The Impact of Climate Change on Waterborne Microbial Diversity and Dysbiosis in Carcinogenesis of Indian Sundarbans Fisherpersons: A Review | Chapter 9 | Research Advances in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 2

Fishing is one of the employment-generating as well as fastest growing sectors and has an important role in socio-economic development in India. Approximately 4 lakh fishermen directly, and 6 lakhs indirectly engage and depend on this industry in West Bengal. Indian Sunderbans lies in North & South 24 Parganas districts and has faced major cyclone shocks of Amphan, Bulbul, Yaas, and Fani within a span of the last 5 years and huge cultivable and livable areas went into the water. Recent reports reveal that these 2 districts have the highest cancer registry in West Bengal. Fishing involves physical hazards, chemical hazards, and biological hazards and it is of national interest to estimate post-climate change chemical and biological effects on affected fisherpersons.
 
Our project would look into pre and post-climate change data from primary health centers and identify affected areas and fisherpersons following questionnaires and health checkups. Reported occupational health hazards and precancerous lesions from the affected population will be further analyzed along with the quality of water-in-use or contact, and residing pathogenic or carcinogenic microbes whether correlated with dysbiosis, direct or zoonotic pathogenesis, etc. This will be the first of a kind of work connecting affected fisherpersons, the quality of their used waterbodies affected by climate change, the rising cancer scenario, and occupational health hazards in Indian Sundarbans. Climate anomalies (salinity, anoxic conditions, and temperature) in waterbodies favor pathogens to grow rapidly that affect fisherperson’s health through opportunistic invasion directly or through zoonotic transmission resulting in waterborne diseases.  Such waterborne infection is linked to increased gastric and gynecological cancer risk by dysbiosis of gut microbiota (producing toxins and metabolites). The goal of this review paper is to suggest a baseline regarding the alteration of climate that may induce factors of dysfunction that may prevalence of cancer (skin, uterine, gastric) in fishermen who are in direct contact with saline water.

Author(s) Details:

Sanjib Saha,
Vidyasagar College for Women (University of Calcutta), 39, Sankar Ghosh Lane, Kolkata – 700009, West Bengal, India.

Biswarup Basu,
Department of Neuroendocrinology & Experimental Haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India), 37, S. P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700 026, India.

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Keywords: Climatic change, Sunderbans, fisherpersons, occupational health hazards, microbial dysbiosis, zoonotic transmission, carcinogenesis

Advancement of the Contemporary City-Application of Smart City Technologies in Sarajevo| Chapter 2 | Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 7

 Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 7

Many nations around the realm are becoming more aware of critical changes, rising contamination, and resource scarcity, predicting their impact on benevolence's future and proposing solutions to hinder these processes. The concept of bouncy and smart cities has gained excessive popularity on account of the widespread urbanization of our globe. And while some nations are still at a hypothetical level, others are earlier taking action because they have better developed thinking and concerning details capabilities as well as a greater awareness of the meaning of this issue. The UN has set the 2030 Agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the European Union gives directions on how capitals across Europe can improve to become bearable and resilient for future friendly and natural challenges. This manual introduces several good models of various conduct taken in European countries to create their cities more flexible, sustainable, and enjoyable to person who waits on another. In contrast, the concept of bouncy and smart cities is still in its babyhood in the cities of cultivating European countries to a degree Bosnia and Herzegovina. The authors introduce Sarajevo's potential as well as tinier projects that are starting points while improving the city's habitat, atmosphere, and transformation into a smart and tenable city. The objective of this work is to illustrate each city, no matter allure size, geographical neighborhood or the economic growth can implement certain projects towards the sustainability. The aim is also to present hints through the introduction of various European examples by means of what things can be exhausted Sarajevo in future. The judgment, provides a comparison betwixt the achievements of additional European cities and examples from Sarajevo, contribution ideas for future projects that maybe implemented in the city in anticipation of appropriate a better living place for its colonists.

Author(s) Details:

Alma Hudovic Kljuno,
Architecture Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Leila Krivosic Dizdarevic,
Architecture Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Exploring the Potential Influence of Weather Patterns and Anthropogenic Activities on Biodiversity and Disease Burden in Uganda | Chapter 11 | Challenging Issues on Environment and Earth Science Vol. 7

The goal of this study was to see how weather patterns and human activities can affect Uganda's biodiversity and disease burden. Weather patterns are changing in Uganda, posing a severe threat to the country's natural resources, biodiversity, and health, as well as its social and economic growth. Changes in the form of increasing temperatures and inter-annual rainfall variability are expected to persist. The reemergence of pests and illnesses, as well as the growing frequency of catastrophic floods, will continue to cause social and economic burdens. Plant mass loss owing to low rainfall and warm temperatures The symbiotic link between plants and animals, including insects, will be disrupted if desertification is promoted. Some plant and animal species may become extinct or change their distribution and/or behaviour. Controlled anthropogenic activities, enforcement of existing policies and regulations on the sustainable use of ecosystem resources, education of all stakeholders, institutional capacity to design and implement adaptation and mitigation strategies, and improved weather and biodiversity monitoring are all recommended.

Author (S) Details

Dr. Fredrick George Kabbale
Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies, Busoga University, P.O. Box 154, Iganga, Uganda.


Martha A. Kaddumukasa
Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. Wits Research Institute for Malaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, 2193 Park town, Johannesburg, South Africa.


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Determining the effects of Climate Change on Water Quality of Pátzcuaro and El Sol Lakes in Mexico| Chapter 9 | Challenging Issues on Environment and Earth Science Vol. 7

A comparison of precipitation and temperature records from Pátzcuaro meteorological stations (070 and 16087) from 1921 to 1960 (initial period; 39 years of records) and 1973 to 2007 (postterior period; 34 years of records) revealed a climate change according to the Köppen classification. These climate variations are also seen at the Nevado de Toluca Station (15062) during the years 1964-1985 (initial period; 21 years of records) and 1986-2008 (posterior era; 22 years of records). Significant changes in time were seen in the box plots for precipitation, evaporation, observed temperature, air minimum and maximum, Student's "t" test, regression analysis, and linear correlation. Due to agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing, tourist, trade, and cyanobacterial blooms, records from 2006 to 2011 for Pátzcuaro Lake revealed considerable changes in various physicochemical variables. The physicochemical changes in El Sol Lake over time were linked to tourism, livestock activities, and phytoplankton biomass; variations in both lakes were linked to anthropic and climatic effect through changes in meteorological variables. A drop in maximum depth, surface area, length, and width was linked to an increase in turbidity in the Pátzcuaro and El Sol lakes. Between the original and subsequent eras, the heat balance of water changed due to variations in air temperature, precipitation, runoff, and evaporation, resulting in an increase in nutrients and phytoplankton biomass, as well as climate change. For each lake habitat, a management strategy (reforestation, wetlands building, water lily harvest, agricultural activity regulation, residential, urban, tourist, and industrial waste) is advised.


Author (S) Details

González-Villela Rebeca
Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Paseo Cuauhnáhuac 8532. Progreso. Jiutepec, Morelos. México.


Banderas Tarabay Alfonso Guillermo
Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Paseo Cuauhnáhuac 8532. Progreso. Jiutepec, Morelos. México.

Sánchez Chávez José Javier
Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Paseo Cuauhnáhuac 8532. Progreso. Jiutepec, Morelos. México.


Bravo Inclán Luis Alberto
Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Paseo Cuauhnáhuac 8532. Progreso. Jiutepec, Morelos. México.

 

The Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Land Use in Port Harcourt: Nigeria | Chapter 13| Current Perspectives to Environment and Climate Change Vol. 4

 

Land is a natural resource which is a scare commodity. It is therefore important to classify land and
Land Use. The city of Port Harcourt has experienced a lot of changes on Land Uses and Land Cover
which has had an impact on the spatial pattern of the city. This study hopes to identify how the varying climatic changes and elements have affected the spatial pattern of Port Harcourt and to ensure that there is sustainable development. The methodology used was Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing which provided a cost effective and accurate alternative to understanding landscape dynamics. Digital change detection techniques based on multi-temporal and multi-spectral remotely sensed data was also used. Objectives of the Study are to examine the spatial pattern of Port Harcourt between the periods of 1984 –2014. To ascertain how climatic factors have affected the spatial pattern in Port Harcourt. To determine the present state of Land Use and Land Cover in Port Harcourt and how it has been affected by climatic elements. The result of the study showed that there have been climatic deviations in rainfall and temperature values and very obvious changes in the spatial pattern of Land Use and Land Cover between 1984 to 2014. The Built – Up area showed an increase from 16.50% in 1984 to 51.38% in 2014. A lot of development has taken place using up most of the Gallery Forest, Vegetation area and the Water Bodies. Development of Built – Up area needs to be controlled so that all of the vegetation is not used up because the city needs some vegetation to allow the city breath.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Augusta Ayotamuno
Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology (IGST), Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, (RSU), Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5080, Nigeria.

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