ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND IT'S ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISK AMONG RESIDENTS OF NKPOR...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been observed in recent times that the role the environment play to a nation‟s development process can not be relegated to the background. Apart from being the physical surrounding for natural habitats, the environment provide the basis for human exploits for agricultural, industrial, commercial, technological and tourism development of...Continue Reading »

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• 2. THE EFFECT OF FLOOD ON ROADS DURABILITY IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Globally, disasters are said to have devastating effect on economic development, livelihoods, agriculture, and health, social and human life (Wood, 2005). They are sudden, accidental events that may cause deaths or injuries. Abam (2006) defined flood as a large volume of water which arrives at and occupy the stream channel and its flood plain in a t...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE IMPACT OF APPRAISAL METHOD IN THE MOTIVATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (...

  » ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to establish the effect of performance appraisal on employee motivation at the Ministry of East Africa Community, Labour and Social Protection. The research study adopted a descriptive research design in form of a survey and a sample size of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents drawn from all the departments in the Ministry ranging from different job groups wh...Continue Reading »

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• 4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

  » ABSTRACT For decades, there have been a lot of complaints about the performance of local governments in terms of thequality of service delivery and the level of impacts of such services to the people at the grassroots level. The problem may be attributed to low level of autonomy enjoyed by the local governments, over the year or due to political and administrative control of the Local Government C...Continue Reading »

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• 5. ASSEESSMENT OF POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Poor drainage systems form part of major threats to urban environments in Nigeria. Most of streets within the urban and rural settlement are faced with the challenges such as lack of drainages or properly designed drainages to evacuate storm water from the surface course of our roads. Cities the world over are the dominating forces in the organi...Continue Reading »

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• 6. PROMOTING EGOCENTRIC OVER ANTHROPOCENTRIC VALUES IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ...

  » Abstract: Today, the mechanized man is capable of defacing the Sun despite its hotness, was it close and within man’s reach; just to satisfy his quest for pleasurable comfort even to the detriment of his neighbour. Man on a daily basis engages in anthropogenic activities that he thinks good enough to enhance order in the social environment without pausing to think for a second the high level...Continue Reading »

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• 7. AN ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPLICATION OF POOR CONSTRUCTION DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON THE ENV...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUTION Thomas and Dedo, 2002 stated that “The basic underlying purpose of any drainage system is to keep people from water, to keep water from the people and to protect and enhance the environment while doing so”. Patil, 2011says that during the rains, part of the rain water flows on surface and part of it percolates through the soil mass as gravitational water unt...Continue Reading »

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• 8. ASSESSMENT OF NOISE POLLUTION IN MR AJIFAH RICE MILL INDUSTRY IN EGA, IT’S EFF...

  » ABSTRACT Having known that no one on earth can escape the sound that produces noise pollution which is regarded as disturbing and harmful sound that cause nuisance in the eye of the beholder. Noise is measured in decibel db. It has a threshold limit value of 85dB. Noise is produced as a result of human activities Ega rice mill industry produce noise since they use heavy duty machines in the proces...Continue Reading »

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• 9. EFFECT OF IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE ON MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Slaughter slab is a structure constructed and reinforced for the purpose of hygienic slaughtering of food animals; it could be rectangular or square in shape of considerable width and length. Today improper disposal of solid waste, sewage and air pollution are fast taking over from nuclear warfare as the town’s biggest problem with its attendance effects on the e...Continue Reading »

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• 10. THE EFFECTS OF IMPROPER SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ON THE HEALTH OF INHABITANT OF PAND...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKFROUND OF THE STUDY The research work is carried due to the menace of improper solid waste disposal in pandogari community which causes, some specific health hazard that probably led to illness in the community. Improper waste disposal causes various types of pollution: air, soil, water thermal and radiation. Indiscriminate dumping of waste contaminates surface...Continue Reading »

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• 11. PROCESS OF PACKAGE WATER PRODUCTION AND ITS HYGIENIC PRACTICE, IN BETLAD GLOBAL ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In definition the process of package water production and its hygienic practices. we must know what is water itself. water is a universal solvent, compound which contain two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen chemically combined in the ratio 2.1.water is basis of life as mans body needs it to carryout it function if the body organ should give health to man.it also ai...Continue Reading »

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• 12. RODENTS INFESTATION, ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE CONTROL MEASURES IN ONY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Rodents are described as a living animals or mammals with special gnawing teeth and jaws capable of causing damage to property, food stuff, farm product, cables, and furniture, document and as well as transmission of disease to man. Rodents may be big in size or small which is characterized by jaw with continuous gnawing teeth (incisors). The groups are known as mammals su...Continue Reading »

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• 13. AN ASSESSMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA STATE, NIGE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The spatial differences of phenomena on the earth‘s surface indicate that the different part of the earth provides various products that the people needs. Goods and services can only be obtain by moving to the point of demand and supply and this can only be possible through transport (Ogbuozobe, 1997). Transportation is the movement of goo...Continue Reading »

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• 14. SANITATION PROTOCOLS IN UNIVERSITY OF JOS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON HEALTH

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study It is believed that God created man in his own image to be in control of the environment and make the best out of it as recorded in the bible (Gen 1:26 31). But man in his search for daily bread, quest for knowledge and materials wealth, has turned round to pollute the beautiful environment. From the earliest times man has been striving to control t...Continue Reading »

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• 15. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TOURISM AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Tourism is defined as the short term movement of people from their usual place of residence (origin) to other places (destination) for the purpose of leisure and recreational activities without any intention of securing a permanent resident or job at the destination; Cooper and Boniface (2006). It is also seen as the science, art and business of...Continue Reading »

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• 16. THE ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENAL SANITATION IN AREA OF NYANYA, F.C.T...

  » CHATER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study This research was carried out to determine the attitude of people towards environmental sanitation in Area F of Nyanya community of Abuja municipal area council (AMAC) whether positive or negative. There is no doubt that the issue to environmental sanitation is nationwide; however the degree of attitude of the inhabitants vary. The characteristic...Continue Reading »

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• 17. GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF JIBIA DAM ON JIBIA TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS K...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Dam is a barrier constructed across the watercourse to impound a round up water for irrigation farming, domestic needs, a source of energy for hydropower generation, flood control, recreation, transportation etc. As a result, large dam project has gained high popularity both in developed and developing countries. Currently, almost all major rive...Continue Reading »

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• 18. GEOSPATIAL MAPPING OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1Background to the Study Geospatial technology is a multidisciplinary field that includes disciplines such as Surveying, Remote sensing, Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (Pun Cheng, 2001). This technology is widely applied in the field of urban planning, facilities management, business, security and intelligence,...Continue Reading »

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• 19. PERFORMANCE-BASED EVALUATION OF CASSAVA STARCH AND MAKUBA MATRIX FOR THE STABILI...

  » CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Soil is the most abundant of all building materials found almost everywhere on this planet.This explains why majority of the population in the developing world live in Earth (mud) buildings and according to (Namango, 2006), will continue to do so out of necessity. Consequently, it has become a subject of concern to develop ways and means of improv...Continue Reading »

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• 20. PRODUCTION OF STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE USING WASTE GLASS POWDER AS PARTIAL REPL...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Waste glass constitute environmental problem, because it is considered as non biodegradable material that pollutes the surrounding environment. The use of waste glass as a component in concrete gives waste glass a sustainable alternative to land filling and therefore makes it economically viable (Shaikh et al., 2013). Glass is a non equilibr...Continue Reading »

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