The fuel driving the engine of growth and sustainable development of any nation is the nation’s access to reliable and adequate geospatial information (GI). Over 80% of socio-economic and environmental management decisions are based on quality and accurate information on natural resources and other geospatial data. On the other hand, the roots of under-development of the third world countries, ...

In spite of widespread usage of perchlorate (ClO4 ) for different applications in India, the ClO4 being an environmental pollutant a complete survey study has not been reported yet. Present study investigates the occurrences of ClO4 in the drinking water, ground water, surface water and effluent water from various parts of south India. Water samples were collected from Ambattur, Bangalore, Chen...

New coastal and marine management strategies have recently been developed in many countries and regions. From an ecosystem approach perspective, the aim of such strategies is the maintenance of ecosystem integrity while enabling the sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services. There is, however, a need for harmonized definitions and standardized processes to deal not only with the interjuri...

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BACKGROUND Environmental Health Indicators (EHIs) are the most important criteria for evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of the health sector. The operations and situation of the health system can be analyzed through surveying the indicators and comparing them during different times. The present study aimed to study the EHIs of Tabriz, using the common environmental he...

The health of a nation could be said to depend upon the public health expertise of its scientists. In the United States and other developed areas of the world, it can be fairly simple to gain access to a variety of useful public health resources. But populations living in less-developed areas of the world often lack such knowledge and public health access. In 1987, two young scientists, decided...

BACKGROUND Environmental hazards are increasingly being detected in minority and low-income communities. The Fresno, Texas community is located near Houston, Texas, and many of its residents are ethnic minorities and of low socioeconomic status. While Fresno residents have voiced concerns about long-standing undocumented environmental hazards, the extent to which the concerns were accurate was ...

Waste ecologic storage is the main domestic waste treatment channel in EU. The paper describes the impact of a non-ecological warehouse existing in the municipality of Târgu-Jiu, upon the soil and the need for controlled storage of domestic waste and industrial waste. The necessary field for waste storage has to be mutually agreed upon with the local, sanitary, and environmental protection auth...