Dr. Edmund Merem, Professor

Environmental and Land Use Concentration

Biography

Dr. Edmund Merem completed his B.A. and M.E.S. at York University, Toronto and then his M.A. at Pontifical Lateran University, Vatican City. He began his doctoral education at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada and later graduated with a Ph.D. elsewhere. Being among the lead scholars in his College and Department with several researcher of the year awards bestowed. Dr. Merem has many years of experience in energy analysis, geothermal and wind energy, landscape ecology, illegal wildlife and endangered species trade, biodiversity, organic farming, food security, climate change research, agriculture and land use, water resources, growth management, comprehensive and master planning, global cities, program implementation and evaluation, environmental ethics, natural disaster management, environmental justice, impact assessment, image interpretation, spatial analysis, the applications of Geospatial Information Systems to natural resources management, economic and historical geology. Merem’s other areas of expertise cover agro-forestry and mining, global environmental planning and environmental accounting for oil and gas in Canada and the US, transboundary watershed management, and hydro politics of the Middle East and Africa. Accordingly, Edmund has written several research monographs, books, together with half a dozen book chapters, and research papers that have been published in academic journals and major conference proceedings. Additionally, he worked as an Environmental Analyst in the Environment Bureau of Agriculture and Agric-Food Canada and served the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council as a grant reviewer. During his formative years, Edmund also worked briefly at the Federal Ministry of National Planning in Lagos, Nigeria. Aside from serving in other capacities as a journal editor and reviewer, he is not only very fluent in Italian and several European and African languages, but for almost two decades Merem remains in the forefront of research pertaining to environmental issues in the African continent and North America with his research themes sought after and displayed in major libraries across the world from Australia to Europe. While Dr. Merem is currently a full Professor of Environment and Land Use, for years he worked as the founding PhD Program Coordinator in the Urban and Regional Planning Department at Jackson State University.

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Publications

Merem, E. C. (2024 January). Analyzing Water Resource Challenges in the US Eastern Zone. Marine Science. 1:1

Merem, E. C. (2024 January). Exploring Shifts in Yam Production Trends In Nigeria’s Southern Region. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering. 14:1

Merem, E. C. (2024 January). Analyzing The Capacities of Cotton Production In Sudan. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 14:1

Merem, E. C. (2024 January). Investigating The Ecological Effects of Agricultural Assistance Schemes In California’s Central Valley Area. Food and Public Health. 14:1.

Merem, E. C. (2024 January). The Effects of Changing Climate In The US Western Region. International Journal of Ecosystem.13:1

Peer Reviewed Proceedings

Merem, E. C. and Twumasi, Y. A. (2004). GIS applications in growth management: The case of central Mississippi. Proceedings of a conference held at the ACSM-ASPRS Annual Convention and Exhibition on CD ROM ISBN 1-57083-072 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Denver CO, 28th May 2004.

Merem, E. C. (2004). Multi-jurisdictional issues in international water quality monitoring: The case of Lake Chad Basin in West Africa. Proceedings of a conference held at the Fourth National Water Quality Monitoring Council Conference held at Building and Sustaining Successful Monitoring Programs, Chattanooga, TN, 17th-20th May 2004.

Merem, E. C. and Twumasi, Y. A. (2004). GIS applications in land management: The loss of high quality land to land development in central Mississippi from 1987-2002. Proceedings of a conference held at the First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research held at Jackson, MS, 20th September 2004.

Merem, E. C. (2004). Landlessness in the black farming community: The way out. Proceedings of the fourth annual conference of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Land Tenure Center’s North American Program held in Madison, WI, 25th May 2004.

Merem, E. C. (2004). Environmental accounting for oil and natural gas in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi from 1967-2000. Proceedings of the Jackson State University center for university scholars, annual university scholars’ symposium held at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, 4th November 2004.

Peer Reviewed Books Published/In Print

Merem, E. C. (2005). Environmental accounting for changes in farmland use: A canadian case study. New York, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

Merem, E. C. (2011). Environmental accounting for oil and natural gas a north american case study. New York, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

Member of the American Planners Association (APA)
Member of the Mississippi Chapter of American Planners Association (MAPA)
Member of the Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment Group of APA
Member American Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)

Professional Memberships
Energy, Oil and Natural Gas Accounting

Environmental Planning and Farmland Protection

Environmental Justice/Ethics

Ecosystem Valuation, Plan Implementation

Environmental Accounting

Landscape Ecology and Ecological Footprints

Deep Ecology, Hydrology and Watershed Management

Sustainability, Land Use Analysis, Land Use Policy

Climate Change, Land Use Change

GIS Applications in Natural Resources Management

Image Analysis and Remote Sensing

Hydropolitics of the Middle East and Africa

Environment and Security

Research Interests
English

Italian

Spanish

Igbo

Yoruba

French

Languages
Word Perfect

Excel 2010

Arc GIS

SPSS

Computer Skills