Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Land use"
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A comparative land Use-based analysis of noise pollution levels in selected urban centers of Nigeria
(MDPI, 2015)Growth in the commercialization, mobility and urbanization of human settlements across the globe has greatly exposed world urban population to potentially harmful noise levels. The situation is more disturbing in developing ... -
The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project
(Wiley, 2017)The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples ... -
Land use/land cover change and implications for ecosystems services in the Likangala River Catchment, Malawi
(Elsevier, 2016)Likangala River catchment in Zomba District of Southern Malawi is important for water resources, agriculture and provides many ecosystem services. Provisioning ecosystem services accrued by the populations within the ... -
Local factors mediate the response of biodiversity to land use on two African mountains
(Wiley, 2017)Land-use change is the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss in the tropics. Biodiversity models can be useful tools to inform policymakers and conservationists of the likely response of species to anthropogenic ...