Bhopal Chemical Disaster (open access)

Bhopal Chemical Disaster

Encyclopedia article describing the devastating effects of a chemical disaster that took place in Bhopal, India in 1984. The author describes the effects of the chemical disaster and the events that followed.
Date: 2011
Creator: Gupta, Kailash
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of District Emergency Operations Centres, and the Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur Depot Explosion (open access)

Design of District Emergency Operations Centres, and the Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur Depot Explosion

Article on the design of district emergency operations centres and a case study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur depot explosion.
Date: November 22, 2010
Creator: Gupta, Kailash
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpol (open access)

Interpol

This encyclopedia entry describes Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization. Interpol facilitates cross-border police cooperation and assists all organizations, authorities, and services with a mission to prevent or combat international crime.
Date: 2011
Creator: Gupta, Kailash
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Big Men, Small Boys; A Power Dimension Perspective of Farmers–Herdsmen Conflict in Ghana (open access)

Big Men, Small Boys; A Power Dimension Perspective of Farmers–Herdsmen Conflict in Ghana

Article discusses how the Peace Council of Ghana ranks farmer–herder conflicts among the country's three most significant threats to peace. The literature the authors cite emphasizes natural factors contributing to farmer–herder conflicts, namely, climate change which results in environmental degradation and consequently leads to droughts, and food insecurity.
Date: September 26, 2022
Creator: Kyei-Poakwah, Kwadwo; Owusu-Mensah, Isaac; Adu, Edmund Poku & Ateng, Mathias Awonnatey
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development? (open access)

Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?

Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses electoral decentralization in Ghana and what Ghana's local governments really need for economic development.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Nukpezah, Julius A. & Bediako, William Asare
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library