An Analysis of Duality in the Space Economy of Rivers State Nigeria

Abstract

This work is an attempt to evaluate the extent of dualism in the space economy in Rivers State as it affects the geographical spread of social facilities and infrastructure on the basis of L.G.A and as based on the principle of equity. The study has uncovered some factors responsible for the existing pattern of dualism in the state. The socio-economic facilities selected for analysis were factor analyzed and then collapsed into only two dimensions of development namely social services factor and social infrastructure factor. The scores of the 23 LGA of the State on each dimension were mapped. A multi-criteria grouping was carried out using cluster analysis technique. Again extracted factors from the socio-economic facilities earlier factor analysed were regressed each with the distance from Port Harcourt city. The result was negative implying that the father away a local government is from Port Harcourt, the less developed.