ABSTRACT
This work was to determine the
causes of pollution and its effect of man and his environment. a survey of
Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. a random sample of 3
communities was carried out for the study. In the course of conducting the
research in those 3 communities, data was collected and analysis was collected
and analysis was done, the report shows that the rate of pollution in the
locality was very high. Due to location of industries in the area, which goes
with dumping of industries waste, lack of environmental sanitation was also one
of the problems discovered there. However, some recommendations were made based
on the findings. Health education should be given to them to enable them live
health wise bush at home, and in the community. The government should provide
wastes in to each of the communities and always declare general sanitation ones
in every month to keep the environment clean.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background to the study
Statement of problem
Objective of the study
Significance of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Research methodology
Research design
Population
Sample and sampling procedure
Research instrument
Administration of the
instrument
Validity and reliability of the
instrument
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Result and analysis
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACK GROUND OF STUDY
Kernerman English Multilingual
Dictionary (2010) depend environment as the such total of all surroundings of a
living organism including natural forces and other living things which proceed
conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage. The
environment therefore is liberty the entity on which we all subsist and on
which over endive agricultural and industrial development depend we occupy the
biosphere a tin layer of land, air and water on the surface of the plant the
environment contains all the resources, both renewable and non-renewable that
men will never need for survival on the plant.
Pollution is the introduction
of contaminations into a natural environment that causes instability disorder,
harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e physical systems or living organisms
(from the Merriam Webster online dictionary http. // www Merriam Webster
com/dictionary/pollution). Pollution can take the form of chemical substances
or energy such as noise or light, pollutions, can be either foreign
substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants pollution D often
classed as point source or nonparty source.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLE
Effect of pollution to man in
his environment a case study of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State
is about the diverse ways pollution his affected the people living in that
location in Edo State due to urbanization, construction of industries lack of
health education to enable them know the way to keep their environment clean.
However, suggestions on possible ways of scaling the problems to enable the
inhabitants of the area live in a healthy atmosphere were highlighted.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objective of the study
includes the following:
1 To examine the effects of
pollution to man and his environment
2 To identify the various
sources of pollution
3 To suggest solutions to
pollution problem in the area of study
4 To define the term pollution
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study will create
awareness on what pollution is all about it’s effect to man and his environment
it will suggest possible ways on how to educate people on the control of
pollution that bring ablaut pollution in the environment the study will also
enlighten the populace on the dangers of pollution and also server as a
reference to other researchers and the government
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION
The following research
questions were formulated for the study
1 Does the present of industries
is residential area encourage pollution
2 Does traffic confection
increase release of pollutions?
3 Does health education about
the defers of pollution help to reduce pollution and its effect on men?
4 Does indiscriminate burning
of bushes and refuse disposal cause pollution
5 Does urbanization cause
increase in pollution?
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study is Benin
City and the proposed areas for the research are communities in Ikpoba Okha
Local Government Area in Edo State respondents will include residents at
Oregbeni community Aduwawa community and Engaen community
1.8 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS:
Aesthetic:
this is concerned with beauty and art, and the under standing of beautiful
things
Aquatic:
giving or living in on or near vector aquatic plats.
Biodegradation: an act of substance of chemical to changed back to a harmless
natural state by the action of bacteria and will therefore not damage the
environment
Bacteria:
is the simplest and smallest forms of plant life they exist in larges numbers
in air, victor and soil and also in living and dead creature and plants and are
often the cause of disease
Community:
all the people who live in a particular area
Contaminates: substance that make the air impure or vector impure
Dissolve:
of a solid to Mize with a liquid and become part of it
Environment: the is the natural world in which people animals and plants live
Clarions:
a Lange mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains that mores very slowly down a
valley
Metal:
a type of solid miners substance that is usually hand and shim and that and
electricity on travel through e.g tin, Iron and gold
Ozone larger: a layer of Ozone high above the earth’s surface that helps to
protect the earth from the sun’s harmful rays
Pathogens:
this is a thing that causes disease
Renewable:
to begin again after praise or an interruption
Smoker:
the is a discharge or f fume from automobile and industries and emission from
bush burring
Termed pollution: this is a temperature charge in natural water bodies caused by
human influence, such as use of victor as coolant in a power plat
Ventilation: a allow fresh air to enter and move around a room building
e.t.c
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0384 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 32 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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