Sundarban mangrove delta represents one of world’s delta where the Tidal action is extremely active. This unique tropical ecosystem has been delineated as almost vulnerable and disaster prone area in the world due to several aggressive natural hazards like sea level rise, cyclone...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41617
Geospatial tools play significant role in forest ecology and management, where vegetation indices and transformations have been extensively used for vegetation characterization. Hence, in this study, an attempt has been made to characterize the various hydrologic regimes in Wayan...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40792
The Dwarakaswar river system is the sub watershed of the Gangetic delta of West Bengal. This is the dominant water flow of the western part of West Bengal, India. The upper catchment of Dwarakeshwar lies on the edge Tamar Porapahar Shear Zone and this upper catchment is the resu...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41342
This study assessed climate change adaptation, mitigation and resilience strategies in the Trans Amadi Industrial area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The study utilised satellite image and field surveys to obtain information. An inventory of tree species used in urban g...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41373
The study was carried out to assess the impact of capacity building and its implication on sustainable forestry management in south-west Nigeria. Primary data were obtained from 152 forestry officials across the forestry administrative zones in the southwest Nigeria. Structured q...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/38640
Flooding is a significant hydrological hazard in the world and has elicited responses from government and non-government agencies alike due to the damages it portends. This study was formulated on this backdrop, with the objective of designing a flood risk-vulnerability map of Ik...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40527
This study surveyed the atmospheric stability pattern in the lower troposphere over Enugu from 2010-2015. The widely and acceptably used Pasquill-Gifford stability scheme was utilized in evaluating the stability categories. Six-hourly synoptic data parameters for temperature, win...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41167
This study deals with the interrelationship between urbanization and micro-climate of Minna city. The paper examined and analyzed the effect of urbanization on the city’s micro-climate using recorded annual average temperatures and the population figures as bases for calibration....
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/29084
Self Potential, an electrical geophysical method is chiefly used in mineral prospecting. Vertical and lateral variations in the conductivity of earth materials produce variations in the potential distribution as measured on the surface thereby giving information of the sub-surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40911
Key element for developing countries in remote sensing research is the availability of data particularly the newly developed sensors such as SAR data. This research aims at exploring the potentiality of utilising RADARSAT-2 (which is obtained freely from Canadian Space Agency) in...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41461
The metasomatised dioritic rocks are well exposed in and around Umsopri area (N 25°49/ and E91°39/), Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya, along with granitoid rocks. The gneissic complex represents the basement of the Shillong plateau comprising a group of high-grade metamorphic rocks...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40930
There are studies on spatial demography that tackled issues related to households livelihood, however little is known regarding toilet facility despite the fact that it is a significant element in household livelihood. Its spatial variability, type, methods, and adequacy are sens...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40515
Aims: The study aims to identify wetlands from different study epochs using remote sensing images and also detect any changes in their extent or existence; correlate changes with nearby land use and land cover over time; identify wetland losses within the stipulated epochs; and,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/39505
The study examined urban warming in Port Harcourt Metropolis and Environs. The data used for this study were generated from field observation at fixed points on different land use types in the urban canopy between January to December 2017. Analysis of Variance was used to determi...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41123
An Agro-ecological (AEZ) zone describes it’s all characteristics about those phenomena which are related with agriculture such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, soil quality, soil fertility, crop pattern of a specific region. This study was done to find out irrigation distribut...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40714