-
» A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES OF URBAN AREAS FACING FLOOD RISKS INTRODUCTION Hurricane Sandy has delivered another painful reminder that urban areas need to find new ways to confront the increasingly difficult task of flood preparation. A flood occurs “when water runoff from the land exceeds the capacity of the stream channel. ”Flood Risks Excepting the Inner Mountain West and S...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: ASSESSING RISK AND REDUCING DISASTER ABSTRACT This is the third edition of an introductory textbook on environmental hazards aimed primarily at an undergraduate audience. The latest edition was drafted at the end of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, and underlines how much remains to be done. Improvements in understanding trigg...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS METROPOLIS: FLOODING AND URBAN ECOLOGY IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT Although better known for its sunny skies, nigeria suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little known chapter in the city’s history—the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the city’s 114 debris dams, 5 flood con...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» HAZARD RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF A SMALL COMMUNITY: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA Abstract Shiroro dam is one of the three major hydroelectric dams built on River Kaduna in Niger State located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. The river flood plain downstream the dam has rich alluvial soils with great agricultural potentials and this has been the major pull factor for several local communities that se...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Introduction Disaster refers to an emergency caused by natural hazards or human induced actions resulting in a significant change in circumstances over a relatively short time period.Distributive Justice Typical examples are death, displacement, disease, loss of crops, damage to physical a...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS CHALLENGES TO TRASH INCINERATORS IN NIGERIA When first proposed in this country during the 1970s, waste to energy (WTE) incinerators appeared to be ideal solutions to the growing mounds of trash in our “throw away” society. Promising to convert useless garbage into electricity while saving precious landfill space, trash incinerators seemed perfectly timed to re...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» THE EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT In Nigeria, inadequate supply of pipe borne water is a major concern; hence many homes have wells as a source of water for household uses. The groundwater of forty wells in Agbowo community was assessed for Total Aerobic Bacteria Counts (TABC) and Total Coliform Counts (TCC). The location and distances of wells from septic tanks were dete...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» THE EFFECT OF DUMPING IN DIXIE: RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTRODUCTION To be poor, working class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African A...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Rural community development through self help approach is an age long social activity in our society. Even before the advent of the colonial administration, people had at different time in history, organized themselves into group and had employed communal resource to provide physical improvement and functional facilities in their respective loca...Continue Reading »
53 pages | 828 engagements |
Source:
URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
Projects & Research Materials
-
» THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) LANDFILLS: EMERGING PUBLIC AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES INTRODUCTION Historically, construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfills have been considered nonhazardous operations, containing relatively inert wastes such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metals, gypsum drywall, and roofing materials. In recent years, however, it has become increas...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» FACING UP TO FRESHWATER POLLUTION: WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT AS MOMENTOUS AS THE 1970S, WHEN THE CLEAN WATER ACT WAS ENACTED INTRODUCTION THE STATE OF FRESHWATER IN NIGERIA resembles A Tale of Two Cities. It is the best of times in that, in the latter portion of the 20th century, we reversed the general disregard for water bodies. Our nation rallied in the face of flammable rivers, water bodies us...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY We live in a world shaped by human migration. Everyday people make decisions to leave their hometown, or even their own country and move elsewhere to work, study, retire or reunite with their families. Migration has changed the demographic composition of towns, cities and nations. Consider this for instance: in 1960 there were only 30 countries ...Continue Reading »
53 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
Projects & Research Materials
-
» NATURE IN FRAGMENTS: THE LEGACY OF SPRAWL INTRODUCTION Biological diversity (or biodiversity, for short) is the variety of life on Earth and the interactions, cycles, and processes of nature that link it all together. In its broadest definition, biodiversity includes individual species, the genetic diversity within species, the natural communities in which these species interact, and the ecosystem...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism INTRODUCTION Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice is the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women have made ...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Twenty Years of Experience by Jody Freeman (2006 11 30) INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, market based incentives have become the regulatory tool of choice when trying to solve difficult environmental problems. They are widely viewed as more efficient than traditional command and control regulation. This collection of essays takes a crit...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WORLD RELIGIONS AND CLEAN WATER LAWS I. INTRODUCTION Religion could help save the ecology of our planet. Religious values are core to many people in this world3 and we must speak to this core to realize the radical ethical changes required to save our planet.4 Laws designed to prevent environmental degradation must be crafted and implemented with recognition that, in the fa...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction Waste generation is an integral aspect of human existence that is unavoidable. It is a product of resource use process that has the capacity to be inconveniencing and harmful leading in extreme cases to pollution with resultant epidemics and catastrophic consequences. Waste is used to describe any item or object that is no longer suitable for use in the owner’s o...Continue Reading »
53 pages | 403 engagements |
Source:
URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
Projects & Research Materials
-
» Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty Making ABSTRACT This book develops a theory of international cooperation on environmental issues. The theory integrates a number of disciplines, including game theory, economics, international law, and international relations. It explains why treaties are used to address these challenges, and what makes treaties succeed or fail. Trea...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» Law in Environmental Decision Making: National, European, and International Perspectives INTRODUCTION This collection draws together a range of approaches to environmental legal issues, covering a broad spectrum from domestic to international law. The contributors investigate aspects of law’s influence in environmental decision making and consider whether legal institutions and theory can re...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials
-
» New instruments of environmental governance?: National experiences and prospects Abstract The use of so called “new” environmental policy instruments such as eco taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements and eco labels has prompted widespread claims that these devices have replaced regulation. These papers offer a fresh perspective on the evolving tool box of environmental policy. ...Continue Reading »
50 pages | -1 engagements |
Source:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Projects & Research Materials