Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, QLD 4111, Australia

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• Research Article   
  Indiscriminate Solid Waste Disposal and Problems with Water-Polluted Urban Cities in Africa
  Author(s): Augustine N. Ozoh, Blessing T. Longe, Victor Akpe and Ian E. Cock*
  
  The high rate of illegal municipal solid waste disposal is alarming, as it is a global factor affecting the human environment. This applies to most developing countries without proper and active environmental protection laws and Agencies to keep the environment safe. Science and technology have proven to be a lead factor towards high rise of industrial modernization, urban growth and population increase, contributing to the adverse effect of refuse disposal in most cities. African countries are considered to be more prone to such deteriorating environment, exposing inhabitants to dangers of indiscriminate environmental waste. Nigeria is a country faced with such environmental problems and this is partly because, Nigeria failed to adopt new methods of scientific innovation and technology for waste management. More urban lands have been converted for building of ind.. View more»
  

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