...Odera Chukwumaijem Okafor; Chima Njoku Purpose Environmental pollution has increased as a result of modern settlements' expanding demand and rapid population growth. In Ebonyi State, Nigeria, quarrying is one of the activities that has an impact on the environment and ecosystem. The aim...

...Ekundayo Peter Mesagan; Xuan Vinh Vo Purpose The authors analyse the interactive influence of energy use, capital investment and finance on pollution in energy-dependent African countries. Design/methodology/approach The study analyses data from 5 selected energy-dependent African nations (i.e...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only End of life (ELV) management Pollution Scraping Government of India Perception Policy The old and used vehicles are assessed based on their efficiency and detrimental environmental effects. The old vehicles are dismantled or left alone based...

...Hasanuzzaman; Chandan Bhar Purpose Environmental pollution and corresponding adverse health impacts have now become a significant concern for the entire planet. In this regard, analysts and experts are continually formulating policies to reduce environmental pollution and improve natural...

...James Temitope Dada; Folorunsho M. Ajide Purpose This study examines the moderating role institutional quality plays in shadow economy–environmental pollution nexus in Nigeria between 1984 and 2018. Further, the study also determines the threshold level of institutional quality that lessens shadow...

... of overburden. The fifth, sixth and seventh, most significant issues identified were the pollution from smoke fumes from the processing machines; and wastewater from the washing process. The last issue of significance was the dust pollution from the transportation of the washed gravel back to the mined pit...

.... Then, the concepts are disaggregated into some dimensions organized in row-and-column variables and a cross-tabulated matrix is constructed. Finally, different types of environmental degradation are identified, labeled and discussed. Findings The study distinguishes between two types of degradation as pollution...

...Solomon O. Giwa; Collins N. Nwaokocha; Hezekiah O. Adeyemi Purpose Nigeria, a prominent country in Sub-Sahara Africa, is plagued with a protracted, erratic and low power supply. The purpose of this paper is to present an experimental investigation of the noise levels and pollutants’ (CO...

...Anand Jaiswal; Cherian Samuel; G. Abhishek Ganesh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a solution for greening the supply chain of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by minimising the vehicular pollutant emission in the logistics network. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... ; Goodall, 2002). The inter-relationships existing between people and their physical and social environments serve as a foundation for the study of the urban environment (Knox and Pinch, 2000). Quality Ghana Perception Water Pollution Sanitation Urbanization increases the pressure on urban...

...Siew Hoon Lim Purpose – Traditionally, economic production models consider pollution as bads that may be modeled as either outputs or inputs in economic models. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of these modeling choices on the measurements of productive efficiency...

...Dike Henry Ogbuagu; Grace Chidiogo Okoli; Nasiru Asuenime Agbonikhena Purpose The purpose of this paper was to investigate the physicochemical attributes of the Ogu Creek serving the Onne Ports in Port Harcourt, which is impacted by ports transport activities, for establishment of its pollution...

...Jennifer Mullaney; Päivi Rikalainen; Chris Jefferies Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the sediment and pollution profiling and particle size distribution with depth within permeable paving structures, both with and without a geotextile. Design/methodology/approach Test rigs set...

.... Toxicity testing confirmed that more polluted leachate from March 2008 and March 2009 (Figures 1 and 2) were also more toxic than less polluted leachate sampled in January 2010. The most sensitive organism seemed to be duckweed Lemna minor, probably because of high concentration of ammonium...

... development Pollution Over recent decades, indicator‐based projects have become central to a range of community‐development projects aimed at engendering “sustainability”. In part, this has been a consequence of the shift “from government to governance” in policy and practice on a range of social...

.... Pollution Housing Lifestyles United Kingdom Climate change is considered by many to be one of the most important problems facing the world community. This assessment is shared by many organisations, both governmental and non‐governmental, including within the UK – the Department for Environment...

... determined the increase of CO₂ pollution in Italy over time: eco‐efficiency (pollution per monetary unit of output) and volume effect (volume growth of Value Added). Practical implications The decomposition method performed in this paper allows us to analyse which sectors are responsible...

... The proposed approach can be divided into two phases. First, the diagnosis consists of medium description, analysis and assessment of pollution risk and second, the therapy which includes identification, qualification and implementation of means, follow‐up and continuous amelioration. This approach...

... pollution. All water samples were analyzed for pH, EC, SAR and RSC. Water analysis was also carried out for various nutrients and heavy metals (K⁺¹, P²⁺, Fe²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mn²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Pb²⁺). Soil samples from various...

... education, through the appropriate tool, can play an important and vital role in this domain. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the analysis of systems involving fluid flow, heat transfer and associated phenomena such as distribution of pollutants by means of computer‐based simulation. This technique...