B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management (177)
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Studies on Nature and Properties of Salinity Across Globe with a View to its Management - A Review
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 17 Issue: 1
Salinity is a complication towards evolving a sustainable food production system and habitat management throughout globe. Such problem has its origin from marine, geological and anthropogenic activities. Nature and properties of salinity has been reviewed on global extent with a view to its management in this regard. ...
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Authors Yohannes Yihdego, Subhabrata PandaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 31 to 36
The Move from Safe Yield to Sustainability and Manage Yield
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 17 Issue: 1
There is currently a need for a review of the definition and methodology of determining sustainable yield. The reasons are: (1) current definitions and concepts are ambiguous and non-physically based so cannot be used for quantitative application, (2) there is a need to eliminate varying interpretations and misinterpretations and provide a sound basis for application, (3) the notion that...
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Authors Yohannes Yihdego, Muhammad WaqarRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 25 to 30
Assessing Socio-Econmic Impect of Rural-Urban Migration in Soso town,SNNPR,Etiopia;
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 17 Issue: 1
Migration is a form of geographical mobility between one geographical units (origin) to a certain destination generally involving a change of residence from a place to the place of arrival (destination). It involves a permanent or temporary change of residence from one neighborhood settlement (Administrative Unit); this process is also out migration. Moving to a particular location is de...
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Authors Mefekir WoldegebrielRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 11 to 24
Wild Mountain Ungulates of Rakchham-Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary in Trans-Himalayan Baspa (Sangla) Valley, District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 17 Issue: 1
Biodiversity is the essence and manifestation of evolutionary history of life on earth and species is the most conspicous form of the biodiversity. Ungulates are the hoofed mammalian species of vertebrates. Exploration of Rakchham- Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary present in the Baspa (Sangla) valley, district Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, India revealed the presence of three species of wild u...
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Authors Rakesh Kumar NegiRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 5 to 10
Review on the Role and Implications of Wetlands to Climate Change
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
Three of the world’s greatest challenges over the coming decades will be biodiversity loss, climate change, and water stress (World Bank, 2008). Global climate change is undoubtedly the most pervasive, complex and challenging of the global environmental issues facing contemporary society and it affects all aspects of development. The effects of climate change are local a...
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Authors Merkineh MeseneRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 77 to 88
Spatio-Environmental Dimension of Residnential Landuse Change along Taiwo Road, Ilorin, Kwara State
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
It is against the background of continuous unguided residential landuse transition evident in Nigeria Urban centres with its associated spatial dimension and environmental implications that this paper evaluates the spatio-environmental dimension of residential landuse change along Taiwo road in Ilorin metropolis with the aim of preferring recommendations that will aid the achievement of ...
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Authors Olanrewaju Samson OlaitanRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 59 to 68
Socioeconomic Driving Forces of Land Use/Cover Dynamics and its Implications in Wallecha Watershed, Southern Ethiopia
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
The objective of this study was to examine land use/cover dynamics and its implications in Wallecha Watershed, Southern Ethiopia. The study referred to have applied perceptions’ analyses, descriptive statistics, semi-structured and face to face interviews to identify the causes of the changes. The study showed, high population pressure, which in turn leads to increasing ...
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Authors Barana BabisoRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 49 to 58
Delhi Slums under 3-D Fire
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
A disaster is any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life, or deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response from outside the affected community or area. The Slum and informal settlement households are living in poor dwelling conditions. In these settlements, one side congested area forces them to ha...
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Authors Col PK ChaturvediRead Journal Click Here
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Linking Relief-Rehabilitation- Development against Disaster
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
A disaster means that appalling disturbance / change which brings with it great damage, misery and death when it occurs and leaves a legacy of destruction that has to be overcome. Although disasters have enormous damaging capacity, there exist considerable evidence of the efforts made by human beings to survive in extreme events such as earthquakes or hurricanes or fires and these eviden...
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Authors Col PK ChaturvediRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 69 to 76
Repercusión Del Uso Del Automóvil Sobre La Movilidad Urbana En La Gran ÃÂrea Metropolitana De Costa Rica
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
This article try to unsderstand how the cuture of the mobility based in motoring is intensifying in a country like Costa Rica, having how point of begin the fact of the public politics make the urban planeation for the circulation of the motorized transport, that have repercussions not only in the urban mobility but also in the life quality in general, specially in the Gran ÃÂrea M...
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Authors Diego Armando Cespedes AlvarezRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 43 to 48
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Determinants of Choice Decision for Adoption of Conservation Intervention Practices: The Case of Mt. Damota Sub-Watershed, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
Factors affecting choice decision are location specific and it is also important to look into farmers’ decision on conservation practices for which they are aware of. This study was undertaken in Mt. Damota sub-watershed, which is among the degraded site in the woreda as well in the zone. The study mainly investigated how farmers’ decide on conservation ...
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Authors Merkineh Mesene MenaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 33 to 41
Theoretical Orientation of Community based Disaster Risk Management
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 6
Adapting to effects of climate change and disaster risk reduction at present requires that the community at risk takes a leading role. This paper presents a theoretical under pinning of community based disaster risk reduction and management (CBDRRM). Ideally it is government’s responsibility to reduce vulnerability in communities. So far emergency response effort is the ...
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Authors Adrian Phiri, Dewald Van Nikerk, Elize S. Van EedenRead Journal Click Here
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Effects of Climate on Growth of Rice (Oriza Sativa) in Greater Yola
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 5
This work was design when there is a need to investigate the effect of climate on growth of different varieties of rice in Greater Yola. The study was conducted in a research farm located in Sangere FUTY, Greater Yola, Adamawa State during the 2014 rainy season (3rd June – 7th October 2014). Experimental farm was designed base on Randomized Complete Block Designed (RCBD)...
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Authors Ezra, A., Umar, A. S., Joseph, I., Kefas. A. H.Read Journal Click Here
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Page No. 57 to 65
Coastal Zone of the Sochi Region of Russia – Problems and Perspectives
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 16 Issue: 5
The modern state of the Sochi region of Russian Black seacoast is parsed in the article from the point of view of beaches stability, efficiency executed of the coastal protective measures, and quality of seawater in the coastal zone. The possible influencing on an environment of engineering measures, foreseen General schema of the coastal and landslide measures on coastal zone of Greater...
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Authors Yuriy I. DreizisRead Journal Click Here
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