Assessment of Adaptation Strategies to Flooding Impacts in Nigeria - A Review
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2018-01-03
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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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Adaptation, Built Environment, Climate Change, Flooding, Sustainable Development