Preliminary Analysis on Spatial Distribution and Accessibility of Roads by Ramp-2 In Some Rural Communities of Adamawa State

Abstract

The study aimed to preliminary analyzed the spatial distribution and accessibility of roads by ramp-2 in some rural communities of Adamawa state. The study employed the use of geospatial and survey analysis. For the geospatial analysis ArchGIS techniques and GPS were used to determine the spatiotemporal distribution pattern while adopted survey method selected 399 respondents from the residents were selected using multi-stage method and 10 respondents were selected from the stake holders respectively. The data were obtained from the selected respondents using well-defined and structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the demographic characteristics of the respondents revealed that most of them female (57.8 %) with 73 % married within the age of 31-50 years having primary school certificates (40.1 %) who are majority farmers (53.9 %) and stayed in the area for 10-14 years. In addition, conditions of roads before RAMP-2 Projects were poor as defined by 44.4 % of the respondents and good (66.8%) after the execution of the project and neighborhood linked with the roads before was assessed as poor (62.2%) respectively. Based on the spatial distribution of roads by RAMP-2 Projects 18 settlements were found to have linked with the roads in the three locations with total f 56.4 km while 21 settlements were yet to be connected. It is therefore recommended that there is need for RAMP-2 to link major rural areas that has benefited from there project to the smaller neighborhoods villages where production is taken place. RAMP-2 should ensure additional effort towards encouraging community participation in terms of maintenance of rural roads. Such maintenance should cover clearing of bush edges, maintenance of bridges and culverts to prevent blockage of such bridges and culverts among others.

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