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Proposed Recreational Park
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Recreation is an activity that
people voluntarily pursue for personal enjoyment or satisfaction,
usually during their free time. Recreation takes variety of forms and
occurs in places, depending on the choice of the individual. Some
recreations are passive, such engage on recreation in their homes or
communities or they may travel along distance for a recreation activity.
Since
the end of World War II in 1945, recreation has become an important
element in modern life. High incomes and improvement in working
conditions and transportation have given many people more money, time
and mobility for recreation. Today, recreation is a major industry.
Recreation
provides pleasures for millions of people but it may also make an
important contribution to an individual mental and physical health. For
example, a hospital often organizes recreational activities under
trained supervisors as therapy for patients.
Therefore, this project
report will examine in a broad overview of the social and planning
philosophers that lie behind the location, programming and operation of
the future of recreation. It is proposed to bring out visually and
verbally the most creation new idea and speculative on what potentials
these may hold for the future, taking into consideration the desire of
children, adults and the community at large. (The world book
encyclopedia.)
1.1 MOTIVATION
A country with a high standard of
living is bound to have a high participation in recreational park. The
high standard of living referred to their centers on high disposable
income, which is also accompanied by reduction in working hours and long
leisure time.
These have to be money to spent, as well as the
referee time to spend it. Some geographical and social factor previously
discussed, on the introductory page.
This is one of the things been
looked at to create an environment at Keffis, which will serve as a
conducive atmosphere for the project and also to serve as a short time
visit to the recreational area for the purpose of recreational education
and business. It will therefore, include visitors, seminars,
conventions etc. this will be phased out in stage of development for the
smooth emerged of facilities, which are relevant and marketable at the
time of implementation.
1.2 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Keffi as local
government area in Nasarawa state, north central Nigeria. It was founded
in the year 1800 by Abdul Zanga (Abdullah), a Fulani warrior from the
North who made it the seat of a Vassal emirate subject to the Emir of
Zaria.
(A town 153miles (246km) North). Although keffi paid tribute
to Zaria throughout the 19th century, it was constantly raided for
slaves; its war in the reign of Sidi Umaru, with the nearby town of
Nasarawa resulted in a further payment of slaves to Zaria.
In 1902
the British transferred the headquarters of Nasarawa province to Keffi
to protect the trade caravans going to the North from Benue River. The
killing of British administrator in keffi by the Zaria Magaji
(representative), who subsequently fled to Kano (220miles (350km)
north-north west), the most powerful of the Fulani emirates, led to the
British attack on and defeat of Kano in 1903. The people of keffi have
settled in this area for over 250 years ago before the creation of the
present Nasarawa state.
Most of the inhabitants of the traditional
emirates are gwandara people, engaged in tin and columbite mining and in
farming. Keffi has a teacher training college, hospital and the state
university.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Mans activities are affected in several ways by the immediate environment he lives in and what condition he found himself. Any activity that gives pleasures and is engaged in form of choice and not from necessity can be considered recreationâ€. Park and recreation, the benefit is endlessâ€. If man spends his time wisely, he can greatly enrich his life. His recreation can help to discovered new talents and to improve himself physically mentally and psychologically. This research is carr ... Continue reading---
