Adapting to Climate Change Flooding Impacts- A Guide for Achieving Sustainable Built Environment in Nigeria
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2016
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Federal University of Technology, Minna
Abstract
Flooding is one of the climate change natural disasters generated by human activities which
constitute a threat to human life, property and the built environment. Although risks from such
cannot be fully eliminated, however, adaptation to climate change can reduce the exposure and
vulnerability to extreme climate and sustain the built environment. This work surveyed literature
on climate change flooding and its effects on Nigerian built environment to find out that most
developed nations with longer water bodies and greater exposure to flooding disaster have been
able to curtail the negative effects of climate change induced flooding over the years than Nigeria
were able to minimize the negative effects of climate change flooding on their built environment
whereas, Nigeria with comparable minimum and manageable length of water bodies continuously
have higher negative impacts from flooding. The application of adaptation theory will mitigate
against the effect of climate change flooding and lead to the achievement of a sustainable built
environment in Nigeria. The work eventually recommended concerted efforts of all stakeholders
in the built environment to cooperate among themselves for the actualization of gains of adaptation
approach to climate change flooding in Nigeria towards achieving sustainable built environment.
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Bello, N. A., Adepoju, A.S. and Adeogun, A. S. (2016) ‘Adapting to Climate Change Flooding Impacts- A Guide for Achieving Sustainable Built Environment in Nigeria.’ Conference paper presented at School of Environmental Technology International Conference (SETIC 2016), Nigeria between 10th and 12th May 2016; Theme Sustainable built environment and climate change; The Challenges of post 2015 development agenda, edited by Sanusi, Y.A., Adedayo, O.F., Jimoh, R.A. & Oyewobi, L.O., 724-738, published by Federal University of Technology, Minna,
Keywords
Adaptation, Built Environment, Climate Change, Flooding, Sustainable- Development
Citation
Bello, N.A., Adepoju, A.S. & Adeogun, S.A.