ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EKITI STATE‚ NIGERIA *Ogundele‚ J. A. Jegede‚ A. O. Department of Geography and Planning Science Faculty of the Social Sciences‚ University of Ado-Ekiti Ado-Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. *E-mail: joeogundele@yahoo.com‚honj23@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Climate change will impact agriculture and food production around the world due to; the effects of elevated Carbondioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere‚ higher temperature‚ altered precipitation
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Known for its wet climate and natural resources‚ the Northwest includes the states of Oregon‚ Washington‚ and Idaho. This vast land region made up of rugged shorelines‚ volcanic mountains‚ and green mountain sides all play a part in the climatic‚ social‚ and ecological diversity. Levels of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gasses in the atmosphere are on the rise‚ warming the earth and are causing wide range impacts. These impacts include the rising sea levels‚ melting snow and ice‚ extreme
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LAND USE CHANGE: THE CASE OF CALAMBA CITY‚ LAGUNA A Research Proposal I. INTRODUCTION A. Significance of the Study Land and its uses are essential to all human communities. Every person is shaped in a range of ways by the landscape in which they live‚ and the products and resources produced on the land. Land and its uses are particularly important
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6.1.5 Differential Impact of Environmental Change There is a gendered impact of environmental change due to a variety of reasons like everyday dependence on forest‚ land and water resources. More than two third of women respondents said the time required for collection of fuelwood has increased leading to increased physical drudgery. The decline in soil fertility has adversely impacted food production and access to nutrition‚ this in turn has resulted increased migration of men‚ and greater dependence
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major resource for tourism. Tourism depends on the environment because environment is a major tourist attraction. The quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made‚ is essential to tourism. It involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports‚ and of tourism facilities‚ including resorts‚ hotels‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ golf courses and marinas. The negative impacts of
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Environmental Impact Analysis Anthony Anderson 3/1/2012 Sanchez and Hudson opened small pediatric office in Riverside‚ California is an example of having a dream come true without planning for the future. The building has become too large for the staffing that the Two Doctors /entruenpuers have been in for five years‚ Records are being lost‚ and waiting rooms packed medical
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Environment Resource Management Introduction Environmental issues have fast become a major global issue. Following decades of consumption of her natural resources Mother Nature may well have decided to hit back. The climate is changing. The earth is warming up‚ and there is now overwhelming scientific evidence that not only this is happening‚ it is mainly human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease‚ chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally
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University of Phoenix Material Environmental Resources Worksheet Using the assigned readings from Week Four‚ write a 50- to 75-word response to each of the following questions. Your responses will be assessed according to the accuracy of the content. Minerals 1. How do minerals affect society? Minerals have aided in the continuous growth of developing nations and also‚ "had abundant mineral deposits that enabled them to industrialize" (Berg‚ 2013). However‚ as a consequence of
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Chapter 3: Methodology of EIA December 1997 EIA for Developing Countries 3.0 Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment Changes in the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and advances in information technology have greatly expanded the range of tools available to the EIA practitioner. For example‚ map overlay methods‚ originally pioneered by McHarg (1971)‚ have evolved into sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Expert systems‚ a branch of artificial intelligence
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© Academy of Management ¡ournal 1996‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4‚ 779-801. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS BRIAN BECKER State University of New York at Buffalo BARRY GERHART Vanderbilt University We describe why human resource management (HRM) decisions are likely to have an important and unique influence on organizational performance. Our hope is that this research forum will help advance research on the link between HRM and organizational performance
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