Improper waste disposal on public health in Nigeria Abstract Many Nigeria communities are faced with issues of waste disposal and health risks that undermine efforts towards ensuring a clean environment and good health for all. This research focuses on Improper waste disposal on public health in Nigeria. Questionnaires, observation and unstructured interview guide were the […]
Physiochemical Characteristics and Environmental Impact of Effluent Wastes from PROMOTEX Industries, Nnewi ABSTRACT For a total period of four months, effluent, water and soil samples were collected on a monthly basis from an industrial area in Nnewi in Anambra State in order to determine their constituents. A total of twenty six parameters were analyzed for […]
IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH QUALITY CHAPTER ONE/INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Rapid urban explosion is agreed to be the most complex and important socio-economic and environmental phenomenon that has emerged between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (Kessides, 2005). Urbanisation is understood in most cases as a shift from a predominantly rural society […]
ABSTRACT Suck away Of Toilet are used all over the world by transient populations and are usually located in public places. However in Nigeria most households also depend on suckaway for defecation. Due to the pressure and lack of maintenance of these toilet it has often resulted in most of them being dirty, smelly, […]
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PRACTICES IN THE CORE OF IKORODU, LAGOS STATE ABSTRACT This study evaluated the sanitation facilities and services available in the city core areas with a view to identifying the different environmental sanitation behaviours emanating from the level of adequacies of these amenities. Ikorodu town in Lagos state was the focus of the study. […]
The state of solid waste management in cities of most developing countries is fast assuming the scale of a major social and environmental challenge (Daskalopolous, 1998a). In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in particular, the combined influence of poverty, population growth and rapid urbanization has tended to worsen the situation (Walling et al., 2004). The gravity of […]
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Oil exploration in Nigeria has evolved through a long history. However, they have left trail of woes in their path with so much damage to the ecosystem and problems to human life in the exploratory region. In the light of this, the paper appraises […]