I. C. EFEKALAM

 

 

NAME:                                                          DR. (MRS.) IRENE CHINWE EFEKALAM

RANK:                                                           LECTURER I

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION:                 VALUATION AND APPRAISAL

DATE OF BIRTH:                                       21^ST OCTOBER

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:           B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, ESTATE MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:        HOUSING, AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY

AWARDS:                                                    

1. Best Graduating Student Award,

College of Engineering and Environmental Studies,

Abia State University, Uturu

1997/98 academic session.

 

2. Delta State Government Honours Award,

for Outstanding Youth Corps Member

1999/2000, Batch B, Service year

 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:                       

1. Associate Member, Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV).
2. Registered Estate Surveyors & Valuer, Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON)
3. Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Nigeria Branch (CIArb)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST:

Housing Supply, Availability and Affordability.      

 

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

1. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title:  A Comparative Appraisal of the Performance of Commercial and Residential Property Investments in Port Harcourt between 1995 and 2004.

In

Journal of the Environment (JOE) volume 2, Number 1, 2008 pages 28-37.

 

2. Authors: C. Efekalam

Anya Igwe-Kalu

Title: Improving the Quality and Affordability of Housing in Nigeria.

In

Real Estate Journal (REJ) volume 3, Number 1, 2010 pages 41-50.

 

3. Authors: C. Efekalam

Anya Igwe-Kalu

Title:  An Analysis of Land use Practices and Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta.

In

Abia State University, Environmental Review, (ASUER), volume 7, Number 1, 2009 pages 1-22.

 

4. Authors:   C. Efekalam

O. Nwanekezie

A. Diala

Title: Developing a Contemporary and Practically Based Estate Management Education in Nigerian Universities (Presented at an international conference).

In

The West African Real Estate Journal , Volume 1, Number 1, 2010, pages 79-90.

 

5. Authors: O. Nwanekezie

C. Efekalam

A. Diala

Title: An Assessment of Client Satisfaction with the Services of Estate Surveyors and Valuers in the Niger Delta (Presented at an International Conference).

In

Abia State University, Environmental Review (ASUER), volume 7, Number 1, 2009, pages 77-95.

 

6. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title: Housing and Environmental Health

In

Real Estate Journal (REJ) volume 2, Number 1, 2009 pages 77-82.

 

7. Authors: Etusim, P. E.

Njemanze, I. C

Efekalam, I. C

Onwuegbuche, A. A

Title: The Environmental Impact Assessment of Quarry Mining and Noise Pollution in Uturu Community, Abia State, Nigeria.

In

Journal of Environmental Sciences and Policy Evaluation, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 7-12.

 

B. CHAPTERS IN REFERRED UNIVERITY/RESEARCH BOOKS

8. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title: Economics of Urban Housing Delivery in Nigeria

In

Housing Development on Nigeria (Concepts, issues and strategies)

Edited by Anya Igwe-Kalu and G.N Chima

Pages 152-160.

 

9. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title: Deforestation: Implication on the Built Environment

In

Contemporary Issues in Environmental Science.

Edited by G.N Chima and A. J. Kalu.

Pages 420-430.

 

10. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title: Developing Properly Investment Indices in Nigeria.

In

Aspects of Real Estate Investment. 

Edited by Igwe-Kalu.

Pages 120-131.

 

11. Authors: C. Efekalam

Title:  Land Issues in Environmental Management in Nigeria

In

Contemporary Issues on Environmental Development.

Edited by: M. U. Eze, A. U. Egbu, & M. C. Alozie.

Pages 93-105.

 

C. AUTHORSHIP OF UNIVERSITY BOOK

12 Authors:     S. Amaramiro

1.      C. Efekalam

Title:               Arbitration: Principles and Practice.

Year of publication: 2013

                        ISBN: 978-50765-4-7.