Improving Environmental Management Practices in Nigeria

Abstract

Housing environment in Nigeria is characterized by increase in soil erosion, flooding, increasing problem of domestic and industrial waste disposal, among others. Hence, the situation poses serious problem in obtaining efficiency in environmental management practices in Nigeria. This paper, therefore reviews the environmental practices in the country and proposes the use of Environmental Impact Assessment, Efficiency in legal framework, flood and erosion prevention and management
strategies, Environmental information and technology, centralized techniques, enhanced process of mineral exploitation as well as efficiency in Urban Pollution control to ameliorate the situation