Environmental impact of rural-urban migration in the federal capital territory Abuja, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Medugu, Nasiru Idris, Majid, Mohammad Rafee, Sofodu, O. O.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60927/1/MohammadRafeeMajid2014_EnvironmentalImpactofRuralUrbanMigration.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60927/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The impact of population growth and housing development in developing countries is usually a consequence of the push of the rural areas and the pull of the town. The growth and physical expansion of cities have been accompanied by unplanned urban sprawl, environmental pollution, deterioration, defic...