Volume 12, Issue 3 (2016) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Autonomous Online Predictive Monitoring System for Hazardous Air Pollution Prediction: A Case Study

Ayed A. Salman — 2016-05-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.131.139

Environment is increasingly becoming an important issue in the world of politics and global economy as well as people's life. Environmental deterioration resulted from human activity; misuse of natura...

Integrated Modeling Framework for Highway Traffic Pollution Estimation and Dispersion

Shu Yang — 2016-05-13

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 13 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.140.151

Air quality is of great concern to the public. Airborne pollutants, such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and Particulate Matter (PM), negatively impact people’s living conditions. In p...

Measuring Intra-City Eco-Efficiency Variations of Urban Infrastructures in Jeddah

Mohammed Aljoufie — 2016-05-14

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 14 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.152.168

Saudi cities are experiencing construction booms linked to urban infrastructure services and the Kingdom’s second largest city, Jeddah, is not an exception. As these booms are associated with urban ...

Statistical Evaluation on Neighborhood Facilities in Relation with Residential Satisfaction and Preference

Didit Novianto — 2016-05-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.169.181

This paper presents a study on the method of evaluating the residential environment in terms of neighborhood facilities and urban planning. Subjective evaluations through questionnaire survey were per...

Forecasting of Humidity of Some Selected Stations from the Northern Part of Bangladesh: An Application of SARIMA Model

Md. Moyazzem Hossain — 2016-05-10

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 10 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.182.192

Community risk from natural hazards and climate change depends largely on physical and climatic settings of an area, socio-economic condition of a community and the magnitude, duration and consecutive...

Towards the Efficiency of Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Case Study of Lubumbashi

Martin T. Mpinda — 2016-05-27

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 27 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.193.205

This paper provides an overview on the state of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in Lubumbashi, D.R Congo. To meet the recently proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), establishment of e...

A Passive Opportunity for Improving Air Quality in the Schools Environment: A Real-World Scale Testing

Pierpaoli Mattia — 2016-06-03

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 3 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.206.212

Can passive technology effectively enhance the indoor air quality? To improve classroom indoor air quality, an increase in ventilation and/or air purifiers are often suggested. In this study, a short-...

Investigation of Methylene Blue Dye Adsorption from Polluted Water Using Oleander Plant (Al Defla) Tissues as Sorbent

Rajab Abu-El-Halawa — 2016-06-04

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 4 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.213.224

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the ability of Oleander plant (Al Defla) tissues to adsorb Methylene Blue (MB) dye from polluted water. The experiments were carried out through ba...

Towards Low Emission Development: Prospects of Applying MBIs in the Industrial Sector of Central Java, Indonesia

Agung Sugiri — 2016-06-11

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 11 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.225.236

In dealing with pollution or emission, including in encouraging Low Emission Development (LED) as an acceptable strategy for climate change mitigation, Indonesia applies Command and Control (CAC) appr...

Conformal Mapping of Temperature Variation in Compost Heap

Jonah Chukwuemeka Agunwamba — 2016-06-17

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 17 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.237.247

Laboratory in vessel trapezoidal compost system was designed and constructed. Temperature variation in the compost heap was measured for five days at various depths. Mathematical model for the variati...

Long-Term Changes in Mangrove Landscape of the Niger River Delta, Nigeria

Ping Wang — 2016-06-18

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 18 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.248.259

The Niger Delta mangrove is the third largest in the world and the largest in Africa. Since the 1960s oil and gas exploration has become an important economic activity, resulting in significant altera...