Flood Risk Management by Public and Private Agents in the Coastal City of Lagos (PAP014805)

Código

PAP014805

Autores

Ibidun Adelekan

Tema

Flood risk management in mega cities

Resumo

Lagos, West Africa's foremost port city is projected to rank the third largest global megacity with an estimated population of 23.2 million in 2015 according to a report of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. An increasingly important environmental threat to the city's high population and large concentration of residential, industrial, commercial and urban infrastructure systems is coastal and urban flooding due to climate change and sea level rise. The rapid rate of urban development with the attendant environmental problems is a further driver of flooding in the city. Over the past decade, flood risks has increased significantly affecting key sectors of the urban system as well as impacting on all social society. The paper presents findings of an on-going research project which employs a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the multiple approaches to flood risk management by public and private agents in the city. Community-based flood protection measures adopted by different socio-economic groups as well as the factors that influence flood management decisions are also discussed.