This research uses participatory spatial multi-criteria analysis for the assessment and prioritization of vulnerable ecosystems wherein, protection from anthropogenic activities could help to ensure the continued provision of ecosystem services in Mezam, Cameroon. Analytic Hierar...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22218
Hawking is a common practice which hampers urban dignity. The study assessed “who”, “why”, “where”, and “when” the hawkers of sachet water carry out their business; in view of examining the associated physiological and psychological effects of their operations. 32 questionnaires...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22476
The gullies represent the most complex and destructive way of soil degradation relative to linear erosion. In this context, the goal of this study is to address the impacts of gullies in the longitudinal profile of the Zé Açu Micro-watershed, at the Settlement Project (SP) Amazon...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22311
This study characterized the Owu drainage basin in southwestern Nigeria using geospatial approach with the objectives of examining the morphometry in relations to flood vulnerability of people in the region. Data used were the topographic maps and satellite imageries of the regio...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22223
Ground geomagnetic survey was conducted around Iseyin Area, part of Ado-Awaiye in order to map and ascertain the nature of variability in the magnetic signature of the subsurface rock, structure of the magnetic basement as well as the depth to basement top. This was aimed at reve...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21827
Monitoring the environment is a key task of remote sensing in particular in areas whose access is difficult or dangerous or where dense cloud cover obscures optical information. This study proposes an assessment of landscape changes related to large refugee camps, where informati...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22392
The water footprint refers both direct and indirect water use in production process. Not only the water footprint of products, but also the water footprint of nations can be determined. The main factors which determine the Water Footprint (WF) of a country are gender (since water...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22146
Climate is a complex and chaotic system having non-linear links between its component variables. Study on temperature trends at macro level may be used to assess the climate variability of a region over the period of time as it is the main component of the climate system. For tre...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21344
The need to continuously monitor the air quality in our environment has continued to grow due to the ever increasing level of atmospheric pollutants. Indoor air pollution and urban air pollution are listed as two of the world’s worst toxic pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmit...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21931
An electromagnetic survey was used to delineate conductive and non conductive zones in order to accurately locate electrical resistivity tomography profiles at Ikhueniro refuse dumpsite. The survey comprised four roughly N – S, and E – W direction, very low frequency electromagne...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/19899
Fault mapping on Madagali Hills area (Longitudes 13°36’E to 13°41.5’E and Latitude 10°51’N to 10°57.5’N) was done with the objective of producing a structural map of the area and to see the implications of the fault patterns. The area is polygenic, having experienced magmatism, m...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21383
The field mapping carried out in the study area was aimed at establishing the local geology of the area, which include the identification of rocks and minerals, and the reconstruction of the petrogenesis and structural evolution of the rocks in the area. Six representative rock s...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/19888
Regions of the permanent ionosphere instability are identified with 24h daily global W-index maps produced from Global Ionospheric Maps of Total Electron Content, GIM-TEC, provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Planetary Wp index derived from hourly W-index maps from January, 199...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/20488
In this study, the excess heat factor (EHF) index was applied in five (5) selected stations in Nigeria to investigate heat wave characteristics. The EHF originally introduced for use in Australian heatwave monitoring and forecasting, has now been incorporated into a newly designe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/18181
This paper discusses the results of a study done in River Thome which is located in Nairobi county in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish whether the river water meets the set quality standards for surface water and irrigation water. It was established that the river...
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