A study of Ten coastal communities along the Cross River, Qua Iboe River and Jaja Creek (all in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria) was conducted to: Identify and Geo-reference affected navigable channels in Akwa Ibom State; create a map of affected navigable channels in the state; qualitatively...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/45448
Climate change poses major threat to Nigeria, particularly in the southwest region where Ibadan is a major city. There are several studies conducted at state, regional and national level but a continuous understanding of the knowledge and impact at a local level is required for a...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/45499
The present study comprised to evaluate the status of physico-chemical contaminants in groundwater of Dindigul Corporation, Tamilnadu, India. Thirty ground water samples were collected from different locations in the study area. The physico-chemical parameters such as pH, Electri...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44710
Agriculture, on which all the human being depends for their food is under serious threat from the impact of climate change. Primary aim of this study was to assess the smallholder farmers’ perception to climate change and variability, and to investigate the measure they employed...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/43568
Aims: The research work is aimed at evaluating the land base source of River pollution using a waste characterisation study in the Yabassi municipality in order to design strategies for mitigating pollution of the Nkam River. Study Design: A household survey involving random samp...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44894
The study is concerned with In- Migration, Distance and Patronage of Secondary Schools in Urban Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Data was obtained through the administration of 210 questionnaire for students and 35 questionnaire for Tutors. Data collected were analyzed using descrip...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/26271
Urban places in the developing world like their advanced counterparts are experiencing unprecedented extensions, although mostly in an uncontrolled manner. Calabar is no exception to such urban extension, with notable sprawl especially with increased densification within the city...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42842
This article describes a new methodological approach of modeling the field parameters of socio-geographical objects by cumulative influence. This method involves determining the radius of the zone of influence of each object and determines the influence function, which interprete...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/15942
The water crisis is assuming serious proportions in the world. If we look at the present scenario of water availability in India we observe that India with its per capita availability of less than 1600 m3 of water is a water-stressed country. The rising demand is likely to push i...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44663
This study assessed the concentration of As, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, V, Sr, Y, Nb, Zr, Cl, TS, TiO2, MnO, CaO and P2O5 in the mangrove sediment and R. racemosa samples from Choba, Ogbogoro and Isaka in Niger Delta, Nigeria. A total of 6 sediment and 9 R. racemosa samples were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44485