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ยป ABSTRACT This study was carried out to environmental pollution and it's associated health risk among residents of Nkpor, Idemili North, Local Government Area of Anambra State . Specifically, the study examined the knowledge of environmental Pollution among residents of Nkpor, Idemili North, Local GoโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT Urban flooding has attracted growing public concern due to rising intense precipitation and increasing consequences. Accurate risk assessment is critical to an efficient urban flood management, particularly in transportation sector. This paper describes the effects of flood on road users inโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Globally, disasters are said to have devastating effect on economic development, livelihoods, agriculture, and health, social and human life (Wood, 2005). They are sudden, accidental events that may cause deaths or injuries. Abam (2006) defined floodโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This chapter introduces the research study. It gives the background to the study, statement to the problem, research questions, scope and the significance of the study, definition of terms and organization of the study. 1.1 Background to the study Solid waste managementโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Malaria still remains a significant public health problem especially in low and middle income countries. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), malaria transmission in Nigeria is abysmally high with over 76% of the population reportingโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE Introduction Construction time: The Nigerian construction industry contributes less to the countryโs economy than do manufacturing or other service industries. Ofยฎcially, construction accounted for only 5.5% of the annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 1993 (Langdon, 1994). However, theโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Cities are at the nexus of a further threat to the environment, namely the production of an increasing quantity and complexity of wastes. The estimated quantity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated worldwide is 1.7 โ 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wasโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT 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 which is an increasingly popularized canโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT This book is a compilation of articles by 27 experts who have collaborated to provide some basic information on 17 of the global issues that matter most to the future shape of our world. The aim of the book is to help increase awareness and understanding of these global issues among the citโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT With the exception of the 9/11 disaster, the top ten most costly catastrophes in U.S. history have all been natural disastersโfive of them hurricanesโand all have occurred since 1989. Why this tremendous plague on our homes? In Acts of God , environmental historian Ted Steinberg explains thโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT Although better known for its sunny skies, nigeria suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little known chapter in the cityโs historyโthe spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the cityโs 114 debris dams, 5 fโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป Abstract 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 have been planned to undergo redevelopment by the year 2020. AlthoโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT This collection draws together a range of approaches to environmental legal issues, covering a broad spectrum from domestic to international law. The contributors investigate aspects of lawโs influence in environmental decision making and consider whether legal institutions and theory can rโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Since the beginning of civilization, man has always been motivated by the need to make progress and better the lives of fellow mankind by exploring the natural environment. It is indisputable that the natural environment before the advent of envirโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT For thousands of years, sand and gravel have been used in the construction of roads and buildings. Today, demand for sand and gravel continues to increase. Mining operators, in conjunction with cognizant resource agencies, must work to ensure that sand mining is conducted in a responsible mโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป Abstract Environmental Law was born out of the new scientific understandings of ecology in the mid 20th century. Although science has historically played a role in environmental law, its role has been more limited than may seem appropriate for an area of law that it so dependant on science to informโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Today forest occupy approximately one โthird of earth land area, account for two โ third of the leaf area of plants on land and contain 70 percent of carbon present in living things .Thus, the food and agricultural organization (FAO) of the unitedโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT This study analyzed poverty status of forest dwellers in coastal communities of Ondo State, Nigeria. Ten communities were randomly selected in the coastal region of Ondo State. In the two local government areas that were selected, two sets of structured questionnaires were administered to tโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste man agement practices among residents of Owerri State, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectioโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is an information industry term for methodologies, software, and usually internet capabilities that help an enterprise manage customer relations in an organized way. For example, an enterprise might build a dโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study According to Professor Emmanuel Ofeme, in Owerri, while delivering lecture at the 2nd Sam Okwaraji Memorial Lecture, Published by Chimaobi Uchendu, in the Sun News online sports of Friday, September 19, 2008, he said that unlike vision 2010, which wasโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Management of Abattior wastes has been of great concern in Nigeria. Almost every day in all the urban and rural markets in our county Nigeria, animals are slaughtered while the meats are sold to the public for consumption. Meat wastes sprang up frโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY World Health Organization defined sanitation as the means of collecting and disposing excreta and community liquids, waste in a hygienic way. So as not to endanger the health and welfare and also for the social and environmental effects, it may haโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The The Nigerian Real Estate Sector has recorded steady and consistent growth over the last four years becoming one of the greatest contributors to the Nationโs rebased GDP from the non oil sector having contributed 8.03% and 11% in 2013 and 2014โฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The land use Decree No. 6 of 1978 otherwise popularly called Land Use Act was promulgated on 29th March, 1978, the effective date of the commencement of its operation in Nigeria. It is a statutory approach or device used by the federal governmentโฆContinue Reading ยป
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