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Assessment of Meteorological Drought with Application of Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) for Tripura, Northeast India

Aribam Priya Mahanta Sharma, D. Jhajharia, G. S. Yurembam & S. Gupta · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Drought is one of the major water-related natural hazards. Understanding the spatial and temporal variation of rainfall is of great importance in water resources planning and management as it is related with food security and management of scarce water resource, which becomes cri...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i330383

Use of GIS and Remote Sensing as Risk Reduction Techniques in Disasters with Special Reference of India

Sohel Mohammad & Praveen Bishnoi · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Management in Disaster may be a dynamic method. It includes the classical management functions of turning out with, organizing staffing, leading and dominant. A hazard involves several organizations, that should work along to prevent mitigate, inure, answer, and recover from the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i130348

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

GIS-Based Climate Change Induced Flood Risk Mapping in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria

Obot Akpan Ibanga & Osaretin Friday Idehen · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Introduction: Flood is one of the climate change induced hazards occurring in most parts of the world. It exposes humanity and many socio-ecological systems to various levels of risks. In Nigeria, extreme rainfall events and poor drainage system have caused inundation of several...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i930225

Mosquito Larval Species and Geographical Information System (GIS) Mapping of Environmental Vulnerable Areas, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt

Mohamed M. Sowilem, Ahmed M. El-Zeiny & E. S. Mohamed · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

Aims: This paper investigates the spatial distribution of mosquito breeding sites within the Dakhla oasis of the Western Desert of Egypt. Study Design:  GIS spatial analysis was used to map the area under risk of mosquito proliferation. Place and Duration of Study: Dakhla oases,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i130094

Spatial and Temporal Trend of Water Resources in Beijing, China during 1999-2012 and Its Impact Analysis

Huili Gong, Tao Tang, Zhaoning Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Yuzhu Chen & Wenji Zhao · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2015

Aims: The objective of this research is to understand and analyze the trend of water resources and its effects on land subsidence, vegetation cover change, and water supply reservoir drawdown in Beijing, China. Study Design: This research combined both field monitoring data and r...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2015/13861

Using GIS to Assess the Contribution of Farming Activities towards Climate Change in the State of Mississippi

Edmund C. Merem, Chandra Richardson, Corney Romarno, Joan Wesley & Yaw Twumasi · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2012

The study uses primary data, descriptive statistics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and correlation analysis to analyze the contributions of farming activities to climate change in Mississippi between 1992 through 2002. This involved the assessment of methane emissions from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2012/1371