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1ai)
Population density is the number of person per unit area of land or per square kilometre of land.
1aii)
Birth rate is the rate at which children are being given birth to in a country.
1aiii)
optimum population is the number of people that can be supported by by the available resources in an area, so as to achieve the highest possible standard of living.
1b)
i) Increased birth rate
ii) Prevention of rural to urban migration
iii) Improved health service provision
iv) Industrialisation
2a)
i) Road transport
ii) Water transport
iii) Air transport
iv) Rail transport
2b)
i) Presence of water fall and cataracts limits the use of rivers
ii) Presence of floating vegetation e.g water weed
iii) Seasonality of most rivers is a problem
iv) Water transport by inland navigation is too slow for people with perishable goods
2c)
i) Rivers should be dredged regularly
ii) construction of canals to bye pass water falls and cataracts
iii) Water weed should be equipped refrigerated holds
3ai) Conurbations may be broadly seen as having
the following features:
(i) A conurbation is a continuously built-up
area but it does not include ribbon
development. It also does not necessarily
exclude a built-up area separated by a
narrow rural land from the main built-up
area to which it is well-attached.
(ii) A conurbation shows high population
density; its population is much greater than
that of the nearby towns.
(iii) A conurbation has various
miscellaneous industries operating in it
which rely on the reserves of labour,
excellent transport, etc. in the conurbation.... Only 2 required
(3b)
Six functions of settlements are:
-Military function:some settlement have been built for military reasons eg Kano and zaria
-Commercial functions:Market centres situated in centrally located positions such as the meeting point of roads,rivers and railway routes eg Katsina,Kano and onitsha
-Minning function:some towns develop as a result of the presence of minerals.it attracts the people who seek employment in the minning centres eg Jos,Enugu,Porthacourt
Section 2.
4c) . Once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate.
2. If electricity is not needed, the sluice gates can be shut, stopping electricity generation. The water can be saved for use another time when electricity demand is high.
3. Dams are designed to last many decades and so can contribute to the generation of electricity for many years / decades.
4. The lake that forms behind the dam can be used for water sports and leisure / pleasure activities. Often large dams become tourist attractions in their own right.
5. The lake's water can be used for irrigation purposes.
6. The build up of water in the lake means that energy can be stored until needed, when the water is released to produce electricity.
7. When in use, electricity produced by dam systems do not produce green house gases. They do not pollute the atmosphere.
5a)
-Industrialization boost the economy of a particular country
-It create job opportunity for the citizen which thereby improves it economic stability
5b)
-Unfavourable government politics do not allow industrilization to thrives
-Heavy tax placed on the industrialist mitigate against the sucesses of it existence
-Lack of motorable roads for the smooth conveyance of industrial goods from production sport to market has hampard industrialization
-Epileptic power supply which makes the industrilization to resort to using costly energy has hampard the program of industrialization
5c)
-Government should ensure that the heavy tax rate levied against the industrialization are cut down
-Motorable roads should be constructed across Nigeria roads to ease the smooth transportation of industrial goods
-There should be alternative to hydro energy generated by the country to avoid over reliance on power
-Government should avoid those policies that is repugnant to the setting up of industry in the country
6 a)
i ) ECOWAS aims to promote co -operation and integration in economic ,
social and cultural activity, ultimately leading to the establishment
of an economic and monetary union through the total integration of
the national economies of member states .
ii ) It also aims to raise the living
standards of its peoples , maintain and enhance economic stability ,
foster relations among
member states and contribute to the progress and development of the
African Continent .
6 b)
i ) political instability.
ii ) poor governance of member states .
iii ) weakness and lack of diversification of national economies .
Iv) poor or
absent infrastructures for transportation and communications .
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