THE EFFECT OF SOIL EROSION IN SETTLEMENT IN AGBOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, DELTA STATE
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ABSTRACT
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 analyzed using PPMC and t-test statistical techniques. 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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