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• 1. DIRTY, SACRED RIVERS: CONFRONTING SOUTH ASIA’S WATER CRISIS

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  Item Type: Project Material |  73 pages |  4,773 engagements | 

• 2. THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) LANDFILLS: EMERGING PUBLIC AND O...

  » INTRODUCTION Historically, construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfills have been considered nonhazardous operations, containing relatively inert wastes such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metals, gypsum drywall, and roofing materials. In recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that emissions resulting from the decomposition of gypsum drywall and organic debris are a public heal...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,143 engagements | 

• 3. HEALTH IMPACT OF OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN NIGERIA: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE ...

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  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  5,951 engagements | 

• 4. NATURE IN FRAGMENTS: THE LEGACY OF SPRAWL

  » INTRODUCTION Biological diversity (or biodiversity, for short) is the variety of life on Earth and the interactions, cycles, and processes of nature that link it all together. In its broadest definition, biodiversity includes individual species, the genetic diversity within species, the natural communities in which these species interact, and the ecosystems and landscapes in which species evolve...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,009 engagements | 

• 5. THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS CHALLENGES TO TRASH INCINERATORS IN NIGERIA

  »   When first proposed in this country during the 1970s, waste to energy (WTE) incinerators appeared to be ideal solutions to the growing mounds of trash in our “throw away” society. Promising to convert useless garbage into electricity while saving precious landfill space, trash incinerators seemed perfectly timed to respond to a national need. Within a decade, however, a grassroots anti inci...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,020 engagements | 

• 6. THE EFFECT OF DUMPING IN DIXIE: RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

  » INTRODUCTION To be poor, working class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link envi...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  4,832 engagements | 

• 7. RIPARIAN AREAS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: HYDROLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND MANAGE...

  »             The demand for water resulting from massive population and economic growth in the southwestern U.S. overwhelmed traditional uses of riparian areas. As a consequence, many of these uniquely structured ecosystems have been altered or destroyed. Within recent years people have become increasingly aware of the many uses and benefits of riparian zones and have emphasized ecosystem res...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  4,852 engagements | 

• 8. TOXIC WASTES AND RACE AT TWENTY: WHY RACE STILL MATTERS AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS

  »   In 1987 the United Church of Christ’s (UCC) Commission for Racial Justice published its landmark report Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States. The report documented disproportionate environmental burdens facing people of color and low income communities across the country . The report sparked a national grassroots environmental justice movement and significant academic and governmental a...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,119 engagements | 

• 9. DECEIT AND DENIAL: THE DEADLY POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

  » Deceit and Denial details the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers.  Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a bruising story of cynical and cruel disregard for...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  4,851 engagements | 

• 10. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR POWER, POLLUTION AND POLITICS

  » A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR POWER, POLLUTION AND POLITICS   Nuclear Power :This paper deals with comparative assessment of the environmental and health impacts of nuclear and other electricity generation systems. The study including normal operations and accidents in full energy chain analysis. The comparison of the environmental impacts arising from the waste management cycles associated...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,268 engagements | 

• 11. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEFORESTATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMEN...

  »     According to available estimates, forests cover more than one quarter of the world’s total area. About sixty percent of these forests are situated in tropical countries. However, these forests are disappearing at a very fast pace. Between 1980 and 1995, an area larger than Mexico had been deforested. This accelerated destruction of forests poses a serious threat to the environmental and ec...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,341 engagements | 

• 12. THE IMPACT OF MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE POLITICS OF PROTECTING THE EARTH

  » The Nigerian federal government first began to consider legislation to protect the environment and natural resources in 1940s. Since that time, Congress and the president have considered and passed numerous environmental policies laws that serve to protect the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the natural beauty of the land, and the animals that live both on land and in the water...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  6,537 engagements | 

• 13. THE IMPACT OF REGULATING AIR POLLUTION IN THE COMMON LAW STATE

  » THE IMPACT OF  REGULATING AIR POLLUTION IN THE COMMON LAW STATE   The sole aim of this study is to control air pollution in common states in nigeria and other states likewise. The Federal Clean Air Act of 1970 is widely seen as a revolutionary legal response to the failures of the earlier common law regime, which had governed air pollution in the United States for more than a century. Morag Levi...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  4,926 engagements | 

• 14. AIR POLLUTION A CONTINUING HEALTH THREAT IN WORLD’S CITIES

  » INTRODUCTION: 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 | GENEVA – A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits*. Information is presented via interactive maps, highlighting areas within countries that exceed WHO limits. “The new WHO model shows countries where the air pollutioni danger spots are, and provides a baseline for moni...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,527 engagements | 

• 15. AN ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL PROBLEMS ON LANDFILL TAX IN NIGERIA

  »   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 – 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wastes are not well managed in developing countries, as cities and municipalities cannot cope with the acceler...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,133 engagements | 

• 16. ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THE AFFORDABILITY IN OGUN STATE (CASE STUD...

  »    CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Housing is an integral part of human settlement that fulfils basic need and has a profound impact on the quality of life, health, welfare as well as productivity of man. It plays a crucial role in integrated physical and economic development, environmental sustainability, natural disaster mitigation and employment generation as well a...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  82 pages |  6,400 engagements | 

• 17. THE IMPACT OF SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS IN NIGERIA

  » INTRODUCTION Solid wastes comprise all the wastes arising from human and animal activities that are normally solid, discarded as useless or unwanted. Also included are by products of process lines or materials that may be required by law to be disposed of (Okecha 2000). Solid waste can be classified in a number of ways, on the basis of sources, environmental risks, utility and physical property. O...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  87 pages |  7,046 engagements | 

• 18. LANDFILL EMISSIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN NIGERIA

  » 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 – 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wastes are not well managed in developing countries, as cities and municipalities cannot cope with the acceler...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  5,963 engagements | 

• 19. THE EFFECTS OF SOLID WASTE TO BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS IN NIGERIA

  » INTRODUCTION   1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Solid wastes comprise all the wastes arising from human and animal activities that are normally solid, discarded as useless or unwanted. Also included are by products of process lines or materials that may be required by law to be disposed of (Okecha 2000). Solid waste can be classified in a number of ways, on the basis of sources, environmental risk...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  82 pages |  7,278 engagements | 

• 20. RECYCLING AND REUSE: ALTERNATIVES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

  » 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 – 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wastes are not well managed in developing countries, as cities and municipalities cannot cope with the accelerate...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  8,674 engagements | 

• 21. THE IMPACT OF MANAGING ELECTRONIC WASTE TO ENSURE GREEN COMPUTING

  » Introduction In this era of information and communication technology, the use of electronics and computational resources has grown exponentially. Excessive use of electronics equipments has given rise to a number of adversaries such as high energy 418 Ranjita Panda consumption, global warming, accumulation of e wastes, environmental pollution etc. Faced with the sever realities of global warming a...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  6,942 engagements | 

• 22. THE IMPACT OF INEFFICIENT WASTE MANAGEMENT TO OCEANS IN NIGERIA

  » INTRODUCTION Recycling: 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 – 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wastes are not well managed in developing countries, as cities and municipalities cannot cope with the...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  80 pages |  7,812 engagements | 

• 23. THE EFFECT OF REUSE, RECYCLING OF PLASTICS AND ESSENTIAL TO WASTE MANAGEMENT

  » THE EFFECT  OF REUSE, RECYCLING OF PLASTICS AND ESSENTIAL TO WASTE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Recycling: 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 – 1.9 billion metric tons.2 In many cases, municipal wastes are not well man...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  7,179 engagements | 

• 24. THE IMPORTANCE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATIONTHE IMPORTANCE OF ...

  » THE IMPORTANCE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION INTRODUCTION “Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word ‘s...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  11,038 engagements | 

• 25. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSTRUCTION TIME AND COST OVERRUNS ON HIGH-RI...

  » ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSTRUCTION TIME AND COST OVERRUNS ON HIGH RISE PROJECT IN NIGERIA   Introduction   Construction time: The Nigerian construction industry contributes less to the country’s economy than do manufacturing or other service industries. Of®cially, construction accounted for only 5.5% of the annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 1993 (Langdon, 1994). However, the ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  75 pages |  5,320 engagements |