October 2015

Interim environmental influence of oil exploration on human lives in Ghana: a case of Half Assini and Efaso

This paper focused on the interim environmental influence of oil and gas exploration activities on human lives in the Half Assini and Efaso communities in Jomoro District of the Western region of Ghana. Two stage sampling technique was used. It employed purposive sampling of residents living in the Jubilee Oil field environs. After, simple random sampling was used to select 300 respondents from the study area out of a...

Author(s): Abigail A. Aryeh-Adjei, Alidu Abdul-Fatahi and Fadila Mohammed

October 2015

Assessment of contribution of major rivers inflow into the Dongting Lake, China

The development associated with rapid industrialization and urbanization in Dongting Lake region has been more complex due to large water demand. Therefore study of water variation within the lake region is necessary for wetland protection, conservation and its sustainable management. In this study monitoring of different Hydrological Control Stations, the calculation and analysis was carried out over 2014 based on...

Author(s): Telesphore Habiyakare,  Zhou Nianqing and Shen Xinping