الآثار البيئية لكوارث فيضانات النيل الأزرق بولاية الجزيرة ، السودان (2000-2020م)
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study aimed to identify the environmental effects of the floods of the Blue Nile in the Gezira State – Sudan and to assess the interest of officials and residents in environmental health after the end of the floods. The study followed several methods, including descriptive, analytical, inductive and historical. Data were collected by personal interview, observation and questionnaire. The sample size of the questionnaire was (300) families, which were chosen randomly. The data were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) program. The study reached several results, the most important of which are: the floods of the Blue Nile and its branches cause the spread of poisonous animals 99.3%, poisonous scorpions and spiders 52%, snakes 39.7%, the spread of insects and mosquitoes 63%, flies 23.7%, malaria diseases 57.7%, dysentery 13.7%, and typhoid 10%. Statistically (0.001), deterioration of the environment, it is difficult to return the natural environment to what it was before the flood 77.3%, lack of concern for the health of the environment after the flood receded 81%, with a statistical significance (0.001). The study made a number of recommendations to dry up flood waters and stagnant rains to cut off the life cycle of insects by eliminating their breeding environment, implement spraying campaigns with machines, especially aircraft, to cover the largest area in the region, pay attention to environmental health after floods, and dry up stagnant water with pumps.
Institutions: University of Al-Butana, University of Khartoum
Language: Arabic
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220462613