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Strategies for combating urban flooding in a developing nation: A case study from Ondo, Nigeria

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Flooding has become an inherent problem in most urban centres close to the Nigerian coast. In the last decade it has extended to large settlements in the interior of the country where rainfall is more sporadic. This study has revealed that various socio-cultural activities have promoted flooding in many of these Nigerian urban environments. These activities are characterised by stream or river channel encroachment and abuse, increased paved surfaces and poor solid waste disposal techniques, due to a high level of illiteracy, a low degree of community awareness, poor environmental education, ineffective town planning laws and poor environmental management. Govenment, at various levels, needs to address these issues.

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  1. Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Adeyemi College Campus, Ondo, Nigeria

    E. O. Oriola (Lecturer)

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His special field of interest is in natural resource management, focusing on the implications of environmental degradation and sustainable development.

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Oriola, E.O. Strategies for combating urban flooding in a developing nation: A case study from Ondo, Nigeria. Environmentalist 14, 57–62 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01902660

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