Climate change and urban flooding: implications for Nigeria’s built environment

摘要

Climate change, which is the result of global warming relates to seasonal changes occurring in a given geographical area over a long period of time. Issues of climate change have in recent times dominated discussions in many local and international fora in view of its perceived devastating consequences affecting rainfall patterns, storms and droughts, growing seasons, humidity and sea levels. The inundation of land due to changes in local climate can pose a serious challenge. This paper therefore looks at urban flooding as one of the environmental problems associated with extreme weather events arising from climate change and discusses its impact on the built environment. It highlights appropriate risk management initiatives that can be implemented to mitigate the general impacts of flooding in Nigeria’s built environment.