Industrial pollution and vegetable farming in sharada industrial layout of Kano municipal area council

Industrial waste pollution in the Kano river basin

Kano river basin, which serves as the main source of water supply to metropolitan Kano, is also used as receiving body for industrial wastes from Sharada and Challawa industrial estates. Of the three major rivers in this basin, the Salanta river was found to receive the highest pollution from the industrial discharges with COD of 8,557.4mg/l, total solids of 16,934.6mg/l, hardness of 1,349.6mg/...

Area-Specification affected by Industrial-Mineral Pollution in Isfahan Province

Air pollution is a consequence of human activities, especially in the period after industrial revolution, which has many (direct and indirect) effects on the human and the environment around him. Among different kinds of pollutions, those related to industries and mines are much more dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to identify these pollutions and specify them so as to reduce the harmful ...

Industrial Pollution

Reducing Industrial Pollution

The term “industry” scarcely captures the richness and diversity of the activities that it encompasses, as well as their importance. Were it not for “industry,” America would lack not only cars and trucks, but also roads on which to drive them. There would be no books or newspapers, for lack of not only paper, but ink as well. Crops would still grow, but more slowly, due the absence of fertiliz...

Pollution Havens and Industrial Agglomeration

Pollution-intensive industries are generally characterized by imperfect competition, increasing returns to scale and large transportation costs. We investigate two countries, N and S, each with two sectors. Manufacturing generates cross-border pollution which reduces agricultural production. Firms can freely move across country borders, but not workers. First, we show that pollution lowers loca...