Abstract Road accidents are a common cause of disability and also a leading cause of death all over the world. Despite the burden of the problem in Nigeria, motorcycle injuries have not received the attention they deserve partly because of lack of local data. This study therefore focuses on addressing the negative impact of motorcycle transportation and also the problem associated with the motorcycle transportation accident such as the health effect, social effect and the economic effect. Th...
ABSTRACT The study undertaking is on the important of environmental planning on health and rural development of Uli, Ihiala local government area of Anambra state. The environment is the sum of all the features and conditions surrounding an organism that may influence it. It is the life supporting media for organisms without which there would be no life. Even in the absence of man, the environment undergoes continual changes and superimposed on natural environmental changes are those c...
ABSTRACT Floods occur when a body of water rises to overflow land which is normally not submerged. The causes and socio-economic effects of flooding in the lagoon settlement basin have been investigated in this research. The Keta Lagoon floods its banks and as a consequence leads to destruction of lives and properties. This study aimed at investigating the effects of lagoon flooding on communities along the Keta lagoon, as an environmental hazard on life, property and the socio-economic activ...
ABSTRACT Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is unable to dispose off all the 2500 tonnes of solid waste generated daily in Accra Metropolis. AMA is also confronted with the problem of finding appropriate locations and dispose all the daily generated solid waste in Accra. Brainstorming to find solutions to the problems, AMA has identified solid waste recycling by some enterprises as one of the ways by which solid waste management could be addressed. This study therefore sought to assess solid w...
ABSTRACT The increase in population within the Densu River Basin (DRB) from 450,000 in 1984 to 947,000 in 2000 shows an average yearly growth rate of 3.26%. This therefore has resulted in the increase of anthropogenic activities which have caused contamination with regard to the quality of water of the Weija reservoir. Using a descriptive study design, this study aimed at establishing relationships that existed between urbanization within the DRB and the quality of raw water from the Weija ...
ABSTRACT Floods are common phenomena within the Ankobra estuary. However, the unavailability of records on the nature of floods, exposure of communities to floods and a flood risk map tend to limit effective flood risk control and management within the estuary. This study therefore sought to assess flood risk within the Ankobra estuary and examine how geodesign can be used as a flood risk reduction strategy within the plan. The research techniques employed in the study include interviews, com...
ABSTRACT Traditionally, northern Ghana (defined in this study as: Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions) is noted for the production of nutritious foodstuffs such as groundnuts, beans, guinea and corn/millet that are commonly used in the preparation of healthy children food. Nevertheless, child malnutrition has been relatively high in northern Ghana with some regional variations, particularly between the periods 1993 and 2014. This thesis analyzed the regional differentials in child mal...
ABSTRACT Many cities face a myriad of accessibility challenges that could be linked to unsustainable mobility systems (UN-Habitat, 2013a). The Government of Ghana has been saddled with the challenge of solving urban mobility problems (Ministry of Transport, 2016). One cardinal area of interest in the urban transport policy reforms has been the introduction of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. The study explored factors that would make the introduction of MRT systems work in Greater Accra Met...
ABSTRACT Global declines in pollinator diversity and abundance have been recognized, raising concerns about a pollination crisis of crops and wild plants. In many African countries including Ghana however research and publications on the subject are rare. To this end, a study was carried out from June 2013 to April 2014 to determine the influence of landscape type on bee species abundance and diversity in the Forest Savannah Transition Zone (FSTZ) of Ghana. The research also evaluated farme...
ABSTRACT Surface water quality considerations are becoming increasingly important in Ghana due to anthropogenic activities which affect their benefits to humans and aquatic life but studies on spatial modelling to assess surface water quality in Ghana are nascent. This study explores surface water quality in the Birim North District of Ghana using spatial modelling. Using a cross-sectional study design, 540 surface water samples were collected from 15 rivers and streams in 2018. Surface wate...
ABSTRACT It has been predicted that, the overall impacts of climate change or variation on agriculture will be negative. Hence the significance of adaptation measures for poverty reduction, especially among crop producers has been emphasised. It has however been noted that although climate variation affects everybody, it is not gender neutral. Data on the nature and extent of adaptation to climate variation by cassava farmers from a gender perspective in Ghana are lacking. Therefore, the pres...
ABSTRACT This research was carried out to investigate the nesting ecology of stingless bees in three selected landscapes in the northern part of the Volta Region of Ghana, from June 2011 to February 2012. The study focused on three stingless bee species Meliponula bocandei (Spinola), Meliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier) and Dactylurina staudingeri (Gribodo). Using eight transects (500 X 40 m) in each landscape, number of nests, nesting heights, diameter at breast heights (DBH) of nest trees and...
ABSTRACT Studies on health care facilities, apart from being urban biased, have focused more on spatial inequality and patronage pattern to the neglect of physical planning and management. This study, therefore, evaluated the distribution pattern of the facilities, degree of conformity with planning standard and perception of their management in the rural areas of Ondo state, Nigeria. Ondo state was chosen due to its peculiar characteristics of having upland, midland and coastland areas. A c...
Abstract: Rainfall variability with periodicity of 5–6 years has been demonstrated for our study area and may be attributed to tropical and extra-tropical factors which operate during different months, seasons and years. Rainfall variability in terms of coefficient of variation ranges from 24 to 39% and 26 to 41% for the seasons and months. The mean increase of 1.63 mm/year and 1.37 mm/year experienced in the dry season months (November–April) and the wet season months (May–October...
ABSTRACT The approximate bound state of the nonrelativistic Schrӧdinger equation was obtained with the modified trigonometric scarf type potential in the framework of asymptotic iteration method for any arbitrary angular momentum quantum number l using a suitable approximate scheme to the centrifugal term. The effect of the screening parameter and potential depth on the eigenvalue was studied numerically. Finally, the scattering phase shift of the nonrelativistic Schrӧdinger equation with ...