Understanding the place of man in the ecology range has always been an important issue in geography. Most humans depend on agriculture and natural resources for their livelihoods. Owing to this relationship, most salient consequences trigger disconnects between man and ecological...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i630357
Urbanisation and industrialization are predominant indicators of regional growth with some adverse effect especially in ambient air quality often prone to contamination by emissions. Vehicular emissions have been identified as a consistent air pollutant in urban areas. However, m...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i6631
The new technologies revolution has driven an epistemological rupture between modern and postmodern cartographic research. It has fertilized a new engineering of construction postmodern cartographic knowledge based on a fivefold epistemological foundation: naturalist (descriptive...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i630356
Kerala is blessed with numerous wetlands including rivers, streams, mangroves, backwaters, estuaries, canals, paddy fields, reservoirs, lakes and ponds. Wetlands are an integral part of the state and they endow man with numerous ecosystem services like purification of water, prov...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i630355
Background: The complexity of an urban area makes mapping it very difficult as its surface materials are highly spatial and spectrally diverse. This study evaluates the problems associated with remote sensing of urban land cover types. Methodology: Three satellite image sensors;...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i630354
The vulnerability to contamination of the aquifer at Osubi, Niger Delta, was assessed in order to develop a foundation strategy for safeguarding its groundwater resources using the DRASTIC model and geographic information system (GIS). Using GIS, data corresponding to the seven D...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i630353
Earthquakes cause diverse damages on human settlements, from disruption of services, collapse and destabilization of buildings, to the rise of diseases and death of people. Mexico is one of the countries with the highest risk of earthquakes given its location in the so-called ''R...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i530352
Introducción: The struggle and concern for climate change, the optimization of natural resources, the well-being of future generations, has permeated the public institutions of our country. In particular, the University of Guadalajara, a public body for higher education, has laun...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i530351
Aim: Field study of the Ekulu River in the coal mining and industrialized part of the Enugu Metropolis was done in order to evaluate the impacts of industrial and technological waste mismanagement on the present and future geology of the Earth. Methodology: The study includes fi...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i530349
The Production data of Okpella Field, located within the Offshore Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria, revealed that the Okpella Field attained peak annual hydrocarbon production of 430175 MBO (Million Barrel of Oil) in 2008, and the production has presently dropped to 7839 MBO per annum....
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i530350
In Africa, bushfires are common practices in savannah regions. Their impact, is the subject of many scientific debates. The protected areas, of North Cameroon are subjected to ambivalent effects of these fires. Using high-resolution remote sensing data, this work aims at assessin...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i530348
The Kaziranga National Park of Assam is located in the floodplain ecosystem of the Brahmaputra River and hence the flood is the annual feature of the park. Amidst of it, the management for survival of the park along with its spectacular thriving is admirable. However, the peren...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i430346
Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization is a major issue in both developing and developed countries. Uncontrolled urbanization has resulted to unplanned expansion of residential and commercial areas, informal settlements, housing shortages, and unplanned land use. Understanding and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i430347
Environmental regulation is a complex interdisciplinary effort involving ethical principles, political interests, scientific knowledge, and technological capacities, that covers environmental media and protection and conservation of wildlife, fulfilling environmental legislation...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i430345
An attempt is made in this study to examine the geospatial analysis of land cover/ land use changes between 2000- 2016 in the North Central region including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Multispectral satellite images of Landsat 7 ETM and 8 OLI/TIRS of 2000, 2008 and 2016...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i430344