This study investigates groundwater recharge (GWR) potential in a region characterized by varied lithology, topography, and geophysical properties by integrating geophysical parameters (resistivity, longitudinal conductance, transverse resistance, resistivity coefficient, and ele...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i6903
This study investigates the spatial dynamics and environmental implications of abandoned residential properties in urban Nigeria, using Abeokuta as a case study. The increase of abandoned buildings in government-developed estates presents critical urban and environmental challeng...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i6902
Household Food waste is a pressing global issue, with approximately one-third of food produced wasted annually, leading to economic losses, and environmental degradation. This paper examines the challenges of measuring household food waste, current methodologies, and proposes a n...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5900
The land use is nothing but the utilization of the land for various purposes and land cover refers to biological and physical materials on the earth’s surface. The land use and land cover is very essential for better understanding of landscape dynamics during a known period havin...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5901
Damodar Valley Rivers, the Sorrow of Bengal is a tributary to the Hooghly River but the storehouse of Coal. This river is the lifeline of about 2.2millions people in West Bengal though it emerges from Jharkhand state, India. The valley has been constantly under threat at its lowe...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5899
This review investigates the growing concern of microplastic (MP) contamination in groundwater systems, an area that has received relatively limited attention compared to surface water environments. Drawing from a comprehensive review of recent literature, the study identifies ke...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5898
Introduction: Water security threatens the world's population, so the evaluation of the quality of water in reservoirs is one of the priority issues and represents a challenge for the sustainability of ecosystems and the human population. The Rio Grande de Santiago is considered...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5896
Soil health degradation and groundwater contamination pose significant threats to food security and environmental sustainability in Bangladesh, driven by intensive agricultural practices, industrialization, and mining activities. This review synthesizes global and regional eviden...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5895
The Khetri Copper Belt is known for copper mineralisation in Rajasthan. The North Khetri is specifically rich in copper mineralisation while the south Khetri belt is marked with the small isolated deposits of copper with sharing nearly similar depositional and lithotectonic envir...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5894
Ecosystem Distress Syndrome (EDS) signifies a situation in which a given ecosystem becomes so stressed, highly degraded and incapable to sustain economic activities. This is because, its ability to supply the essential goods and services necessary for human livelihood and economi...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5893
Groundwater is an essential resource for drinking water, agriculture, and industrial use, particularly in regions where surface water is scarce. This study delineates subsurface aquifer configurations using the Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) method to examine the hydrogeologi...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5892
Water scarcity is emerging as one of the most damaging issues of our time that can no longer be ignored. Inadequate availability of water restricts life, threatening the stability of fundamental fields, including public health, development, food security, sustainability, and sani...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5891
Following mining activities, rehabilitation is essential to restore sites to their original condition. This study employed Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to analyze land use–land cover (LULC) changes in Kamtonga and Mkuki, Kenya. Specifically, s...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i4889
This study examines the vulnerabilities to flood risks arising from the urban soil production process. To achieve this objective, a quantitative data collection approach from households and the creation of thematic maps was used. Land use planning is a nonstructural measure that...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i5890