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Chapter One of Effects of Soil Erosion on Settlement in Agbor, Delta State-nigeria
Abstract of Effects of Soil Erosion on Settlement in Agbor, Delta State-nigeria
This study examined the effects of soil erosion on settlement in Agbor, and its environs. It identifies the problems, conservation, strategies, control techniques and suggest proper management practices. The study adopts the survey research design in data collection through administration of 150 questionnaires to the respondents in Agbor coupled with direct field measurement of gully erosion effect on building structure in Agbor region. The data collected were analzed using PPMC and t-test statistical techniques. The PPMCC correlation value obtained for hypothesis 1 (0.935) is greater than the critical value (0.754) at 0.05 level of significance and the t-test calculated value (12.542) for hypothesis 2 is greater than t-critical value (3.182) at 0.05 level of significance. The PPMCC coefficient correlation value obtained for hypothesis 3 (6.235) is greater than the critical value (3.182) at 0.05 level of significance. This indicated that the hypotheses tested shows that there is a significant relationship between the effects of soil erosion and the level of settlement development in Agbor. Furthermore, hypothesis 2 shows that that there is a significant relationship between the causes of soil erosion and the factors responsible for the degradation of Agbor and its environs. The result of hypothesis 3 shows that soil erosion has significant effect on the settlement of Agbor. The implication is that soil erosion has resulted to the collapse of buildings and poor settlement structure in Agbor. This shows that, soil erosion has significant effect on the settlement of Agbor. The study recommended that government/private individuals should construct drainage, embankments and sand fill burrow pits.
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