Using GIS to Assess the Contribution of Farming Activities towards Climate Change in the State of Mississippi | Chapter 10 | Current Perspectives to Environment and Climate Change Vol. 3
The study uses primary data,
descriptive statistics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and correlation
analysis to analyze the contributions of farming activities to climate change
in Mississippi between 1992 through 2002. This involved the assessment of
methane emissions from rice cultivation in the state of Mississippi as well as
the relationship between the levels of methane gas concentration and other
variables associated with rice production. In highlighting the extent to which
rice production activities fuel climate change, the results of the study not
only showed greenhouse gas emission related rice production activities to be on
the rise, but there is a relationship between methane emissions and rice
farming. The GIS analysis also points to a visible concentration of rice
production activities associated with methane emissions in the major counties
of Bolivia, Sunflower and Washington along the Northwest portion of the state.
While this raises the threats of climate change predictors in the area. To
remedy the problems, the paper suggests five future lines of actions from the
need for education to the promotion of emission trading.
Author(s) Details
Edmund C. Merem
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Yaw A. Twumasi
Department of Urban Forestry
and Natural Resources, Southern University and A&M College, 102 C Fisher
Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA.
Joan Wesley
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Emmanuel Nwagboso
Department of Political
Science, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch, Jackson MS, 39217, USA.
Siddig Fageir
Department of Criminal
Justice and Sociology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch, Jackson MS, 39217,
USA.
Marshand Crisler
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Peter Isokpehi
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Duro Olagbegi
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Mohammed Alsarari
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
Coney Romorno
Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 101 W Capitol Street, Jackson MS,
39201, USA.
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