Abstract: Water been an essential commodity has been described as the source of life on planet earth. The body of man is said to be 70% of water and as such he begins to feel thirsty after a loss of only 1%. Similarly, the major component of plant protoplasm is water. In the concept of dam building, there are many purposes for which dams are required. It could be built for navigational purposes, domestic purpose, and it even goes as far as been built for the generation of electricity. Dam construction usually involves one form of risk or the other of which the people that would be most affected are not told fully of the consequences that comes up after the construction of the dam. This study carried out an analysis of the Environmental and Socio-economic impacts of the Owena Dam on the downstream Settlement of River Owena. It shows that majority of the settlement suffered a great deal as a result of the construction of the dam. From the loss of their homes to erosion on their farmland due to the fluctuations of the river level, flooding, channel degradation and to mention but a few. The work however recommends ways by which these problems could be mitigated and how the Government can render help as regards these impacts.
Keywords: Environmental and Socio-economic impacts, Geo-Spatial.
Title: Geo-Spatial Assessment of Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Owena Dam on the Downstream Settlement of Owena, Ondo State, Nigeria
Author: Afolayan, Taiwo S., Ogunyemi, Omotayo F.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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