
A. Hafeez Sedenu, K. H. Muibi, A. T. Alaga, O. O. Ajileye, John Ogbole, A. A. Kappo, O. S. Popoola & Oloko-Oba O. Mustapha·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
The importance of health to the overall wellbeing of every nation cannot be overemphasized. Therefore, there is a need for effective planning and management of the healthcare facilities in order to achieve optimum result in the country for equitable distribution of health facilit...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22339
S. A. Ogunyemi, K. H. Muibi, A. T. Alaga, O. Babatimehin, O. O. Ajileye, S. A. Samson, J. E. Adewoyin, Oloko-Oba O. Mustapha, O. Fasote, I. A. Olaoluwa & A. S. Halilu·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2015
The study examined the pattern of secondary school in both urban and rural areas in Ogun State, Nigeria, effects of physical facilities in students’ enrolment and how parents’ educational qualification affects students’ enrolment. Primary data was collected through a questionnair...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22180
Oloko-Oba O. Mustapha, Ogunyemi S. Akintunde, A. T. Alaga, R. A. Badru, J. O. Ogbole, Popoola O. Samuel & Samson A. Samuel·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
The distribution of educational facilities in most part of Nigeria has been observed to be politically biased to the extent that a facility is over utilized while others are underutilized in an area. Location of schools should be based on factors such as population, proximity and...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22128
This study uses a high resolution digital orthophoto derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aerial photographs to update the landuse map of the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus while focusing on the built up environment. An aerial survey was conducted in the study area us...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30025
This paper investigates the interaction between terrain features and surface refractivity during the past decades in the North Central, Nigeria. Some issues were addressed in the study namely seasonal variation of surface refractivity over a period of 25 years (1983 – 2007), spat...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/27436
This study characterized the Owu drainage basin in southwestern Nigeria using geospatial approach with the objectives of examining the morphometry in relations to flood vulnerability of people in the region. Data used were the topographic maps and satellite imageries of the regio...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22223
Drought is grouped into meteorological, hydrological and agricultural classes. These classifications are done according to a number of criteria involving several variables, used either alone or in combination: rainfall, temperature, humidity, and evaporation from free water, tran...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19951
Accurate prediction and determination of the effective earth radius factor (k-factor) is critical for optimal performance in the design and planning of terrestrial line of sight communication links. In this work an artificial neural network (ANN) model is developed and used to pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16160
The morphometric analysis of the drainage basin and channel network plays a vital role for understanding the geo-hydrological behavior of drainage basin and its implication on flood. Besides the primary aim of studying drainage basin as a geographical unit in order to understand...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30266