Environmental Effects of the Use of Agro- Chemicals for Rice Cultivation in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area; Anambra State

Environmental Effects of the Use of Agro- Chemicals for Rice Cultivation in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area; Anambra State   Abstract of Environmental Effects of the Use of Agro- Chemicals for Rice Cultivation in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area; Anambra State The study investigated the profitability of rice production in Aguata Agricultural Zone…

The State of the Earth: Environmental Challenges in Rivers State

The State of the Earth Environmental Challenges in Rivers State   Abstract of The State of the Earth Environmental Challenges in Rivers State Environmental issues are meant to be operationalized through the formulation of actor-specific environmental actions plans, which define priority action that will convert strategy into practice. The Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) process…

An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident. (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt).

An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident. (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt).   Abstract of An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident. (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt). INTRODUCTION The main aim of the project Accident Detection and Messaging System is to…

Housing as an Aspect of Socio Policy Making (a Study of River State

Housing as an Aspect of Socio Policy Making (a Study of River State   Abstract of Housing as an Aspect of Socio Policy Making (a Study of River State Housing is a process which makes the act of dwelling possible. In effect, the term, housing includes the house itself and the total surrounding environment with…

Planning for Ex-landfill Redevelopment: Assessing What Community Have in Mind

Planning for Ex-landfill Redevelopment Assessing What Community Have in Mind   Abstract of Planning for Ex-landfill Redevelopment Assessing What Community Have in Mind Malaysia, a fast growing developing country is now facing the issue of inadequate urban spaces for futuredevelopment, which leads to the need to redevelop the brownfield, particularly ex-landfills. A total of 296ex-landfills…

Management of Commercial Properties in Nigeria (a Case Study of Owerri North Imo State)

Management of Commercial Properties in Nigeria (a Case Study of Owerri North Imo State)   Chapter One of Management of Commercial Properties in Nigeria (a Case Study of Owerri North Imo State) INTRODUCTION The dramatic reduction in number of commercial properties in Nigeria is a reflection of the level of decline which the nation has…

An Assessment of Nigeria’s Rural Development Policy for Sustainable Environmental Development in Nigeria

An Assessment of Nigeria’s Rural Development Policy for Sustainable Environmental Development in Nigeria   Abstract of An Assessment of Nigeria’s Rural Development Policy for Sustainable Environmental Development in Nigeria The development of rural areas and particularly in developing societies has remained a challenge to policy makers, and developments experts. Policies, programs and theories aimed at…

The Politics of Conservation: Using International Carbon Trading to Protect Forests and Biodiversity

The Politics of Conservation Using International Carbon Trading to Protect Forests and Biodiversity   Abstract of The Politics of Conservation Using International Carbon Trading to Protect Forests and Biodiversity Carbon trading to reduce tropical deforestation is emerging as a leading strategy to combat harmful climate change while also potentially reducing threats to biodiversity. Funds devoted…

Shotguns, Spray, and Smoke: Regulating Atmospheric Deposition of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act

Shotguns, Spray, and Smoke Regulating Atmospheric Deposition of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act   Abstract of Shotguns, Spray, and Smoke Regulating Atmospheric Deposition of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act The author is an attorney in Los Angeles, and a former law clerk to Judge Paul C. Huck, United States District Court for the…

Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia: the Global Consequences of Local Contradictions

Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia the Global Consequences of Local Contradictions   Chapter One of Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia the Global Consequences of Local Contradictions firearms and iron technology shaped local southern African environments in nonlinear and unexpected ways. Some invasive germs caused deadly virgin soil epidemics in Africa, echoing the impact of smallpox…

The Impact of Cash Cropping, Farm Technologies, and Deforestation in Nigeria

The Impact of Cash Cropping, Farm Technologies, and Deforestation in Nigeria   Chapter One of The Impact of Cash Cropping, Farm Technologies, and Deforestation in Nigeria Introduction The awareness of the many services provided by tropical forest (Costanza et al. 1997) and the rapid increase in tropical deforestation has put forest at the center stage…

Urban Growth, Farm Exports Drive Tropical Deforestation

Urban Growth, Farm Exports Drive Tropical Deforestation   Chapter One of Urban Growth, Farm Exports Drive Tropical Deforestation INTRODUCTION A big but so far unspecified chunk of the cash will go on programmes to prevent loss of tropical forests, which is a major source of greenhouse gases. Beyond 2012, tens of billions of dollars per…

Economic Growth Versus the Environment: the Politics of Wealth, Health and Air Pollution

Economic Growth Versus the Environment the Politics of Wealth, Health and Air Pollution   Chapter One of Economic Growth Versus the Environment the Politics of Wealth, Health and Air Pollution INTRODUCTION This book was written out of a sense of dismay at witnessing one of the most destructive contradictions of our times, that between society…

No Deep Breathing: Air Pollution Impedes Lung Development

No Deep Breathing Air Pollution Impedes Lung Development   Chapter One of No Deep Breathing Air Pollution Impedes Lung Development INTRODUCTION Spending one’s childhood in a community with polluted air stalls lung development roughly as much as does having a mother who smokes, according to a study of children growing up in southern part of…

Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes

Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes   Chapter One of Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes BACKGROUND: The knowledge about air pollution effects on birth weight, prematurity, and small for gestational age (SGA) in low-exposure areas is insufficient.Maternal Exposure OBJECTIVES: The aim of this birth cohort study was to investigate whether…

Ambient Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes: a Review of the Literature

Ambient Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes a Review of the Literature   Abstract of Ambient Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes a Review of the Literature Over the last decade or so, a large number of studies have investigated the possible adverse effects of ambient air pollution on birth outcomes. We reviewed these studies, which were…

Effect of Early Life Exposure to Air Pollution on Development of Childhood Asthma

Effect of Early Life Exposure to Air Pollution on Development of Childhood Asthma   Chapter One of Effect of Early Life Exposure to Air Pollution on Development of Childhood Asthma There is increasing recognition of the importance of early environmental exposures in the development of childhood asthma. Outdoor air pollution is a recognized asthma trigger,…

Credit Management in Banking Sector (a Case Study of Skyle Bank)

Credit Management in Banking Sector (a Case Study of Skyle Bank)   Chapter One of Credit Management in Banking Sector (a Case Study of Skyle Bank) INTRODUCTION Background of the Study. The impact of credit management and control on commercial banks stability play a crucial role in development of the economy. Commercial banks, now universal…

The Relevance of Tools and Machinery in Accident Prevention . (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt

The Relevance of Tools and Machinery in Accident Prevention . (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt   Chapter One of The Relevance of Tools and Machinery in Accident Prevention . (a Case Study of Spdc Port-harcourt The happening of this study is between October 2010 and September 2011. … results indicated that reducedaccident/incident rate in shell bonny…

Property Tax Assessment on Residential Properties in Imo State

Property Tax Assessment on Residential Properties in Imo State   Chapter One of Property Tax Assessment on Residential Properties in Imo State INTRODUCTION Member American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. … Effects of Noise Pollution on Human Health and Residential Property values; … Eze, M. U. et al (2013) Assessmentof Maintenance Management Value of Public … In, M.U. Igbozurike…

Land Tenure System in Nigeria (a Study of Ikeduru L.g.a Area of Imo State)(a Case Study of Owerri Municipal Council

Land Tenure System in Nigeria (a Study of Ikeduru L.g.a Area of Imo State)(a Case Study of Owerri Municipal Council   Chapter One of Land Tenure System in Nigeria (a Study of Ikeduru L.g.a Area of Imo State)(a Case Study of Owerri Municipal Council INTRODUCTION Land Ownership. … If the state of African women’s studies is as…

Estate Service and Its Effect on Rental Value Format: Ms Word Document

Estate Service and Its Effect on Rental Value Format Ms Word Document   Abstract of Estate Service and Its Effect on Rental Value Format Ms Word Document The study which entailed a comparative analysis of rental values of residential properties of restricted access and open access gated estates is aimed at discovering differences in rental…

An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident.

An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident.   Chapter One of An Investigation in the Suitability of Accident Sensor in the Control of Industrial Accident. INTRODUCTION The main aim of the project Accident Detection and Messaging System is to inform the Ambulance and Police of the accident site and arrange…

Himalayan Perceptions: Environmental Change and the Well-being of Mountain

Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change and the Well-being of Mountain   Abstract of Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change and the Well-being of Mountain Preview of Himalayan perceptions: Environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoplesHimalayan Perspectives returns to the enormously popular development paradigm that Ives dubbed the ‘Theory of Himalayan Degradation’. According to this seductive construct, poverty…

Integrated Public Lands Management Principles and Applications .

Integrated Public Lands Management Principles and Applications.   Abstract of Integrated Public Lands Management Principles and Applications. Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies—National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and the Bureau of Land Management—in one volume. This book fills the need…

The Politics of Conservation: Using International Carbon.

The Politics of Conservation Using International Carbon.   Abstract of The Politics of Conservation Using International Carbon. Carbon trading to reduce tropical deforestation is emerging as a leading strategy to combat harmful climate change while also potentially reducing threats to biodiversity. Funds devoted to this purpose could soon swamp all other investments in tropical conservation,…

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Hazards.

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Hazards.   Abstract of A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Hazards. This is the third edition of an introductory textbook on environmental hazards aimed primarily at an undergraduate audience. The latest edition was drafted at the end of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, and underlines how much remains to…

Hazard Response Capabilities of a Small Community.

Hazard Response Capabilities of a Small Community.   Abstract of Hazard Response Capabilities of a Small Community. Shiroro dam is one of the three major hydroelectric dams built on River Kaduna in Niger State located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. The river flood plain downstream the dam has rich alluvial soils with great agricultural…

Justice and the Environment: Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability.

Justice and the Environment Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability.   Chapter One of Justice and the Environment Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability. Introduction Disaster refers to an emergency caused by natural hazards or human induced actions resulting in a significant change in circumstances over a relatively short time period.Distributive Justice Typical examples are death, displacement, disease, loss…