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    Social Considerations in Political Territorial Organization of Society
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1980-04-24) Adejuyigbe, Omolade
    In choosing the topic Social Consideration in Political Territorial Organization of Society, I intend to highlight the general principles derived from studies of the evolution, organisation and cohesion of political units and discuss their applicability to the solution of relevant problems in this country. To this end the rest of the lecture is divided into five parts, namely: basic units for political territorial organization; social considerations in the merger of the basic units; social considerations encouraging separation from established political units; social considerations in the delimitation of the boundaries of political units; and relevance to Nigeria.
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    River Basin Management for Optimum Water Yield
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1978-12-07) Adejuwon, J.O
    In the course of this lecture, I intend to outline a set of procedures for refining the well known generalized concept of a river basin into an empirical, predictive model that could 'be manipulated for the purpose of optimizing water yield. As a major objective, this lecture is directed at modelling the river basin for optimum water yield.
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    Regional Inequalities Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1992-01-14) Abiodun, J. O.
    The topic of my lecture of today is Regional Inequalities in Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria: Problems and-Prospects. Spatial inequality in the level of social and economic development is a universal phenomenon. One major factor that inspired increasing focus on the problems of spatial inequality in the less developed countries is the growing realization that increases in national income per capita is not necessarily accompanied by improvement in the living conditions of the poorest group in any given country. It is also well known that inequalities among units within a nation could lead to disaffection and result in political instability. The experiences of the Republic of Zaire, Sudan, and Ethiopia are cases in point. Prior to 1975, development planning in Nigeria for instance focused on achieving greater rate of economic growth through sectoral investments. In consequence, not much attention was paid to the spatial patterns of inequalities in development.
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    Landscape Evolution in the Humid Tropics and Implications for Land Resources Evaluation
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1986-05-13) Jeje, I.K
    The organization of landforms into land systems on the basis of genetic factors such as lithology and formative processes like deep weathering and erosional stripping of the weathered material to form a related series of etchplains appears to constitute an important principle in a broad classification of the humid tropical terrain into mappable units; more so where such units can be shown to have associations with soil development and the other elements of the land. Such maps which can be produced from various imageries where topographic mapping at a medium scale is still unaccomplished can be very useful for development and land management purposes.
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    Waste Recycling in the Food Chain
    (University of Ife Press, 1983-01-18) Omole, T. A.
    Man's emergence as a successful and resourceful member of the earth's community is largely due to his ability to manipulate and utilize other members of the community to his own advantage. However varied his other preoccupations may have been, obtaining food for survival was his constant concern. It still is. For thousands of years, man was a wandering food gathering animal. Hunger was often his lot and insecurity and uncertainty were his constant companions. His role in the natural scheme of things was that of a consumer, a confirmed omnivore and often that of a scavenger. Aristotle was correct in asserting that procreation and feeding are the main pre-occupations of all living beings. Like the lower animal, whom in many aspects he resembled, early man collected fruits, mosses and tubers, seized eagerly upon such small animals as snakes and lizards and even ate the insects that crawled beneath his feet. In these early days, man reflected nature; he was indeed a part of nature to a greater extent than at the present time. Yesterday he was full, today empty. In sunshine he was merry, in storm wretched and afraid. Life bore a terrible immediacy for him, with little thought of future and none of the past. In the childhood of human race, the mind of man was fixed on the present.