Environmental Impact of Pipeline Vandalization on the Nigerian Landscape: The Case of the Niger Delta Region

The study is premised on concern for the Nigerian conflict on crude oil exploration. It is designed to know the level of the causes of pipeline vandalization and its environmental impacts in the Niger Delta region. The data used for the study were obtained from 100 oil company's officials and a...

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Published inJournal of human ecology (Delhi) Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 73 - 84
Main Authors Lawal, M.O., Ese, T.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.07.2012
Subjects
Conflict
Conflicts
Crude oil
Data processing
Deltas
Environment
Environmental impact
Environmental impact studies
Exploration
Historical account
Human ecology
Landscape
Niger Delta
Nigeria
Oil
Oil and gas industry
Oil industry
Pipeline
Pipelines
Quantitative analysis
Social exclusion
Vandalism
Vandalization
ASE, Nigeria, Rivers, Niger Delta
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Summary:The study is premised on concern for the Nigerian conflict on crude oil exploration. It is designed to know the level of the causes of pipeline vandalization and its environmental impacts in the Niger Delta region. The data used for the study were obtained from 100 oil company's officials and an equal number of subjects of the host communities in the Niger Delta region. In order to make sure that the analysis of the information collected is valid, simple percentages were used in the data analysis. Each hypothesis was tabulated and analyzed. The result showed that there is a high degree of pipeline vandalization in the Niger Delta region. Pipeline vandalization is rooted in long history of neglect, marginalization and repression of the people of the Niger Delta.
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ISSN:0970-9274
2456-6608
DOI:10.1080/09709274.2012.11906500