Recreational Property Development In Owerri Imo State
Recreational Property Development In Owerri Imo State.
ABSTRACT
Owerri is a fast growing city and its growth is largely attributed to the role it assumed after the Nigerian civil war as the commercial nerve (activities) centre of Imo State. The study gives an insight on the nature and condition of the recreational properties in Owerri.
The global economic meltdown and its resulting problems have not contributed in a small measure in making real property management and development a difficult task.
The project work is aimed at looking at the various classes of recreational properties its condition and its availability in Owerri. In order to get adequate data needed for this work the following methods were adopted questionnaires, interview and personal observation.
Data collected from both secondary and primary sources were analyzed through the use of percentage distribution and degrees to facilitate the comparison of the various responses from the respondents.
Reasonable recommendations were made towards improvement of recreational facilities and its property management in Owerri.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgment iv
Abstract v
Table of contents vi
Chapter One
Introduction
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the study 3
1.3 Aim and objective of the study 4
1.4 Scope of the study 5
1.5 Limitation of the study 5
1.6 Definitions of terms 7
Chapter Two
Literature Review
2.2 Meaning of property 8
2.3 Concept of recreational property development 9
2.4 Development of recreational property in Owerri 10
2.5 Recreational property development determinant 12
2.6 Recreational facilities in Owerri 12
2.7 Population and recreational facilities 14
ChapterThree
3.1 research methodology 15
3.2 Sources of data 15
3.3 Method/techniques of data collection 16
3.4 Sampling method 16
3.5 Area of the study 17
3.6 Research design 17
3.7 Population of the study 17
3.8 Method of data presentation and analysis 18
Chapter Four
4.1 Data presentation and analysis 19
4.2 Analysis on response questionnaire 19
4.3 Population 20
Chapter Five
5.1 Summary of findings 24
5.2 Conclusion 25
5.3 Recommendation 26
References
Appendix
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
The Nigerian government, in her quest to diversity, her mono economy, which is heavily dependent on petroleum export, has made efforts to take some measures in promoting development of recreational properties/ facilities, the various professional vocations engaged by Nigeria of old from the bedrock of our common socio cultural norms.
Men and women who are in such vocations were gathered and restricted to their place of work daily and having only occasional breaks hourly per day or in minutes as the case may be. They are also allowed little holiday on days marked out for public holiday and also day’s for religious festivals.
They also had limited re creational activities as they had little or no time left having satisfied the mandatory requirement of work and some personal and domestic chores.
Most of the traditional leisure times and activities such as playing of games, wresting, storytelling and social visitation to place indoors or in locations closer to homes some of the social activities like child naming ceremony, laying to rest of an aged person, weddings and various town festival gave opportunities for singing, dreaming and dancing which were in essence entertainment of recreational states.
Due to the mono economy of the country the socio- cultural life style of the people demands for modern version of entertainment recreation and its development.
Factors that encourage these are; Nigeria is on the threshold of agro- industrial break through. The economy is industrially oriented therefore the need for leisure and recreation becomes inevitable amongst the inhabitants.
Recreation as recognized is one of the parameter in which human development is based. Recreation has been provided to contribute to physical mental and psychological development of mankind and as such fastens social integration Abiri (1985).
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