The rising water turbulence in the Anthropocene changes the water research and policy agenda, from a water-resource efficiency to a water resilience focus. Irrigation systems, as examples of complex social-ecological systems, deal with both the uncertainty of ecosystem dynamics an...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42125
Nowadays, increasing environmental crime is causing for enormous environmental degradation at Duars region of West Bengal. Disappearance of one organism from the ecosystem can pose serious impact on survival of other organisms. There are different kinds of environmental crime car...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42089
Accumulation of sediments in river channels often leads to the formation of sediment bars. They form prominent elevated regions during the non-flood period within the river channel, and contain characteristic bedform features and internal stratification. These features reflect th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41822
The study focused on the implication of land use change induced by the post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation initiatives. Two adjoining coastal panchayats of Alappad in Kollam district and Arattupuzha in Alappuzha district, suffered maximum damage by the 26th December 20...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41927
Delineating mineralisation zones within Keffi- Abuja North Central, Nigeria was carried out to identify structures and to suggest the viability of the basin for Mineralization Zone potentials in the survey area. Aeromagnetic data over the study area bounded by latitudes N8o50’N t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/37052
Dry wind is a widespread dangerous phenomenon, which reduces the yield of crops in Ukraine. The aim of this study is to determine the conditions of the atmospheric circulation leading to the formation of dry winds in August 2010 and to determine the effect of these conditions on...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41323
Flood is one of the most important natural disasters that cause huge loss of life and properties every year around the world. Moreover, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies pointed out that floods were by far the greatest cause of homelessness....
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41773
Sundarban mangrove delta represents one of world’s delta where the Tidal action is extremely active. This unique tropical ecosystem has been delineated as almost vulnerable and disaster prone area in the world due to several aggressive natural hazards like sea level rise, cyclone...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41617
Geospatial tools play significant role in forest ecology and management, where vegetation indices and transformations have been extensively used for vegetation characterization. Hence, in this study, an attempt has been made to characterize the various hydrologic regimes in Wayan...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40792
The Dwarakaswar river system is the sub watershed of the Gangetic delta of West Bengal. This is the dominant water flow of the western part of West Bengal, India. The upper catchment of Dwarakeshwar lies on the edge Tamar Porapahar Shear Zone and this upper catchment is the resu...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41342
This study assessed climate change adaptation, mitigation and resilience strategies in the Trans Amadi Industrial area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The study utilised satellite image and field surveys to obtain information. An inventory of tree species used in urban g...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41373
The study was carried out to assess the impact of capacity building and its implication on sustainable forestry management in south-west Nigeria. Primary data were obtained from 152 forestry officials across the forestry administrative zones in the southwest Nigeria. Structured q...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/38640
Flooding is a significant hydrological hazard in the world and has elicited responses from government and non-government agencies alike due to the damages it portends. This study was formulated on this backdrop, with the objective of designing a flood risk-vulnerability map of Ik...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40527
This study surveyed the atmospheric stability pattern in the lower troposphere over Enugu from 2010-2015. The widely and acceptably used Pasquill-Gifford stability scheme was utilized in evaluating the stability categories. Six-hourly synoptic data parameters for temperature, win...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41167
This study deals with the interrelationship between urbanization and micro-climate of Minna city. The paper examined and analyzed the effect of urbanization on the city’s micro-climate using recorded annual average temperatures and the population figures as bases for calibration....
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/29084