Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria: Patterns of vulnerability and resilience among women

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1714-1725

  Ajibade, Idowu ^a   McBean, Gordon ^a   Bezner Kerr, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster vulnerability; Flood; Gender; Resilience; Urban Lagos; Women

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84889093749     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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