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Item Environmental Security in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: Evidence F Cases Between 1990 2005(Nafak, 2007-12) Rim-Rukeh, A.; Imide, I. O.; Ogbiten, Brickins O.Oil has been an important part of the Nigerian economy since vast reserves of petroleum were discovered in the Niger Delta in the 1950s. In recent years the Niger Delta area has been engulfed in a crisis of instability caused by protesting oil producing communities agitating for environmental protection and a fair share of the oil wealth generated from their area. Adopting the U. S. National Security Strategy for classifying environmental security threats, the paper catalogued 31 cases of environmentally induced conflict within the past fifteen years (1990 — 2005). These crises threatened the corporate existence of the Nigerian state and had calculable effects on the global economy. To stem the trend of oil induced crisis the paper opined that environmental regulatory agencies should be strengthen to effectively monitor and enforce all law and regulating relating to oil and gas exploration and production activities.Item Multi-Dimensional Health Communication: A Tool for Improved Environmental Sanitation(Journal of Health Communication, 2007) Rim-Rukeh, A.; Ogbiten, Brickins O.Environmental sanitation is the promotion of hygiene and the prevention of diseases and other consequences of health relating to environmental factors (WHO 1997). Environmental sanitation includes issues such as disposal of human excreta, urban solid waste management, domestic water supply, drainage systems, sewage and wastewater management, personal hygiene. household and community cleanliness, food hygiene, disease vectors and pest control. Adequate and effective environmental sanitation practices are the foundation of national development. Inadequate and improper sanitation and poor solid waste management remains two of the main transmitters of diseases in the world's developing countries (Adelegan 2001). Deficiencies in environmental sanitation practices have contributed significantly to the continuing high rate of infant and child mortality from diarrhea and related diseases as well as vector-borne diseases. The economic costs of inadequate environmental sanitation can be enormous due to disablement of ill people that cannot perform their tasks. Several studies carried out in Nigeria, India, and Egypt indicated the presence of health problems amongst solid waste pickers, and those living in close proximity to dump sites (Sridhar 2006; Ekugo 1998; Oyemade et al. 1999). There is a direct link between poor urban solid waste management and public health especially in terms of water related diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, cholera and typhoid (EHP 1999 and WHO 1998).Item Responsible Environmental Behaviour: The Role of Communication(An Interdisciplinary, Journal of Communication Studies, 2008-04) Rim-Rukeh, A.; Ogbiten, Brickins O.Environmentalists and policy-makers in Nigeria are becoming increasingly interested in the means and ways by which individuals can be encouraged to engage in environmental options that will promote environmental sanitation. This paper used information elicited from respondents using a large questionnaire survey focusing on the communicational understanding of the concept environmental behavioural change. In our research, responsible environmental behaviour (REB) was studied from the communication perspective in order to understand the individual and the social factors that lead to the adoption or rejection of the REB. We developed a communication model to explain how REB can be promoted amongst citizens.Item SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION(2007-05) Rim-Rukeh, A.; Ikhifa, Grace O.; Ogbiten, Brickins O.Abstract in the past few decades, Nigeria has been confronted with a number of unsustainable depletion of natural resources resulting lo; i mountain of environmental problems that has the potential of eroding earth's web of fife (air, water and soil) and can also promote poverty. Efforts by government in promoting sustainable development have not yielded the expected results. The paper concludes that the incorporation of environmental science education into our educational curriculum whereby environmental issues are incorporated into the learning process of each generation will help to achieve the objectives of sustainable development-Keyword: Environmental science education, sustainable development, environmental degradation, awareness, unsustainable practices.