International Journal of Development and Sustainability (IJDS)
Volume 6, Number 11, November 2017, Pages 1486-1918
ISSN:2186-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds 
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Table of Contents
1. Population and clean water: Evidence from Arab countries
  • Authors: Hala Abou-Ali, Yasmine M. Abdelfattah
  • Article ID: IJDS16030801
  • Pages: 1486-1509

2. Use of In situ water quality parameters for pollution status assessment of Ibeno dark brown water marine environment, Niger delta, Nigeria
  • Authors: Justin Ayaegbunem Akankali, Sunday Dongesit Ambrose, Christian Okechukwu Nweke
  • Article ID: IJDS16041802
  • Pages: 1510-1525

3. The impacts of employees’ attitudes toward women participation in decision making positions at working place in Tanzania: A case of Morogoro municipal and district councils
  • Authors: Lusako Mwakiluma
  • Article ID: IJDS17081404
  • Pages: 1526-1540

4. Environmental communication strategies of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA): Implications for sustainable waste management in Nigeria
  • Authors: Prince Felix Obuah, Godwin B. Okon
  • Article ID: IJDS17092503
  • Pages: 1541-1558

5. The effect of corporate governance compliance and sustainability risk management (SRM) success factors on firm survival
  • Authors: Norlida Abdul Manab, Nazliatul Aniza Abdul Aziz, Siti Norezam Othman​
  • Article ID: IJDS17102301
  • Pages: 1559-1575

6. Measuring the governance of local government from the perspective of community in Malaysia
  • Authors: Halimah Abdul Manaf, Zainal Mad Zan, Sharmaine Sakthi Ananthan
  • Article ID: IJDS17092601
  • Pages: 1576-1586

7. Transparency and accountability in Ghana’s mining sector: Is it real or fiction?
  • Authors: Felix Danso
  • Article ID: IJDS17100601
  • Pages: 1587-1609

8. The moderating effect of gender on the relationship between workplace mobbing and intent to quit work – “Which one is more difficult: to be a man or a woman?”
  • Authors: Ilhami Yucel
  • Article ID: IJDS17101306
  • Pages: 1610-1620

9. Flora morphology and sex specific marker development of a Sarawak’s specialty fruit species Canarium odontophyllum
  • Authors: Jen-Ching Ting, Wei-Seng Ho, Cheksum Tawan
  • Article ID: IJDS17101603
  • Pages: 1621-1637

10. Small arms and light weapons proliferation in the early 21st century: The Nigerian case
  • Authors: John Maikomo Moses, Julius L. Ngomba
  • Article ID: IJDS17101703
  • Pages: 1638-1652

11. Mechanisms of application organized self -help housing program in new Egyptian cities for achieving low-cost housing (Case study: Ebny Betak project - Six October city)
  • Authors: Abeer Ahmed Mohamed Abd-Elkawy
  • Article ID: IJDS17102201
  • Pages: 1653-1674

12.Productivity and stability of cassava promising clones based on the fresh tuber yield in six months using AMMI and GGE biplot
  • Authors: Sholihin Sholihin
  • Article ID: IJDS17082801
  • Pages: 1675-1688

13.The phenomenon of commercial motorbike transportation and its impact on the youth of Agbozume traditional area in the Ketu south municipality in the Volta region of Ghana
  • Authors: David Naya Zuure, Asiwome Yiboe
  • Article ID: IJDS17083103
  • Pages: 1689-1700

14. Assessment of indegenious knowledge and practices on the use of clay among rural communities in Meru, Kenya
  • Authors: Felicity Kaari Mwiandi, Ochieng Ombaka
  • Article ID: IJDS17091001
  • Pages: 1701-1720

15. Creating spatial geo-database for public secondary schools facilities in Sabon-Tasha education zone Kaduna state, Nigeria
  • Authors: Hosea Tanko, Buhari Ayuba, Mugu A. Barnabas
  • Article ID: IJDS17091201
  • Pages: 1721-1742

16. The perception of small ruminant grazers and stakeholders in the sustainable management of biological resources in the Mt. Oku forest reserve northwest region, Cameroon
  • Authors: Abubakar Ali Shidiki , Martin Ngankam Tchamba, Etienne Tedonkeng Pamo
  • Article ID: IJDS17091501
  • Pages: 1743-1756

17. The role of economic and social instruments of environmental policy
  • Authors: Zivar Zeynalova
  • Article ID: IJDS17092104
  • Pages: 1757-1767

18. Entrepreneurship and economic development towards sustainance of peace and progress
  • Authors: Timothy A. Olaniyan, Oluwafemi J. Ayangbekun
  • Article ID: IJDS17100602
  • Pages: 1768-1773

19. Factors influencing number of post-harvest practices adopted by smallholder vegetable farmers in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe
  • Authors: Peter Mukarumbwa, Abbyssinia Mushunje, Amon Taruvinga, Babatope Akinyemi, Saul Ngarava
  • Article ID: IJDS17100801
  • Pages: 1774-1790

20. Scholarly use of Twitter by Saudi postgraduate students in the UK: University of Loughborough case study
  • Authors: Maha D. Al Khathami
  • Article ID: IJDS17100904
  • Pages: 1791-1802

21. An algorithm for development of transition probabilities matrices to predicting ramp events of the global solar irradiance, based on Markov model
  • Authors: Hermes José Loschi, Yuzo Iano, Luiz Antonio F. de Sousa, Douglas Aguiar do Nascimento, Reinaldo Padilha França
  • Article ID: IJDS17101001
  • Pages: 1803-1823

22. Energy sector reforms in Nigeria: Plugging the loopholes in petroleum revenue management
  • Authors: Peter Chukwuma Obutte, Lateef Akinpelu, Lilian Idiaghe
  • Article ID: IJDS17101309
  • Pages: 1824-1834

23. A tropical case study of tree diversity and productivity relationships in mixed species plantations in protected areas
  • Authors: Md. Afzarul Islam, Muha Abdullah Al Pavel, Mohammad Belal Uddin, Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Syed Ajijur Rahman, Amanda Sarah Mathys, Karlina Indraswari, Simone Bianchi, Kazuhiro Harada, Terry Sunderland
  • Article ID: IJDS17101605
  • Pages: 1835-1847

24. Sustainable health systems: A health services waste management plan for a university hospital in the south of Brazil
  • Authors: André Preissler Loureiro Chaves, Valesca Joana Inês Pastore Dias, Roberta Rocho
  • Article ID: IJDS17102005
  • Pages: 1848-1864

25. Patterns, trends, and issues of illicit wildlife hunting and trade: Analysis based on African environmental ethics
  • Authors: Diana-Abasi Ibanga
  • Article ID: IJDS17102203
  • Pages: 1865-1890

26. The implementation of conflict management in a democratic society (Conceptions, Principles and Strategies for Conflict Management)
  • Authors: Imam Ropii
  • Article ID: IJDS17101301
  • Pages: 1891-1904

27. Unhooking tentacles of financial dependency: Challenges and opportunities of public benefit organizations in Nairobi County’s informal settlements, Kenya
  • Authors: Timothy Osiru Okatta, Wilkins Ndege Muhingi, Simon Muthomi, Dancun Onyango Ochieng, Teresia Ndilu Mutavi, Violet Nekesa Simiyu
  • Article ID: IJDS17110402
  • Pages: 1905-1918