How Have Deforestation Affected Economic and Social Welfare: The Case of Port Harcourt City

ANOWOR, OLUCHUKWU F and Agbarakwe, Henry Ugochukwu (2018) How Have Deforestation Affected Economic and Social Welfare: The Case of Port Harcourt City. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 4 (8). pp. 116-124. ISSN 2413-6670

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Abstract

This work internalized the influence of deforestation on economic and social welfare in Port Harcourt City. The study espoused the survey approach through special surveillance, conversations and opinion pull and the data collected was analyzed to obtain the variances, correlations and regression models. The results of the research showed that deforestation significantly and negatively affected output and social welfare in Port Harcourt City and also negatively and significantly affected income of the farming communities. It therefore recommended that governments should take urgent steps to discourage unsustainable deforestation and at same time encourage reforestation to improve output, income and enhance social welfare.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2019 09:05
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2019 09:05
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1261

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