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Flood Vulnerability Assessment of Settlements in the Niger-benue Trough, Central Nigeria

O. O. Ifatimehin, P. S. U. Eneche & N. A. Ismail · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Flooding has become a household phenomenon, particularly for communities in close proximity or situated in floodplain areas, although only on extreme cases that serious alarms are given. The brunt of this study assessed the flood vulnerability levels of settlements located in the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130266

Thermal Indices of Fodder Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Cultivars in Bundelkhand Region of Central India

Suchit K. Rai, . Reetu & G. Prabhu · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

The present study was conducted to identify the impact of temperature indices on different phenophases and yield of cowpea varieties growing in Jhansi region of Uttar Pradesh, India. The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is a warm season legume crop grown in arid and semi-arid region...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130263

Investigation of Climate Variability Over High Rainfall Zone of Tamil Nadu, India

V. Guhan, V. Geethalakshmi, K. Bhuvaneswari, M. Rajavel, Dhanya Praveen, G. R. Mugilan, S. Pavithra & K. Senthilraja · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Rainfall is one of the most important climatic variables that determine the spatial and temporal patterns of climate variability of a region, which also provides useful information for the planning of water resources, agricultural production, and others. Climate change is one of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130264

Community, Dominant Tree Species Leaf Phenology and Seasonality in a Tropical Dry Forest, India

Appaji Nanda, Hebbalalu S. Suresh & Yelugere L. Krishna Murthy · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Aims: Plant phenology is a tool to assess climate variability, but less is known about the differences in phenological sensitivity at community, life-form and individual species level. The aim of the present study is to know the contribution of individual, life-form leaf phenopha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130265

Gender Influence on Access to and Control of Resources for Coping to Climate Variability. A Case of Mbita Fisher Community, Homa Bay County, Kenya

Robert David Lubalo Onyango, Christopher Oludhe & Dorothy Amwata · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Global warming effects have far reaching impacts of livelihoods of many rural communities including fishers. It is in record that fishing accounts for world’s 36 million fishers nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for their dietary animal protein. Past studies have conc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130262

Use of Sentinel-1 Data in Flood Mapping in the Buna River Area

Freskida Abazaj & Gëzim Hasko · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Floods are one of the disasters that cause many human lives and property. In Albania, most floods are associated with periods of heavy rainfall. In recent years, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors, which provide reliable data in all weather conditions and day and night, have...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030257

Response of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Hybrids under Different Nutrient Management Practices during Boro Season

Biplab Show, Megha Sana & Sukanta Pal · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Aim: To study the effect of rice hybrids to different nutrient management practices to find out the most suitable nutrient management and variety for hybrid rice in new alluvial zone of west Bengal. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (F...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030258

Development of Cotton Pest App for Decision Making among Cotton Farmers

M. Kalpana, K. Senguttuvan & P. Latha · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Aims: In this paper Cotton Pest App is designed to identify the leaf disease in cotton at early stage. Cotton Pest App is an innovative application that is useful for farmers. Methodology: The farmers can capture the images in the cotton field and upload the images. Cotton API is...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030259

A Study on Mass Media Channels in Promulgating Farm Technologies among Banana Growers in Trichy District of Tamil Nadu

P. Ravichamy, K. C. Siva Balan & S. Nandakumar · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Farming decisions are crucial to farm productivity ie., providing technical agro information to the farmers at the right time in a right way that leads to assured good yield and sustainable economic returns. In the digital era, there is a clear cut digital gap between knowledge c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130260

The Biodiversity Status and Conservation Activities of Singra National Park (SNP) in the Link of Co-Management Strategy

M. M. Ali, N. Akter, M. R. Kabir, M. M. Hasan, M. M. Rahman & M. S. Bari · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

This paper emphasizes the trend of biodiversity and their conservation strategy of Singra National Park (SNP), which is very well known for its characteristics as deciduous forest. Two types of studies were conducted: (i) Study of the vegetation composition and structure and (ii)...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030256

Block Wise Spatial Distribution and Mapping of Cationic Micronutrients in Soils of Jhargram District of West Bengal

Shreya Das, Animesh Ghosh Bag, Nitin Chatterjee, Biplab Pal, Debashis Ghosh & Gora Chand Hazra · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Aims: This investigation is aimed to conduct a delineation study to know the spatial distribution of available cationic micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn) in red and lateritic soils of Jhargram district of West Bengal and their relationship with soil chemical properties. Study De...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030254

Impacts of Climate Change: Evaluating the Awareness, Concern and Intent of Public Policy Support on Planning Adaptation of Bahamians

Feraldo D. Joffre & Berkley N. King Jr. · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

The detrimental impacts of climate change on the Bahamas establishes the need for Bahamian citizens to be aware of the causes and effects that are related. This study conducts an assessment of the knowledge, concern and support of policy relative to climate change impacts of Gran...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030255

Assessment of the Cost-Benefits of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Cassava-Based Farmers in Southern Nigeria

Adanna Henri- Ukoha · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

The study examined the assessment of the cost-benefits of climate change adaptation strategies of cassava-based farmers in Southern Nigeria. About 300 cassava-based farmers were selected using simple random sampling. Primary data were obtained through administration of questionna...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030253

Study of Local Construction and Technique: Adequacy of an Existing Nubian Vaulted Building with the "Bioclimatic" Concept Including the Performance of Its Envelope in Sahelian Climate of Ouagadougou

Fati Zoma, David Y. K. Toguyeni, Barkwendé Jude Kiemtoré & Emmanuel Ouedraogo · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

This study permitted to evaluate the adequacy of an existing Nubian vaulted building with the "bioclimatic" concept including the performance of its envelope. In that purpose, we needed to analyze its architectural concept and to measure parameters such as the temperature of the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030252

Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources: A Review

Syed Rouhullah Ali, Junaid N. Khan, Yogesh Pandey, Mehraj U. Din Dar, Mudasir Shafi & Ishfaq Hassan · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Global atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) were developed to simulate the current climate and are used to predict climate change. Several Global Climate Models (GCM’s) are available for understanding and projecting climate change. GCM requires to be downscale on a basin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030250