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Peace And Conflict Studies

Author: Ho-Wong Jeong

School: Anchor University, Lagos

Department: General studies

Course Code: GST202

Topics: peace, conflict, conflict management, International cooperation, security, culture, social values, continuity, discontinuity, zone of instability, direct violence, structural violence, cultural violence, negative peace, positive peace, conflict analysis, social order, traditional management strategies, dispute settlement, conflict resolution, conflict transformation, peace building, peace research, social environment, policy orientation, war, war theory, human nature, frustration-aggression hypothesis, psychoanalytic perspectives, relative deprivation, basic needs, identity formation masculine values, patriarchy, domination, feminism, political economy, economic disparities, free market economy, class relations, international capitalism, International war, economic integration, globalization, social transition, population growth, environmental security, balance of power, collective security, peace keeping operations, humanitarian intervention, Non-provocative defense, civilian based defense, confidence building, disarmament, arms control, peace conversion, negotiation, enquiry, arbitration, judicial settlement, conciliation, mediation, problem solving workshop, second track diplomacy, reconciliation, post-conflict reconstruction, preventive diplomacy, preventive intervention, Human rights, human rights abuses, self-determination, multi-ethnic state, nation-state building, growth-oriented development model international economic imbalance, dependency theories, import substitution industrialization, Human centered development, endogenous development, self-reliance, environmental politics, International policies, Free trade, international organizations, global order, governance, realism, neorealism, international regimes, functionalism, neofunctionalism, world government, anarchism, global civil society, peace movements

Introduction to Man-Environment Interaction

Author: SI Okafor

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: GEO231

Topics: Man-Environment Interaction, Spatial Organization, Spatial Pattern, Spatial Process, Man's Spatial Behaviour, culture, population, rural settlements, agricultural land use, rural market system, urban settlements, industrial activities, transportation systems, spatial diffusion

Geography of Nigeria

Author: KO Ologe

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: CSS134

Topics: Criminology, Security Studies, Climate of Nigeria, Drainage of Nigeria, Population Migration, Rural Settlements, Urban Settlements, mining, fishing, animal husbandry, food crop agriculture, export crop agriculture, irrigated agriculture, modern manufacturing, internal trade, rail transport, road transport

Introduction to Rural Life

Author: SDY Alfred

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEM311

Topics: Rural Life, Rural Areas characteristics, Semi-Urban Settlements, Urban Settlements, Poverty

Advanced Rural Sociology

Author: MG Olujide

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEM506

Topics: Rural Sociology, Sociology Theories, Rural Agrarian Society, Social Change, Attitude Change, Resistance to Change, Group Structure, Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, Rural Poverty

Government & Administration of Urban System

Author: Emordi Amaka Theresa Oriaku

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: POL432

Topics: Government, Urban System Administration, urban system, Urban size, urban product, Urban growths, urban size measurement, Urban sprawl, urban commuting, Job sprawl, spatial mismatch, Leapfrog development, Human settlement, rural settlements patterns, Urban Planning, political power

Concrete Technology Theory and Practice, Multicolour Edition

Author: MS Shetty

School: Bayero University, Kano

Department: Engineering

Course Code: CIV5307

Topics: Concrete technology, Cements, Modern cements history, Portland cement manufacturing, Portland cement wet process manufacturing, Portland cement dry process manufacturing, Cement chemical composition, Cements hydration, Heat of hydration, Calcium silicate hydrates, Calcium hydroxide, calcium aluminate hydrates, hydrated cements structure, Water requirement for hydration, Cement types, ASTM cements classification, Ordinary Portland cement, Rapid hardened cement, Extra rapid hardening cement, Portland slag cement, Quick setting cement, super sulphated cement, low heat cement, Portland pozzolana cement, coloured cement, hydrophobic cement, masonry cement, expansive cement, Cement testing, Aggregates, aggregates testing, Aggregates form igneous rock, aggregates from sedimentary rocks, aggregates from metamorphic rock, aggregate crushing value, aggregates impact value, aggregate abrasion value, Deval attrition test, Dorry Abrasion test, Los Angeles test, modulus of elasticity, bulk density, specific gravity, Sieve analysis, Aggregates testing, Water, water qualities, Sea water for mixing concrete, Admixture, construction chemicals, Plasticizers, water reducers, Workability, Plasticizers action, Superplasticizers classification, Factors affecting workability, Superplasticizers types, Fresh concrete, Fresh concrete water content, Fresh concrete mix proportions, Aggregates sizes in fresh concrete, Aggregates shape, Surface texture, Admixture use in fresh concrete, Workability measurement, Slump test, k-slump test, aggregates grading, compacting factor test, flow test, flow table apparatus, vee bee consistometer test, setting of concrete, Manufacture of concrete process, Concrete compaction, Concrete curing, Concrete strength, Water-cement ratio, Strength gaining with age, Concrete maturity concept, Bond strength, High strength concrete, Elasticity, Creep, Shrinkage, Aggregates elastic properties, Modulus of Elasticity, Dynamic modulus of elasticity, Poison's ratio, Creep rheological representation, Creep measurement, Factors affecting creep, Aggregate influence, Mix proportion influence, Shrinkage, Plastic Shrinkage, Drying Shrinkage, Moisture movement, Autogenous Shrinkage, Carbonation shrinkage, Concrete Durability, Strength to Durability relationship, Concrete volume change, Durability definition, durability significance, Permeability, Cement paste permeability, Concrete permeability, Plastic shrinkage cracks, Settlement cracks, Thermal shrinkage, Hardened concrete testing, Concrete mix design, Special concrete, concrete methods

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Author: Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall

School: Edo University

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: HIS214

Topics: Conflict Resolution, contemporary conflict, Preventing Violent Conflict, Ending Violent Conflict, Post-Settlement Peace-Building

Politics among nations, 6th edition

Author: Hans Morgenthau, Kenneth Thompson

School: Edo University

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: HIS314

Topics: International politics, political power, imperialism, struggle for power, national power, international morality, international law, sovereignty, disarmament, security, judicial settlement, peaceful change, international government, world state, world community, diplomacy

RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Author: AEX

School: Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEX506

Topics: community, settlement

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