Dams and reservoirs often facilitate the high economic gain in lieu of prolonged initial societal pain. Prevailing ecosystems be it in the minor pool, land, grassland, forest or built up do face the extremity of consequences. Developmental initiatives, which generally modify surf...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42179
In the present study, an attempt has been made to assess the flowing water quality of different rivers flowing through Pune during the spring season, i.e., prior to summer and monsoon. Physico-Chemical monitoring of these rivers of Pune was done from Jan-Mar 2015 to analyse vario...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42307
The city of Port Harcourt, an emerging mega city in the Niger Delta, is grappling with solid waste management as seen by mountains of refuse in some parts of the city. This study examined solid waste management practice in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42325
Land is the most important natural resource containing soil, water, flora & fauna involving total ecosystem. Mapping of Land use and Land cover change is essential for a wide range of applications such as landslide and erosion control, land planning etc. In this research land...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42185
The Calabar Flank sedimentary basin has remained relatively unexplored using potential fields. In this study ground, magnetic data was acquired covering about three-quarters of the Calabar Flank sedimentary basin. Twenty-five traverses were a...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41486
Flood as a natural disaster has been described as a phenomenon which is a part of earth’s bio-physical processes, which can be devastating due to anthropogenic activities and climatological factors. The study assessed the land use land cover changes (LULCC), assessed the surface...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/37633
In this research, groundwater yield of Ibodi and its environs have been investigated using hydrogeologic data and vertical electrical sounding. The study was carried out with a view to providing information on the geoelectric characteristic of the subsurface sequence, bedrock top...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42102
Increase in intervention with the Earth’s surface for various purposes affects environmental resources. In Hong Local Government Area from 1976 to 2009 there have been increases in laterite harvesting, road networks and settlement sites with adverse effects on rural resour...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/31493
The rising water turbulence in the Anthropocene changes the water research and policy agenda, from a water-resource efficiency to a water resilience focus. Irrigation systems, as examples of complex social-ecological systems, deal with both the uncertainty of ecosystem dynamics an...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42125
Nowadays, increasing environmental crime is causing for enormous environmental degradation at Duars region of West Bengal. Disappearance of one organism from the ecosystem can pose serious impact on survival of other organisms. There are different kinds of environmental crime car...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42089
Accumulation of sediments in river channels often leads to the formation of sediment bars. They form prominent elevated regions during the non-flood period within the river channel, and contain characteristic bedform features and internal stratification. These features reflect th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41822
The study focused on the implication of land use change induced by the post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation initiatives. Two adjoining coastal panchayats of Alappad in Kollam district and Arattupuzha in Alappuzha district, suffered maximum damage by the 26th December 20...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41927
Delineating mineralisation zones within Keffi- Abuja North Central, Nigeria was carried out to identify structures and to suggest the viability of the basin for Mineralization Zone potentials in the survey area. Aeromagnetic data over the study area bounded by latitudes N8o50’N t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/37052
Dry wind is a widespread dangerous phenomenon, which reduces the yield of crops in Ukraine. The aim of this study is to determine the conditions of the atmospheric circulation leading to the formation of dry winds in August 2010 and to determine the effect of these conditions on...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41323
Flood is one of the most important natural disasters that cause huge loss of life and properties every year around the world. Moreover, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies pointed out that floods were by far the greatest cause of homelessness....
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41773