Chapter 11 Cities in the Flood: Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Management: Evidence from Ibadan, Nigeria

Onwuemele, Andrew

doi:10.1108/s1047-0042(2012)0000012014

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“…Roadside dumping, canal dumping, and dumping in rains is commonly practiced among a large proportion of the population. This causes blockage and results in flooding during the rainy season (Onwuemele 2012). (3) Unregulated urbanization: Flooding and urbanization are intricately related in both developing and developed countries.…”

Section: Causes Of Flooding In Nigeriamentioning

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The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Echendu

2020

Ecosyst Health Sustain

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Nigeria has Africa's biggest economy and a population of over 200 million people. Nigeria faces numerous challenges as it struggles to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with flooding being the most serious with wide-reaching impacts. This paper highlights the impact flooding has on Nigeria reaching SDGs and enumerates the specific SDGs most directly impacted. A systematic literature review provides an overview of the relationship between flooding in Nigeria and the SDGs. It highlights the main causes of Nigeria's flooding problem are man-made and advocates spatial planning as a suitable Flood Risk Management (FRM) strategy for the Nigerian environment. The paper calls for collaborative action by all concerned stakeholders to address the flooding problem and to help move Nigeria closer to meeting the United Nations (UN) 2030 SDGs. Most importantly, the evidence presented in this paper seeks to promote action on a national scale to combat the flooding in Nigeria and help the nation work more effectively toward achieving the SDGs.

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Section: Causes Of Flooding In Nigeriamentioning

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The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Echendu

2020

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“…In this LGA, the presence of River Ogbere represents a risk of flood disasters. In 2011 and 2012, the LGA experienced substantial flood disasters as the Ogbere River overflowed its banks after consistent heavy rainfall events (Onwuemele, ; James et al., ). Factors that contributed to the overflow of the river included: The river's basin limited size; The presence of solid waste dumps blocking the river's valleys; The presence of physical development in floodplain areas; and The blockage of the waterway along Mosfala‐Idi Osan road. …”

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The corridor to survival: Assessment of disaster management literacy in a developing country

Daramola

Odunsi

Olowoporoku

2017

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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Studies have stressed the importance of disaster literacy and suggested that such awareness is an effective disaster management strategy. The success of this recommendation is however scarcely assessed in literature. This study therefore assesses the application of available disaster‐related information in the management of disasters. The study was carried out in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data were collected by administering a questionnaire to residents in the selected Local Government Area (LGA) in Ibadan. Using systematic sampling technique, household heads’ opinions were sampled in 20% of the buildings. This effort culminated in the sampling of 102 household heads in the LGA. The questionnaire addressed issues on household socioeconomic characteristics; sources, types, and manners of utilization of disaster‐related information available to the households as well as the effects of available disaster‐related information on disaster management. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that 47.9% of the respondents were aware of post‐disaster information, with television or radio (38.5%) and government agencies (26.6%) being the major information sources. It is suggested that disaster management literacy can be properly enhanced if households are provided with practical knowledge of effective pre‐disaster, during‐disaster, and post‐disaster information.

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“…Pluvial flooding has continued to wreak havoc in Nairobi in recent years due to erratic precipitation patterns and demographic changes (Simperler et al 2019). Anthropogenic forces have led to urbanization and changes in global climate (Onwuemele 2015). Urban environmental risks such as flooding have increased in complexity, nature and scale due to steady development of urban settlements (Ziervogel et al 2016;Salami et al 2017).…”

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Correlation between flooding and settlement planning in Nairobi

Owuor

Mwiturubani

2022

Journal of Water and Climate Change

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Globally, climate change triggers flooding through unpredictable, intermittent and incessant precipitation. Flooding in Nairobi is multi-factorial in causation. This has raised the question of necessary interventions in the design of urban settlements in order to reduce the impacts of extreme rainfall events that result in floods. This paper seeks to analyse the reciprocal correlation between settlement planning and pluvial flooding in Nairobi. Census data were obtained from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and daily rainfall records from the Kenya Meteorological Department spanning from 1961 to 2018. Other key parameters were drawn from extensive thematic content analyses of the existing literature. The data were subjected to trend and correlation analyses using the Stata software to determine patterns and possible causal relationships. The results showed that there was an insignificant but positive relationship between the two variables with Pearson and Spearman coefficients of correlation of 0.211 and 0.111, respectively. The results of this study repudiate the perceived notion that occurrences of pluvial flooding in Nairobi have increased due to erratic precipitation patterns and improper planning of settlements. The null hypothesis is therefore upheld at 95% confidence level.

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Chapter 11 Cities in the Flood: Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Management: Evidence from Ibadan, Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

The corridor to survival: Assessment of disaster management literacy in a developing country

Correlation between flooding and settlement planning in Nairobi

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