The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem

ISBN: 9780128093993 出版年：2017 页码：487 Academic Press_RM

The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem reviews the current status of the ecosystems and economic implications of oil and gas development in Nigeria, a key oil-producing state. The ecological and economic impacts of oil and gas development, particularly in developing nations, are crucial topics for ecologists, natural resource professionals and pollution researchers to understand. This book takes an integrative approach to these problems through the lens of one of the key oil-producing nations, linking natural and human systems through the valuation of ecosystem services.Provides background information on Nigerian aquatic environments, its local history of oil exploration and a review of the physical chemistry of crude oilReviews global and national perspectives on the oil and gas industry from a physical ecological, to a socio-political and economic ecological perspectiveDemonstrates real-life situations of the interactions and impacts of Nigerian petroleum production on the environment and local populations through case studies