COURSE CODE: SOS 514
COURSE TITLE: Land-Use management
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Olu Adejuyigbe B.Agric, M.Sc. PhD
Email: adejuyigbeco@unaab.edu.ng
Office Location: Room 239, COLPLANT
Other Lecturers: Prof. F. K. Salako
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Components of land: soil, vegetation, water, air and animals. Global context of land use and role of soil science. Land use for food production. Other land uses: buildings, forestry and recreation. Soils and planning agricultural land use and management. Spatial distribution of lands. Soils and planning rural land use and management. Urban waste management. Landscape definition. Land-use issues in different Nigerians communities. Morphology, chemistry and hydrology of acid lands, wetlands, salt and alkali soils with reference to Nigeria. Evaluation and management of problem sites; environmental impact assessments, GIS, remote sensing and geostatistics.
Practical: Site evaluation; use of maps and aerial photograpghs. Spatial variability of landscape and sampling. Interpretation of remote sensing imageries and report writing.
