The Journal of University of Silesia in Katowice

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

Enviro. & Socio-econ. Stu. ONL

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The Guerrouche forest is home to a fairly important flora heritage which offers this massif a forest cover by the presence of quite remarkable forest stands, from a floristic point of view by the presence of natural vegetation characterized by a diverse flora. This study aims to quantify the floristic diversity of the vegetation associated with the three main tree species (zeen oak, cork oak and afares oak) that inhabit the Guerrouche forest on the basis of distributed floristic surveys, according to a sampling strategy. stratified and systematic, which took into account the species present in each type of tree stand. The floristic surveys thus carried out, numbering 55, made it possible to establish a list of a floristic list made up of 172 species, which belonged to 69 genera and 45 botanical families. Of these, 42 were endemic species, including 4 specific to the study area. The number of rare and very rare species was 70 taxa. The study also revealed the clear degradation of the genus Erica of this ecosystem. Analysis of the overall chorological spectrum showed a dominance of Mediterranean species (209 species), with a dominance (82.3%) of species that were therophyte species. The forest stands of the genus Quercus inhabiting the Guerrouche massif must be supported by the authorities to preserve and conserve this forest heritage against fires, illegal logging, etc. The results of this study will be the subject of development actions and rational management of these natural forest ecosystems.
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Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

Mohamed Boudiaf University of M���sila; Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnological Techniques and Valuation of Plant Resources (BTB_VRV)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine

Laboratory Project Urban City and Territory (LPUVIT)

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences

Laboratory of Biomolecules and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Exact Science and Life Science and Nature

Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

University Mohamed Boudiaf M���sila; Laboratory of Research in Ecology and Environment (LREE)

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<article-title>Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria)</article-title>

Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria)

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Though urbanization promotes development, the gender gap is being perceived in many socio-economic aspects, in the Indian urban economic scenario. With a 31.16% urban population (in 2011), India has experienced a lopsided development of its urban hierarchy in favour of metropolitan growth which accommodates 42.31% of the total urban population. For various socioeconomic reasons it has a declining female economic participation rate. Sehore M.C. (Madhya Pradesh), an upcoming Class I city, located near the metropolitan cities of Bhopal and Indore, is showing perceptible changes in female work participation, indicating a potential for development in Sehore M.C. along with other smaller cities in Madhya Pradesh. Based on the methodology for the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI, WEF 2018), the ward wise figures for Sehore M.C. for the partly adopted subindices of <italic>Survival</italic>, <italic>Social,</italic> and <italic>Economic Participation</italic> were calculated using local area indicators from standard international and national agencies to bring out the inter-ward variations in gender gap for Sehore M.C.. Spatial mapping of GGI showed that approximately 91% of wards belonged to the high category but 9% of wards were from the medium category. Suggestions for the promotion of gender parity in the city are made for the overall empowerment of females in Sehore M.C. within the constraints of an urban economic scenario.
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Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia

<article-title>The Gender Gap Index in an upcoming urbanized society: A case study of Sehore Municipal Council, Madhya Pradesh, India</article-title>

The Gender Gap Index in an upcoming urbanized society: A case study of Sehore Municipal Council, Madhya Pradesh, India

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In south west Ethiopia, the numbers of immigrants from other parts of the country have been large over the last few years. This huge migration is considered to be a fundamental factor in the degradation of the natural forest because of the livelihood strategy difference of non-migrants and migrants. Thus, we investigated the link between internal migration, rural livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management in the study area. The study investigated the effect of internal migration and peoples’ livelihood strategy choice on sustainable forest management systems. The research was based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected from 392 household questionnaires. The descriptive analysis was supported with an empirical analysis using a multinomial logistic regression model. Internal migration is high because of push and pulls factors related to the migrant people. In addition, there is a livelihood choice difference between migrants and non-migrants. Migrants choose farm activities rather than a forest based livelihood means relative to non-migrants. These high population pressure and livelihood choice differences coupled with weak institutional frameworks have created a burden on the natural forest. Thus, informed policy options regarding internal migration, livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management would be a useful approach to reducing the burden on the natural forest.
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<article-title>Internal migration, rural livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management: Evidence from Bench Maji, Kaffa and Sheka Zones, South West Ethiopia</article-title>

Internal migration, rural livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management: Evidence from Bench Maji, Kaffa and Sheka Zones, South West Ethiopia

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The studies of the pioneer vegetation of freshwater shorelines of water bodies are of particular interest owing to the specific ecology of these habitats and the short cycle for their development in which periods of flooding and subsequent drainage alternate. Using the methods of phytosociological classification and cluster analysis based on the interpretation of 414 phytosociological relevés, the syntaxonomic structure of the pioneer vegetation of freshwater shorelines of the water bodies of Ukraine has been established that are represented by the phytosociological classes <italic>Isoëto-Nanojuncetea</italic> and <italic>Bidentetea</italic>. The class <italic>Isoëto-Nanojuncetea</italic> includes 8 associations that belong to 2 alliances and 1 order and the class <italic>Bidentetea</italic> includes 10 associations belonging to 2 alliances and 1 order. Phytocoenoses of both classes are more typical for the Polissia region and the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, where there are favourable habitats with a flat relief, low degree of dissection and a high level of soil humidity. Using a DCA ordination analysis of associations their position in ecological space was determined. It was established that the main factors of ecological differentiation for <italic>Isoëto-Nanojuncetea</italic> habitats are soil humidity, soil aeration, nitrogen content, as well as temperature regime. Differentiation in the hyperspace of abiotic factors of the class <italic>Bidentetea</italic> occurs mainly along the gradients of soil humidity, salt regime and acidity. The ecological distribution of syntaxa of this class is also significantly influenced by the concentration of mineral nitrogen compounds in the soil.
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Department of Geobotany and Ecology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany

<article-title>Syntaxonomy and ecological differentiation of the pioneer vegetation of Ukraine Classes: <italic>Isoëto-Nanojuncetea, Bidentetea</italic></article-title>

Syntaxonomy and ecological differentiation of the pioneer vegetation of Ukraine Classes: 

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Lagos State, which is home to Lagos metropolis and the eighteenth largest urban agglomeration in 2018 in the world, has been characterized by rapid urbanization. An earlier study of the eastern segment of the state revealed dramatic urban growth in previously rural local councils where it replaced mostly ecological assets. For a statewide view of the landscape pattern changes, this study examined the western segment of the state to characterize the magnitude and trend of these changes. This was done with Landsat images for 1984, 2006 and 2015 along with ENVI 5.0 software and FRAGSTATS v.4.2 spatial pattern analysis program. Results show that cumulatively, the ecological assets, which comprised 75% of the area in 1984, have been whittled down to about 34% by 2015 having been lost through urban development. At the council level in 2015, the highest growth areas, in decreasing order of magnitude, were Alimosho, Badagry, Ojo and Amuwo Odofin local government areas. Both class and landscape-level metrics confirmed the dominance and fragmentation of the resultant landscape in 2015 by urban development. In 1984, vegetation dominated the landscape at 55% coverage and was the largest feature with the highest area-weighted contiguity or connectedness index. Thirty-one years later in 2015, built-up areas were the dominant patch with 54% coverage and the highest contiguity and area-weighted contiguity index, higher than vegetation. These findings have narrowed the information gap about the spatial and temporal changes in the ecological assets of the western segment of Lagos State as a result of rapid urban expansion.
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Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Engineering

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Sciences

<article-title>Spatio-temporal land cover dynamics and emerging landscape patterns in western part of Lagos State, Nigeria</article-title>

Spatio-temporal land cover dynamics and emerging landscape patterns in western part of Lagos State, Nigeria

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In the Silesian Upland in southern Poland there are many objects related to previous economic activities, mainly from the mining of minerals occurring in a geological basis. In Mikołów Mokre there is the largest group of closed lime kilns in Poland. They constitute a material trace of the quicklime production industry for the construction industry, which operated in this area for almost 200 years. These closed and decaying post-industrial objects are closely related to the presence of limestone and dolomite in the substrate rocks that were obtained from nearby quarries. The aim of the article was to present the current state of these lime kilns and to assess the possibility of using them for tourism purposes. Currently, only two lime kilns are components of the educational trail of the Silesian Botanical Garden established in 2003. Using the example of the Mikołów lime kilns, the opportunities and possibilities for changing the industrial function of these objects to a tourist function are outlined.
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Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences

<article-title>Lime kilns as an element of the post-industrial cultural landscape of the Silesian Upland, Poland</article-title>

Lime kilns as an element of the post-industrial cultural landscape of the Silesian Upland, Poland

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This study was carried out on the surface water of Oued Fodda dam in western Algeria, and aimed to evaluate the seasonal variations of chemical characteristics with the aim to define the processes controlling the mineralization of surface water in this dam. The results showed significant variations in the majority of parameters during the study period from 2009 to 2013, indicating slightly alkaline water, and a SO4-Cl-Ca-Mg water type. Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) were used to explain the correlations between the parameters analysed, and the probable sources of surface water contamination. The calculation of saturation indices (SI) of water indicated undersaturated water with respect to halite (NaCl), and equilibrium with respect to the other minerals. While, the temporal variation of physico-chemical parameters such as EC, TDS, SO42-, Cl-, Ca2+, Mg2+ indicated a reverse adjustment between physico-chemical parameters and water volumes (WV) in this dam, which can be explained by the weathering of silicate and carbonate minerals, these were justified by the use of ionic ratios, diagrams and scatter plots and multivariate statistical techniques. Conversely, evaluation of the organic water pollution level in this dam showed a water quality from moderately to severely polluted.
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Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Nature

Life & Earth Sciences, PRAVDURN Laboratory

<article-title>Assessment of the seasonal variations in hydrochemistry of Oued Fodda dam, Algeria</article-title>

Assessment of the seasonal variations in hydrochemistry of Oued Fodda dam, Algeria

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Editor-in-Chief Renata Dulias, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Deputy Editor-in-Chief &amp; Managing Editor Adam Hibszer, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Editorial Advisory Board Irasema Alc��ntara-Ayala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Susana Arad, University of Petrosani, Romania Ata�� Ba����etin, Istanbul University, Turkey Claudio O. Delang, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Stefan Harnischmacher, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany Veena Joshi, University of Pune, India Timea Kiss, University of Szeged, Hungary D��nes L��czy, University of P��cs, Hungary Ewa ��upikasza, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Ireneusz Malik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Leszek Marynowski, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Wahid Murad, University of South Australia, Australia ��yvind Nordli, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway Tibor J. Nov��k, University of Debrecen, Hungary Adam Rosta��ski, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Myroslav Shevera, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Zd��nek Szczyrba, Palack�� University Olomouc, Czechia John P. Tiefenbacher, Texas State University, United States of America Ian C. Trueman, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Matija Zorn, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Slovenia Editors Section Editor - Physical Geography Maria Fajer, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Section Editor - Climatology and Hydrology Gra��yna Knozova, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Brno, Czechia Section Editor - Environmental Sciences Teresa Nowak, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Section Editor - Life Sciences Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Section Editor - Geology, Mining and Energy Ireneusz Grzybek, State Mining Authority, Poland Section Editor - Economic Geography and Spatial Management and Planning Robert Krzysztofik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Section Editor - Economics and Sustainable Development Tetyana Pimonenko, Sumy State University, Ukraine Section Editor - Social Sciences Mariola Tracz, College of Europe in Cracow, Poland Section Editor - Education Barbara Baarova, University of Ostrava, Czechia Language Editor Lynn Besenyei, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Statistical Editor S��awomir Sitek, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Technical Editor Tomasz Sp��rna, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Contact <A href="mailto:environ.em@us.edu.pl">environ.em@us.edu.pl</A> Publisher De Gruyter Poland Bogumi��a Zuga 32A Str. 01-811 Warsaw, Poland T: +48 22 701 50 15

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