» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study Nigeria flares more natural gas associated with oil extraction than any other country, with estimates suggesting that of the 3.5 billion cubic feet (100,000,000 m³) of associated gas produced annually, 2.5 billion cubic feet (70,000,000 m³), …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study Environmental planning the process of facilitating decision making to carry out development with the consideration given to the natural environmental, social, political, economic and governance factors and provides a holistic frame work to achie…Continue Reading »
» Today forest occupy approximately one third of earth land area, account for two 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 united nations estimates that in 2000, 38.7 million square k…Continue Reading »
» Abstract The issue of environmental degradation as a result of crude oil theft is fast becoming an intractable problem in Nigeria, the international energy agency reported that Nigeria was losing about $7 billion annually to oil theft; crude oil theft has led to pipeline damages causing oil firms to…Continue Reading »
» CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION ON RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME (A CASE STUDY OF ODIGHI EDO STATE CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversi…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Air quality continues to be among the top environmental concerns in Nigeria. In nigeria, where majority of the rural population uses charcoal, very little is known about the impacts of the life cycle of the fuel on the livelihoods of the producers, who endure significant h…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground of the studies Nigeria is naturally endowed with vast expanse of forest land, the swamp forests in the extreme Southern part of the country, the tropical rainforest in the South western axis and the wooded savannah in the middle belt. Nigeria ranks among the countri…Continue Reading »
» 1.1Background of the studyAccording to Ugbodaga, (2015) the government of Lagos State has warned state residents to prepare for heavy rains and advised residents of flood zones to be ready to move immediately they notice a gradual accumulation of the rising waters. The government said residents shou…Continue Reading »
» . BACKGROUND OF STUDY Water is the prerequisite of life, mankind has settled along the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris, the Indus and the Yangtze Kiang (Marsha et al., 1999). Since ancient times and well before the past millennium, people have sought ways of dealing with water (their main commod…Continue Reading »
» The effect flood on land utilization: disaster prevention in nigeri INTRODUCTION Land Utilization: Floods are among the most overwhelming natural disasters in the world, causing discomfort and sickness also claiming more lives and increasing poverty and property damage than any other natural phenome…Continue Reading »
» INTRODUCTION The human race indwells a dual world. The first is the original natural world of plants, animals, and water bodies etc., this world precedes the human existence by billions of years dating from the Precambrian, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Era till recent times which we are a p…Continue Reading »
» Abstract This study is on oil spillage and its environmental effects. The major objective of the study is to ascertain the effect of oil spillage in the environment. The total population for the study is 200 selected residents in Niger Delta region. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrume…Continue Reading »
