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A Review of Climate Change and Noise
Pollution: Its Effect on Nigeria Environment
1risikatu A. Isyaku & 2iliya Bawa
1Department of Estate Management and Valuation School of Environmental Studies Federal
Polytechnic Nasarawa - Nigeria
2Department of Marketing School of Business Studies Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa - Nigeria
Abstract
Noise and climate change in the built environment is fast becoming a plague in Nigeria urban cities.
The fast spreading problems calls for urgent attention so as to create a pleasant and comfortable
environment that will ensure better standard of living for Nigeria. The study uses secondary sources of
data and information gleaned from these sources which centered on noise and climate change enable
the researcher to conclude that climate change revolve around flood, increase in temperature and
other natural disaster. Persistence disturbance by noise causes several health problems. The study
recommended that there should be intensive public awareness campaign so as to educate the people
on their expectations particularly in the area of adaptation and mitigation. They should be sensitized
about the damaging effects of noise to their wellbeing.
Keywords: Climate Change, Noise Pollution, Environment, Building, Degradation, Gas Flaring
Introduction
Climate change has been a phenomenon that touches all aspect of human lives. Its negative
environmental challenges to humanity has for decades taken the centre stage globally, receiving
attentions on ways to take care of the menace and keep the damaging effects to manageable and
tolerable level. To an ordinary man on the street, the hazardous effect of noise is limited to the physical
disturbance, however, persistent disturbance by noise is fast making environment noise pollution.
Noise pollution has become another environmental hazard militating against human habitation
particularly in the developing countries is not receiving enough attention by the concerned authorities.
Nigeria is extremely valuable to the impact of climate change including using see levels, and changing
season and rain patterns, which affect agriculture and increases desertification. With emphasis on the
study of some cities of the world where noise is already constituting dangerous phenomenon with its
numerous health an socio-economic negative effects served as a guide in this study:
Causes and effect of noise pollution conserve energy future www.conserve- energy.future.com/caues.
Environmental noise pollution: monitoring and impacts on human health in Dehradon city
Utaralchand India – www.iiste.org/journal/index.php/.../630.
Environmental noise pollution in Illorin Metropolis Nigeria – m.covenantuniversityedu.ng.
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Statement of the Problem
Noise and climate change in the built environment is fast becoming a plague in Nigeria urban cities
most importantly at this moment when the poor economic recession is collapsing businesses, thus
turning people to taking on all sorts of ventures as a necessity courtesy of retrenchment or as a result of
non-regular payment of salaries. The fast spreading problems calls for urgent attention so as to create a
pleasant and comfortable environment that will ensure better standard of living for Nigerians.
Objectives of the Study
i. To have an overview of noise and climate change.
ii. To look at the effect of climate change on the environment.
iii. To look at the effect of environment noise pollution.
iv. To provide solution on how to curb with climate change and noise pollution.
Research Methodology
Data for this study were gathered mainly from secondary sources i.e. text books, journals, newspapers
the internet and papers presented at conferences and current happenings. Analyses of the data obtained
from these sources formed the premise upon which the conclusions for this study were drawn.
Literature Review
Climate Change
Climate change has been defined as a phenomenon created by human beings and nature, which
devastates the earth and causes hardship of unpredicted magnitude to the living (IPCC, 2001). It is also
referred to as global warming or global weather patterns. Akinpelu (2009) is of the belief that climate
change is simply a change in the climate condition of the world and that the change is found by the
scientists and others to be on the negative. United Nations Environmental Programme, (UNEPA,
2000), defines climate change as extreme reactions of the weather phenomenon which creates negative
impact on agricultural resources, water resources, human health, depletions of ozone layer, vegetation,
soil and doubling of Co2 in the ecosphere. It defined climate change as a change of climate that is
attributable directly or indirectly to human activities and, which alters the composition of the global
atmosphere, in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time or periods.
Scientists have intensified the greenhouse effect by increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere (Friends of the Earth International (2007). Etim (2009) submitted that climate
change refers to an increase in average global temperatures caused by natural events and human
activities, which are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. Climate
change is therefore, unarguably the biggest environmental issue of our time. Climate change is global
in its cause but its consequences have far more reaching effect on developing countries, particularly
Nigeria.
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Climate change has an environmental, social and economic challenge on the global behaviour. It is
exacerbated by human induced actions such as the widespread use of land, the broad scale
deforestation, the major technological and socioeconomic shifts with reduced reliance on organic fuel,
and the accelerated uptake of fossil fuels (IPCC, 2001).
Causes of Climate Change
Most climate scientists agree that the main cause of the current global warming trend is human
expansion of the “greenhouse effect”- warming that result when the atmosphere traps heat radiating
from Earth toward space. Certain gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping. Long-lived gases,
remaining semi- permanently in the atmosphere, which do not respond physically or chemically to
changes in temperature, are described as “forcing” climate change whereas gases, such as water, which
respond physically or chemically to changes in temperature are seen as “feedbacks.”
Gases that contribute to the greenhouse
effect:
Water vapor: this is the most abundant
greenhouse gas that acts as a feedback to the
climate. Water vapor increases as the Earth’s
atmosphere warms, but so does the possibility
of clouds and precipitation, making these some
of the most important feedback mechanisms to
the greenhouse effect.
Carbon dioxide (Co2): this is a minor but very
important component of the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide is released through natural
processes such as respiration and volcano
eruptions and through human activities such as
deforestation, land use changes, and burning
fossil fuels. Humans have increased
atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by a
