Awareness of and Responses to the 2011 Flood Warnings Among Vulnerable Communities in Lagos, Nigeria

Olokesusi, Femi; Olorunfemi, Felix; Onwuemele, Andrew; Oke, M. O.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16477-9_11

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“…Those recommendations are often pointed towards better collaboration among stakeholders (e.g. Olokesusi et al 2015 ; Ntajal et al 2017 ; Young et al 2019 ), better integrating groups at risk in relation to decision-making (e.g. Komi et al 2016 ; Frick-Trzebitzky and Bruns 2019 ), and altering their resources (e.g.…”

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When does risk become residual? A systematic review of research on flood risk management in West Africa

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Flood events in West Africa have devastating impacts on the lives of people. Additionally, developments such as climate change, settlement expansion into flood-prone areas, and modification of rivers are expected to increase flood risk in the future. Policy documents have issued calls for conducting local risk assessments and understanding disaster risk in diverse aspects, leading to an increase in such research. Similarly, in a shift from flood protection to flood risk management, the consideration of various dimensions of flood risk, the necessity of addressing flood risk through an integrated strategy containing structural and non-structural measures, and the presence of residual risk are critical perspectives raised. However, the notion of “residual risk” remains yet to be taken up in flood risk management-related academic literature. This systematic review seeks to approach the notion of residual risk by reviewing information on flood impacts, common measures, and recommendations in academic literature. The review reveals various dimensions of impacts from residual flood risk aside from material damage, in particular, health impacts and economic losses. Infrastructural measures were a dominant category of measures before and after flood events and in recommendations, despite their shortcomings. Also, spatial planning interventions, a more participatory and inclusive governance approach, including local knowledge, sensitisation, and early warning systems, were deemed critical. In the absence of widespread access to insurance schemes, support from social networks after flood events emerged as the most frequent measure. This finding calls for in-depth assessments of those networks and research on potential complementary formal risk transfer mechanisms.

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“…There are numerous studies that have considered the vulnerabilities of social and environmental systems to flooding within the Lagos context (for example, Action Aid, 2006; Douglas et al, 2008;Adelekan, 2010;Ajibade et al, 2013Ajibade et al, , 2014Nkwunonwo et al, 2015;Nsorfon, 2015;Olokesusi et al, 2015). Action Aid (2006) investigated vulnerability but tied Lagos with five other African cities.…”

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“…The sources of social vulnerability to floods in informal settlements of Lagos was investigated in Nsorfon (2015) while Nkwunonwo et al (2015) highlighted the relevance of assessing such vulnerability for the whole of Lagos. Olokesusi et al (2015) investigated the influence of awareness of and responses to flood warnings on physical vulnerabilities of the affected communities in Lagos.…”

Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Review article: A review and critical analysis of the efforts towards urban flood risk management in the Lagos region of Nigeria

Nkwunonwo

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Baily

2016

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Urban flooding has been and will continue to be a significant problem for many cities across the developed and developing world. Crucial to the amelioration of the effects of these floods is the need to formulate a sound flood management policy, which is driven by knowledge of the frequency and magnitude of impacts of these floods. Within the area of flood research, attempts are being made to gain a better understanding of the causes, impacts, and pattern of urban flooding. According to the United Nations office for disaster reduction (UNISDR), flood risk is conceptualized on the basis of three integral components which are frequently adopted during flood damage estimation. These components are: probability of flood hazard, the level of exposure, and vulnerabilities of elements at risk. Reducing the severity of each of these components is the objective of flood risk management under the UNISDR guideline and idea of "living with floods". On the basis of this framework, the present research reviews flood risk within the Lagos area of Nigeria over the period 1968-2012. During this period, floods have caused harm to millions of people physically, emotionally, and economically. Arguably over this period the efforts of stakeholders to address the challenges appear to have been limited by, amongst other things, a lack of reliable data, a lack of awareness amongst the population affected, and a lack of knowledge of flood risk mitigation. It is the aim of this research to assess the current understanding of flood risk and management in Lagos and to offer recommendations towards future guidance.

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“…There are numerous studies that have considered the vulnerabilities of social and environmental systems to flooding within the Lagos context (for example, Action Aid, 2006; Douglas et al, 2008;Adelekan, 2010;Ajibade et al, 2013Ajibade et al, , 2014Nkwunonwo et al, 2015;Nsorfon, 2015;Olokesusi et al, 2015). Action Aid ( 2006) investigated vulnerability but tied Lagos with five other African cities.…”

Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Review Article: A review and critical analysis of the efforts towards urban flood reduction in the Lagos region of Nigeria

Nkwunonwo

Whitworth

Baily

2015

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Abstract. Urban flooding has been and will continue to be a significant problem for many cities across the developed and developing world. Crucial to the amelioration of the effects of these floods is the need to develop a knowledge base of the magnitude and frequency of these floods. Within the area of flood research, attempts are being made to gain a better understanding of the causes, impacts and pattern of urban flooding as an aid to reducing the risks it poses. This research reviews flood risk within the Lagos area of Nigeria over the period 1968–2012. During this period, floods have caused harm to millions of people physically, emotionally and economically. Arguably over this period the efforts of stakeholders to address the challenges appear to have been limited by, among other things, lack of reliable data, lack of awareness among the population affected, and lack of knowledge of flood risk mitigation. It is the aim of this research to assess the current understanding of flood risk and management in Lagos and to offer recommendations towards future guidance.

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Awareness of and Responses to the 2011 Flood Warnings Among Vulnerable Communities in Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

When does risk become residual? A systematic review of research on flood risk management in West Africa

When does risk become residual? A systematic review of research on flood risk management in West Africa

Review article: A review and critical analysis of the efforts towards urban flood risk management in the Lagos region of Nigeria

Review Article: A review and critical analysis of the efforts towards urban flood reduction in the Lagos region of Nigeria

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