Climate change is one of the alarming global environmental changes likely to have deleterious effects on natural, social, cultural and human systems. The risks associated with it call for a broad spectrum of policy responses and strategies at local, regional, national and global...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34568
This study was done with the aim to map the present waste disposal sites in the city, to prepare a landfill suitability map of the area, to recommend the best and the most suitable locations to site the dump sites/ landfills based on a multi criteria decision making technique and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/34112
The problem of erosion has over time been exacerbated by the development and constructions of buildings, roads, poor drainage system and other urban characters on areas transiting from rural to urban setting. This study set out to evaluate the vulnerability of Orlu L.G.A., Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/34143
This research was conducted in order to ascertain the impact of the earth dam on the physical environment of Mbaa River using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) techniques. The Specific objective was to use multi-temporal images to assess land use and lan...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34984
This research set out to ascertain the land use and land cover changes that have taken place in Orlu L.G.A from 1986 to 2013. Two fundamental tools applied were GIS and remote sensing which were used for the assessment of LULC. Remote sensing provided multi temporal images, while...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/34144