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Building Environmental Resilience to Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation in Yobe State, Nigeria

Simon Stephen Mshelia, Ibrahim Ahmed Jajere, Arhyel Yusuf Mbaya & Bulama Lawan · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

The study examined building environmental resilience to climate change in Yobe State, Nigeria, that assessed mitigation and adaptation strategies by studying rainfall data from Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMET) over a period 40 year while the analysis and field data collection...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i1254

Morphometric Characterization of Sudda Vagu Basin in a Hard rock Aquifer System Using Geospatial and Geostatistical Tools in Part of Nirmal District, Telangana State, India

T. Priyanka, B. Veeraiah, Linga Swamy Jogu, K. Kishoor & Naveen Kumar Gardas · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

Using LISS-IV satellite data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this study aims to analyze the morphometric characteristics of the Sudda Vagu basin, located in the northwestern part of Telangana state. The primary objective is to compute detailed morphometric parameters an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i1255

Suitability Assessment of SRTM and ASTER GDEM2 Digital Elevation Model for Terrain Analysis in Aba North: A Case Study of Abia State Polytechnic Aba

Ahuchaogu, U.E, Duru U.U, Ikwuemesi, G.O, Okoroji, A.C, Ugwu, O. & Franklin, E.O · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

Accurate geospatial data is fundernental to reliable decision making for sustainable physical development on earth surface. Open-source Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are imperative to many earths’ surface process analysis therefore it is necessary to subject them to accuracy as...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i1252

Financial Barriers to Adoption of Drip Irrigation: Assessing Initial Investment and Operational Costs among Small-Scale Farmers in Kitui County, Kenya

Charles M. Muema, Michael K. Koech & Richard Kerich · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

Competition for water resources has become stiffer due to the rapid growth of population, industrialization and urbanization. Rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation are possible interventions to enhance crop performance in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. The purpose of this research...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i1253

Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Urbanization and Industrialization in Nigeria

Opelopejesu Israel Adeyanju, Ogheneochuko Shadrack Efeni, Ufuomanefe Cleopatra Omoemu, Modupe Oluwatemitope Oyedele, Boluwatife Samuel Awe & Omonigho Francisca Nomuoja · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

Urbanization and industrialization are central to Nigeria’s economic transformation, driving infrastructural development, job creation, and increased productivity. However, these processes have accelerated existing environmental and public health challenges rather than merely cre...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i1251

Examining the Efficacy of Compensation Blueprints for Livestock, Human, and Crop Losses in Zimbabwe’s Human-wildlife Conflict Hotspots

Govarthy Charamba, Hazel Nyarai Ganye & Takunda Chikwati · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) persists as a debilitating scourge in Zimbabwe, exacting a devastating toll on human life, livestock, and agricultural productivity. Despite the availability of indemnification schemes aimed at alleviating the consequences of HWC, their effectiveness...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i4250

Investigating Rainfall Patterns in South Singhbhum: A Non-parametric Approach Utilizing Mann-Kendall Tests and Sen's Slope Estimator

Jyotirmayee Mohanta & Ashis Chandra Pathy · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Aims: The South Singhbhum region is a physical region that experiences monsoon climate and frequent tropical cyclones and has global importance because of its abundant mineral resources like iron, manganese and its mining activities. The agricultural practices mainly depend on ra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i4249

Promoting Anti-plastic Pollution Innovations for Climate Change Awareness and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Gideon U. Nwafor, Chinenye E. Bartholomew, Chiamaka C. Ochuba & Sandra E. Aghaebe · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Plastic pollution has become a significant environmental, social, and economic issue in Nigeria. Despite the various initiatives and policies put in place, plastic waste management remains a significant challenge in the country. Anti-plastic pollution innovations hold great poten...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i4248

Influence of Forest Plantation Establishment Schemes on Community Livelihoods: A Case of Makutano Forest Kericho County, Kenya

Nduati Paul Mwaura, Jane Kagendo & Kweyu Raphael · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Exploitation of forest resources has been a thorny issue to many countries. In efforts to restore degraded forests, countries have resulted to establishing forest plantations. There is also need to sustain livelihoods of these populations living around forests. Kenya on its part,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i4247

Incentivising Effective Indigenous Ecosystem Restoration Practices: A Synopsis of Perceptual Approaches to Local Climate Action in the Barotse Cultural Landscape

Mulambwa Mwanang’ono · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

The study was premised on a generic hypothesis that attributes the status quo vis-à-vis increasing ecosystem degradation to communities’ stage-managed negligence fueled by the state’s decision about sixty years ago to start incentivising, unsustainably though, previously voluntar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i4246

Anthropogenic Drivers of Floods and Household Adaptations Across the Coastal Wetland Areas of Limbe and Douala IV Municipalities, Cameroon

Aminkeng Lucienne Fuanyi, Tata Emmanuel Sunjo, Balgah Sounders N. & Mohammadou Ousmanu Buba · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Many coastal wetland areas are experiencing the impacts of accelerated and episodic floods on the built environment and people’s livelihoods. This work examined the anthropogenic drivers of floods and household adaptations in Limbe and Douala IV Municipalities-Cameroon. Data was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i3245

A GIS-Based Approach for Assessing Urban Development Potential in Federal Capital Territory Nigeria

Igbokwe, E.C., Musa, S., Anienwe, K., Oliha A.O. & Anyadiegwu, P.C. · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Urban development potential assessment is essential for guiding the spatial expansion of cities, optimizing land use, and ensuring sustainable urban growth. In the context of rapidly urbanizing regions, such as Nigeria, understanding development potential helps mitigate the chall...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i3244

Climate Perceptions and Adaptation Practices of Traditional Marine Fishermen in Coastal Bengal, India: Toward Participatory Policy Recommendations

Kousik Das Malakar, Manish Kumar & Gloria Kuzur · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

Traditional marine fishing communities in the global south heavily rely on fisheries for survival, facing threats from climate change and associated coastal challenges. Effective adaptation hinges on understanding fishermen’s perceptions of these changes. The present study invest...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i3243

Space Dynamics and Rise of Digital Geographies: A Study in Spatialities of Emergent Technologies, Communications Patterns and Digital-population Interface

Kapil Kumar Gavsker · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

The digital technologies have had an unprecedented influence on people’s interconnectivity, spatial interactions and kind of spatial differences occur in the world. A technology-dependenturban life has developed further and is seen as a placeless phenomenon. The mass consumption...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i3242

Floristic Composition and Diversity of Homegarden Agroforestry Systems in the Lowlands of Tigray, North-Ethiopia

Kiros Abay · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2024

To reverse the challenges of land degradation, through improved vegetation composition and access to feed and wood, communities in northern Ethiopia started to establish homegarden agroforestry decades ago. However, there was information gap on the floristic composition and diver...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i3241