Land use and land cover are distinct yet closely linked characteristics of the Earth’s surface. The use to which we put land could be grazing, agriculture, urban development, logging, and mining among many others. The term ‘land cover’ originally referred to the kind and state of vegetation, such as forest or grass cover but it has broadened in subsequent usage to include other things such as human structures, soil type, biodiversity, surface and ground water. The term "Land use refers to the manner
Topics: Critical Success Factors of Micro & Small Enterprises 1 Introduction This paper examines the Critical Success factors (CSF) of Micro & Small Enterprises in Nigeria. The specific objectives of the paper are to provide understanding of Critical Success factors (CSF), Identify and discuss the critical success factors in SMEs in Nigeria. 2 Critical Success Factors (CSFs) Defined Although initially used in the world of data analysis and business analysis, Critical Success Factors (CSF’s) are the
with totals about 2097.These have cause a lot of havoc in the coastal environment of Nigeria in particular and has been the major source of environmental air pollution in Nigeria. Oil exploration, production, and refinement in Nigeria has also resulted in various environmental and ecological problems that range from oil spills, gas flares, habitat destruction, air and water pollution, and land degradation. Also, a major cause of oil pollution in that same region is also to a great extent, from the
Poverty is fundamentally the result of the way society is sorted out and assets are apportioned, whether these are money related or different assets, for example, access to housing, wellbeing, social services and education. Without a doubt, that there are altogether different levels of poverty, what this means is that every country faces different level of poverty due to their resources and opportunities. Individuals or nations that face Poverty additionally need to manage with inequality too. For
Challenges and Prospects for Entrepreneurship in Nigeria The entrepreneurship plays a vital role in the economic growth of a nation and Nigeria is not far from the same. There are many people who is a graduate and entrepreneurship becomes one of the solution for them to manage their living standards. In Nigeria, those people are successful entrepreneurs who are audacious male or female who have the capability to lead, manage and take everything into consideration. Those people are very hardworking
various sectors of the economy which has led to increasing debate and discuss among researchers and academician. Energy plays an important role in the economic growth of both developed and developing countries. It has always been critical for the development and growth of the country. Adequate energy supply is necessary to meet the needs of the country and also necessary for poverty reduction. However, growth hypothesis suggests that energy consumption is an indispensable component in growth, directly
Schroten 2007; Tetreault et al 2013 ). Although, noise pollution has been one of environmental concerns as early as the inception of civilization when man was introduced to technology, which could use to obtain the basic necessities, to a modern development of complex technological. Noise pollution has been associated with human activities and persistent human interaction with the environment. For example by World Health
and the multinational corporations. They do this with sole purpose of ensuring that the host country remains forever dependent on the multinational corporation and its home government. This is referred to as the dependency theory. The situation in Nigeria, According to Arghiri (1972: p. 26), is such that “underdeveloped countries are exploited through the process of unequal exchange. In the realm of international trade, the underdeveloped countries sell their commodities below value and at the same
certain number of employees usually 250 as defined in the European Union , 300 in Nigeria , 500 in the Unites States of America and 200 in some other countries . The number of employees however is not the only criteria for qualifying SMEs: They are equally defined by their annual turnover which has been set to not exceed 50 million euro (applicable in the European Union) or 100 million naira (applicable in Nigeria) per annum, and/or an annual balance sheet that does not exceed 43 million euro (applicable
For internal migration which is mostly the rural-urban drift, most rural dwellers move for economic or security reasons. For instance in the case of Nigeria, with the onset of the terrorist attacks in the north most of the people there have moved to the south for security. Others move to the cities because they believe there are more opportunities and entrepreneurs (mostly micro-entrepreneurs) move to gain a greater market for their businesses. (Todaro and Smith 2011) In the area of international