Category: International Journal of Environmental Science and Biotechnology, Volume 2, number 4, 2021

 

DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN LAFIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: A GEOSPATIO-TEMPORAL APPROACH

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at using remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) to assess the urban heat island (UHI) in Lafia Local Government Area. A time series of Landsat data, from 1999 to 2020were used to extract the land surface temperature (LST), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)Read More

INVESTIGATING THE MENACE OF SOIL EROSION IN LAFIA MUNICIPALITY, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This work used primary informations from field measurements, surveyed ingrained view of the inhabitants, self-experience& observations of the research team, as well as reviewed literature. It appraised the nature, perceived causes, impacts, control attempts of the incidence of soil erosion in Lafia City, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, and mapped outRead More

ANALYSIS OF GINGER AND CASSAVA MARKETING IN KAGARKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE.

ABSTRACT The uncertainty of marketing agricultural produce especially cassava and ginger among the cash crops produced in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state remains a major factor to be resolved if poverty is to be reduced. The study was aimed at analyzing the profitability of ginger and cassava marketingRead More

COST IMPLICATION OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN ABUJA NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The incessant incident of building collapse in Nigeria is becoming another challenge to the government. The challengesseem it has no solutions because the government tried to create policies to solve the menacebut it seems the problem isincreasing. The recent collapse of a 21 – storey building in Lagos NigeriaRead More