Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

Merem, Edmund C.; Twumasi, Yaw A.; Wesley, J.; Isokpehi, P.; Fageir, S.; Crisler, M.; Romorno, C.; Hines, A.; Ochai, G. S.; Leggett, S.; Nwagboso, E.

doi:10.5923/j.phr.20180801.02

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“…In the process, more than 50% of the fisheries resources on the coast from Senegal to Nigeria alone have already been overfished. Under these circumstances, the recourse to mix scale model offers valuable opportunities to assess these issues [70][71][72].…”

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Analyzing the Tragedy of Illegal Fishing on the West African Coastal Region

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The West African coastal region has long been regarded as one of the most fertile fishing regions in the globe.For that, in many of the region's coastal communities, fishery stands out as a vital component of the surrounding ecosystem central to economic activities among citizens. However, recurrent overfishing by illegal foreign vessels is not only impeding sources of revenue and food security in the area. During the last several years, the widespread plunder of local fisheries by foreign trawlers engaged in illegal fishing continues unabated with indelible marks on communities. Considering the implications, the ongoing fishery crisis which has now reached monumental proportions is fast becoming a regional tragedy which must be dealt with it, if not, prosperity in West Africa could be elusive. While this comes at the expense of locals whose coastal waters are repeatedly encroached upon by illegal foreign trawlers. Such activities trigger depletion and biodiversity disappearance, loss of income and exposure to poverty due to many elements such as weak institutions, ineffective laws, absence of regional action plan and size of the West African fishing zone. Notwithstanding the lingering dilemmas, the fascination of mainstream literature all those years focused solely on fishery crisis elsewhere with little on West Africa. Thus, this paper will fill that void by examining the tragedy of over fishing using a mix scale approach of descriptive statistics and GIS with emphasis on the issues, trends, factors and impacts. From the temporal-spatial analysis, the result shows vast potentials based on the output as well as growing depletion, losses from illegal activities and impacts prompted by a host of socio-economic and physical factors. The paper offered solutions ranging from the promulgation of stricter regulations, legal actions by West Africa, the repatriation of funds, regional cooperation and effective monitoring.

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Analyzing the Tragedy of Illegal Fishing on the West African Coastal Region

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“…More so, given the widespread demands. This study will fill that void in research by utilizing mix scale tools of GIS and descriptive states in analyzing the geothermal energy potentials of states in the western region of the United States [26,27,28,29,30,31,32]. There is emphasis on the issues and trends, production and usage and factors.…”

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Evaluating Geothermal Energy Potentials in the US Western Region with GIS

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In an era saddled by mounting energy dependency and insecurity, some are not only turning to renewable geothermal energy to ensure access, but it is growing in usage in the Western region of the United States of America. Notwithstanding the United States role as a major producer of geothermal resources globally, geothermal energy has over the last several years found ample use in various spheres of daily endeavors within communities. The surging demand is much so that, it now contributes quite significantly in the generation of electricity to power households and farming activities and to sustain domestic supplies essential to segments of the economy for communities from California to Nevada. With much of the production levels, installations and plant capacities of geothermal power fully entrenched in the western region of the country considering the geologic and physical attributes, California stands out as the largest producer of geothermal power compared to its neighbors in the western region. For that, the demand for geothermal resource has been recurrent in quite a few counties over the years on the California side of the US Western region. In the face of widespread demands in the region, geothermal energy infrastructure in the form of new plants has gradually penetrated different states under varying level of production and installed capacities to boost energy security and sustain development of the areas. Even at that, very little has been done in the literature to undertake a regional assessment of the potentials of geothermal energy using a mix scale approach of spatial analysis anchored in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Accordingly, this study will fill that void in research by utilizing mix scale tools of GIS and descriptive states in analyzing the geothermal energy potentials of states in the Western region of the United States. Emphasizing the issues, trends, impacts, production, factors and future efforts through recommendations, the results point to growing usage and changes in a whole set of energy indicators ranging from production and demands, installed capacity to others over time in the region with much of that in California coupled with an uptick in geothermal portfolio. Additionally, the GIS mapping of the trends highlights gradual dispersion of changing patterns in consumption and presence of infrastructural facilities visibly concentrated in a cluster of areas located in the western region. With all these attributed to a host of socio-economic and physical factors, the paper proposed suggestions ranging from the design of a regional geothermal energy information system, the education of the public and more infrastructural development in the sector.

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“…Such revival in Kenya's renewable energy security via geothermal power [38][39][40]; are linked to changes in socio-economic, geologic, physical and ecological factors located within the larger energy nexus [34]. More so, very little has been done to capture these trends in East Africa by fully assessing the output, usage, capacity and the potentials of Kenya using a mix scale approach [41][42][43][44]. For that, this study will fill that void by analyzing geothermal prospects in Kenya.…”

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Analyzing Geothermal Energy Use in the East African Region: The Case of Kenya

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Being an emerging economy where the dependence on geothermal power to sustain production over the years in the country ranks high, Kenya's Rift Valley contains substantial geothermal energy enough to power the economy than most African countries. In the last several years, geothermal production has gained steam, and this has resulted in an unprecedented surge in installed capacity in different sites amid rising demands. This coincides with allocations to optimize the growth of the sector and the investments to boost supply among renewables. With that has come joint ventures and growing prospects in the sector likely to extend into the upcoming decades. Of great significance is the uptick in geothermal power output and its emergence as the second largest source of renewables alongside infrastructure proliferation. While this reflects the profile of Kenya as a major producer worldwide, geothermal power continues to serve the nation through improved access to electricity for communities and firms as clean source of energy with low carbon foot print and limited environmental impacts due to many factors. Considering the rising usage and the role of Kenya as regional leader in geothermal energy output, very little has been done in the literature to assess current capacities and the state of the resource. Added to that, previous studies overlooked the use of mix model in tracking the status and evolving patterns of geothermal parameters from production to installed capacities in the country. This paper will fill that void by analyzing geothermal energy use in the East African Nation of Kenya. Emphases are on the issues, trends, impacts, production, factors and current efforts to boost production. Using mix scale methods of GIS and descriptive statistics, the results show changes in usage, rising production in geothermal energy and spatial dispersal of various indicators from assets to elevation along the Rift Valley. With the emergent trends attributed to socioeconomic and physical factors, the paper recommended the need for education, support for energy infrastructure development, spatial analysis and the design of a regional geothermal energy information atlas.

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Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Analyzing the Tragedy of Illegal Fishing on the West African Coastal Region

Analyzing the Tragedy of Illegal Fishing on the West African Coastal Region

Evaluating Geothermal Energy Potentials in the US Western Region with GIS

Analyzing Geothermal Energy Use in the East African Region: The Case of Kenya

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