An assessment of the socio economic impacts of soil erosion in south-eastern Nigeria
Abegunde, Albert A. ... [et al.]
Soil erosion in the South-eastern part of Nigeria has been identified as the most threatened environmental hazards in the country. Secondary data on the study traced its origin to some 30 years ago when development began to creep into the region, following Nigeria's oil boom of the 1970s. Dugout pits, created from soil excavation activities, for foundation filling and sand for brick making and plastering of buildings produced deep craters and gullies due to perennial erosion from torrential tropical rains. This was further worsened by poor geologic set up of soil found in the area. This, happening over years, and not well managed had resulted to gullies, found in more than 1000 sites with over 700 of them located in Anambra State alone. Its effects spread over five states namely Anambra, Abia, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi States. This initiated the zoning of the study area into five.
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