Open AccessENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND LANDUSE SCENARIOS UNDER CHANGING CLIMATES: THE EXPERIENCE IN THE UPPER CROSS RIVER REGION, NIGERIA
Author(s) -
Innocent A. Ugbong,
Ivan V. Budagov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering technologies and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-1907
DOI - 10.29121/ijetmr.v6.i11.2019.461
Subject(s) - edaphic , geography , arid , land use , rainforest , climate change , current (fluid) , salient , physical geography , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , geology , soil science , soil water , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology
This paper seeks to show that due to changing climates, there are salient marginal Sahelian conditions (conditions of aridity) emerging on the Northern fringes of Cross River State, a state that is geographical positioned in the southern rainforest belt of Nigeria. The paper adopts a simple descriptive approach and shows the distinct characteristics of this zone, in terms of floristic composition and edaphic and geomorphic structures under changing conditions. Some relationships are established between environmental variables like health, water supply and crop-yield on one hand, and climatic variation, floral life-forms and soil conditions on the other. The changing land use patterns relative to environmental changes are also examined. The paper concludes with a look at current and future adaption strategies to these climate-induced conditions.