Review article: A review and critical analysis of the efforts towards urban flood risk management in the Lagos region of Nigeria

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 349-369

  Nkwunonwo, U C ^a,b   Whitworth, M ^b   Baily, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

LAGOS [LAGOS (STT)]; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84957810313     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-16-349-2016     Document Type: Article

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