The impact of urbanization and protection of water resources in Owerri and environs SE, Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-348

  Ibe Sr , K M ^a   Njemanze, G N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Environmental geology; Industrialization; Land use planning map; Surface and groundwater resources; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; URBANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; RIVERS; URBAN PLANNING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

URBANIZATION; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE; NIGERIA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032823448     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006014532362     Document Type: Article

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