THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE TARKWA PRESTEA MINING AREAS IN THE WESTERN REGION OF GHANA ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate the impacts of mining on mining areas with specific…
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Read MoreRIPARIAN AREAS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: HYDROLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT The demand for water resulting from massive population and economic growth in the southwestern U.S. overwhelmed traditional uses of riparian areas. As a consequence,…
Read MoreTHE 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…
Read MoreTHE 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…
Read MoreNATURE 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…
Read MoreHEALTH IMPACT OF OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN NIGERIA: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS Outdoor Air Pollution TABLE OF CONTENTTitle pageCertification iDedication iiAcknowledgement iiiAbstract iv Chapter One: 1.0 Introduction 11.1 …
Read MoreTHE 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,…
Read MoreDIRTY, SACRED RIVERS: CONFRONTING SOUTH ASIA’S WATER CRISIS TABLE OF CONTENTTitle pageCertification iDedication iiAcknowledgement iiiAbstract iv Chapter One: 1.0 Introduction 11.1 Background Information 11.2 Problem Statement 61.3…
Read MoreENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE USE OF AGRO- CHEMICALS FOR RICE CULTIVATION IN UFUMA, ORUMBA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA; ANAMBRA STATE Agro- Chemicals Abstract The study investigated the profitability of rice production in Aguata Agricultural Zone…
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