Introduction Land use and land cover are the two dissimilar words where landuse refers to occurrence of anthropogenic actions on land (i.e., agriculture, urban, peri-urban, pasture etc.), whereas total vegetative cover on the land surface is regarded as land cover (i.e., forest or desert). It is widely known that changes in land use and land cover at local and global scales is one of the important driving factors of global climate change.1,2 Water and air are the two most important c...
Introduction Geopathic Stress1 is the energy emitted by the earth is the primary cause for degenerative illness as well as chronic Health conditions and is the biggest threat to the Built environment. Energy emitted by the earth surface which has the greater impact on the normal functioning of human beings. World health Organisation has identified that the negative impact of our environment causes human being sick and affect the immune system. Geopathic Stress affects almost each an...
Introduction Executive summary of a report is defined,1 as a “brief but comprehensive synopsis of a business plan or an investment proposal, which highlights its key points and is generally adapted for the external audience”. An executive summary,2 or “management summary is a short document or section of a document, produced for business purposes, that summarizes a longer report in such a way that the readers can rapidly become acquainted with the large body of m...
Introduction Heavy metals enter into the environment through natural and anthropogenic sources such as mining, smelting, electroplating, mud disposal, industrial disposal, and others.1 One of the heavy metals produced by an anthropogenic source and can contaminate the soil is chromium (Cr). Cr pollution may result from leather tanning, steel industry, and fly ash.2 Although Cr in low concentrations can increase plant growth, the excess concentration of Cr in animals and plan...
Introduction The increasing number of population and economic activity leads to higher activity that produces air pollution such as industry and transportation as well as other environmental problems. One effort to overcome environmental problems is with the provision of greenspace to absorb carbon dioxide. Urban greenspace basically has the main function of supporting sustainability of urban life, so that the existence of greenspace in urban area is a requirement that must be fulfilled for h...