The objective of this study is to determine, from accounting perspective, the environmental consequences of the operations of oil and gas companies in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. The study was motivated by the curiosity to explain what goes on in the Niger-Delta region in the light of environmental degradation and the continuous agitation for a sustainable approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR). The study adopted the ex-post facto research design. Questionnaires were used to collect
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San Francisco, USA, government leaders working on creating “eco-city” Sustainable city is a city designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimization of required inputs of energy, different kind of pollutions and waste. Cities are the future; it estimated that over 50% of the world population now lives in urban areas and by 2050 7 out of 10 people will be living in urban areas. Under pressure of public and community interest, commitments to reduce greenhouse
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Management of water quality addresses the problems that are related to water quality and water valuable uses. The control on water pollution depends on adequate treatment and elimination of wastewater (Krenkel at el, 1980). Goel (2006) refers to pollutant water giving a broader definition depending on the physical and chemical properties and biological characteristics causing harmful effects on human life according to required uses of water. Goel (2006) mentions the changes that occur in the natural
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available within one to three hours traveling by vehicle. Labette County residents need to get better education past high school to be able to make better money. If they make better money, then they will be able to further help themselves from poverty and getting chronic diseases by getting proper preventative health cares. Labette County residents and healthcare professionals need to focus on preventative health promotion and disease prevention in the community. Residents need to encourage their
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Using material from item A and elsewhere, assess the view that overconsumption is now more of a threat than overpopulation to world development The sociological study of population is called ‘demography’, sociologists believe that it is important to study demographic trends such as those associated with birth and fertility etc. such trends can produce insights into why societies experience social change, for example, overconsumption and what demographic changes have brought about this change.
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repression”-Oscar Romero El Salvador is a country plagued with gangs and poverty due to overpopulation. This is a country that has been in a constant struggle to maintain a stable government ever since their civil war from 1980-1992. It has been a constant struggle for El salvador to deal with old issues from that dark time and new ones that are arising because of it.. Gangs have taken over the small country of El Salvador and poverty continues to be a problem for the civilians. Even after the Civil War
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Poverty and Family: A threat to Marriage and Family happiness Poverty is one of the many factors contributing to severe problems faced by the world today. Causes of poverty are diverse but unemployment and wages below minimum are the most commonly known causes of poverty. It is unfortunate that some people inherit poverty, thus people born in particular social groups defined by race or location where poverty is prominent. Poverty is occurs on many levels and its effects are not only detrimental
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from the ashes of poverty. The United States is a big country, and surely, it can save people from poverty and horrors of the world. People can come in poor, and with enough education and hard work, they could end up rich. It doesn’t always happen, but it’s possible. People are losing faith in this concept. (Source 5: The New York Times Poll: “Many Feel the American Dream Is Out of Reach”, Poll Shows” by Sorkin and Thee-Brenan, 2014.) Perhaps it’s because of the pollution, over crowding, or
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I. Dualism Poverty/lowincome-difficult to measure, may include social capital, human capital. 1. Spatial mismatch a. Distance from residence to work i. Transportation/commute b. Housing-informal settlers 2. Type of labor c. Inequality of human capital d. Labor mismatching 3. Neighborhood Segregation e. Gated communities vs. maids f. Production of slums(Planet of slums) II. Agglomoration A. Trading cities and Factory cities(specialization/comparative
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Green Economy Canada is considered an annex 1 country. It has many CDM projects around the world to help non annex 1 countries reduce greenhouse gas emission. In china, Canada is involved with various projects in different parts of the country. Canada is engaged with the very large Guangrun Hydropower CDM project located in the Jianshi County, Hubei Province of China. Along with Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Norway and
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