Introduction In many countries, large flood, can inundate over thousands towns and a far greater number of rural communities. The devastating impact of a flood through these communities is large, and social effects last for many years. In addition, damages from one event typically may be achieved tens millions of dollars, in case of large cities, billions of dollars. Therefore, research that increases the understanding of water flow in floods has considerable social and economic value for the...
INTRODUCTION: It is indeed true that the world is getting smaller nowadays. More and more people are moving into different places for a myriad of reason, mostly for seeking greener pastures and finding their luck with hopes that they will earn higher income in places other than where they were raised. With this, more adjustments are necessary as someone who has been new in the place is indeed required to adapt to the new culture and environment in order to establish a living in that particula...
Introduction Beja is a generally flat area with some gently undulating hill regions in the north. Beja falls within the Alentejo province which has been recognised by experts to be an area of high land degradation risk (Seixas 2000). Alentejo is an important regional economic area, with current mining activities extracting copper, silver, lead and zinc. However the Alentejo is predominantly an agricultural area, yielding over 80% of Portugal's total wheat production (Gouveia and Trigo 2008). ...
1. Introduction “Today Geography is an extremely diverse discipline covering several areas of study and involving researches with different backgrounds from all over the world (Algona & Marsh, 2003)”. Thus Geography is a discipline that has evolved through time. Since the beginning of this discipline, it was regarded as a study for mapping features, however the definition later expanded. Geography is again, a multidisciplinary subject that is divided into a number of sub-fields. Accordi...
Africa's Physical Geography Africa is a continent rich in beauty, culture, and wealth. It has several diverse and singularly captivating landscapes including vast savannah and desert, lush rainforest, and sun-kissed beaches. There is potential for great wealth and prosperity, due to the resources in this luminous continent. North and South Africa are split into almost two equal parts by the equator, and the climate and physical features in both the north and the south repeat themselves. For e...
Hydrophones (Process Analysis) A process is an activity which occurs over time and has clear goal relating to the outcome to be achieved. It's hierarchical because may consist of sub-processes (Muller 1). Indentifying boundaries is important when understanding a process i.e. its beginning and end. The beginning of a process is when a trigger causes some action to be taken by a group, person or another process. On the other hand, ending takes places place when the outcomes are passed on to a g...
Introduction Background to the study Waste was an early problem of mankind, and a growing one that is of major concern to every nation of the world (Allende 2009). In early pre-industrial times, waste generation was not an issue as populations were smaller. Waste was disposed of in the ground where it would turn to compost to improve soil fertility. Waste management became a growing problem during the transition from nomadic hunting and gathering to farming. Before the industrial revolution, ...
1 Introduction Forestry has been undergoing a budge from conventional forest management techniques, and using time consuming and laborious field work and aerial photography to the use of remotely sensed data and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS) for last few decades. With the improvement spatial resolution of remotely sensed data (IKONOS (1 to 4 m2), Quick Bird (0.6 to 2.8 m2) etc) and application of new technologies like Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) have started to chang...
Abstract Good access to health services in developing countries can be important for effective treatment amongst the population, thus preventing unnecessary death in the community. Primary care is pinpointed as the most essential form of healthcare for managing population health because it is the pillar of health care delivery to persons in developing countries. It is approximately low-priced which can be more easily conveyed than any distinctive feature and inpatient care, and if correctly a...
Data Analysis Population sampling The study area is made up of 35 wards. Because of time constraint, 18 wards were sampled in order to engage the public in the siting process as public participation is necessary in landfill siting. The selected wards are those where there is high level of indiscriminate and illegal dumping. Quite a large number of respondents agreed that waste disposal is the major problem and the main reason why illegal dumping is a commonplace. Allocation of transfer statio...
