Climate Change and Spatial Planning Concerns in Nigeria: Remedial Measures for More Effective Response

Onyenechere, Emmanuella Chinenye

doi:10.1080/09709274.2010.11906333

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Ojo (1987) estimated changes in climate conditions in Nigeria in the 19th century and an increasing average temperature of about 0.3 to 0.6°C through the 21st century. Evidences from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) revealed a significant increase in air temperature in Lagos, Kano, Calabar and some other cities in the country (Idowu et al, 2011;Onyenechere, 2010). The assessment by NIMET showed a decrease between 1941 and 2000 in annual rainfall by 2-8 mm across the country, a long-term temperature increase in most parts of the country, excluding Jos area where low temperatures were recorded (BNRCC, 2011).…”

Section: Impacts Of Climate Change On Lagos Water Sectormentioning

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“…The Government of Lagos State must be proactive in this regard and take drastic steps in ensuring a system viable and strong enough to withstand the effects of climate change on its water sector. Various adaptation measures in water sector against climate and ecosystems changes have been suggested by many scholars (Onyenechere, 2010;BNRCC, 2011), which can be adapted for Lagos case.…”

Section: Adaptation and Resilience Strategies In Lagos Water Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Air Pollution and Climate Change in Lagos, Nigeria: Needs for Proactive Approaches to Risk Management and Adaptation

Komolafe

Adegboyega

Anifowose

et al. 2014

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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The significance of air pollution as one of the contemporary issues and accelerating factors that propel climate change in both developed and developing countries cannot be overemphasized. The problem of air pollution has seemingly become intractable with the incessant failure of both global and local environmental policies purportedly emplaced to address its devastating trend, particularly in growing megacities of the world. The devastating effects of the phenomenon are more pronounced in megacities of developing countries than in developed ones. Lagos, as an industrialized, commercialized and an emerging megacity in Nigeria, has been subjected to several predictions of the negative impacts of changing climatic conditions partly caused by ubiquitous air pollution. Efforts at stemming the tide of the increasing challenges of air pollution worldwide has significantly been thwarted by inadequate funding, hence the need to review the literature on the environmental implications of growing air pollution, its contributions to climate change and its negative impacts on the lives and properties of teeming inhabitants of Lagos. A review like this will provide a synthesis of knowledge and information on mitigative and adaptive measures that can be adopted to minimize the impacts of air pollution on the mega city.This study utilizes consciously selected and current literatures on the subject matter and found that Lagos inhabitants have been vulnerable to virtually all forms of damaging effects of climate change majorly propelled by seemingly uncontrollable air pollution. This implies that the situation requires proactive measures, otherwise, avoidable loss of lives and large scale destruction of properties may be inevitable. The paper therefore advocates involvement of all stakeholders in both mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change through enhancement of indigenous knowledge and creation of awareness among citizens about the need to be conscious of their carbon foot prints.

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Section: Impacts Of Climate Change On Lagos Water Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Adaptation and Resilience Strategies In Lagos Water Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Air Pollution and Climate Change in Lagos, Nigeria: Needs for Proactive Approaches to Risk Management and Adaptation

Komolafe

Adegboyega

Anifowose

et al. 2014

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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“…The growing problem of climatic change impacts is global and the developing countries, especially Africa will be mostly affected. This is because, African economy is predominantly agrarian rain-fed, fundamentally dependent on the vagaries of weather, due to inability to cope as a result of poverty and low technological development, hence low level of cropping capabilities by the farmers (Ziervogel et al, 2006;Jagtap 2007;Nwafor 2007;Onyenechere 2010). It is projected that crop yield in Africa may fall by 10-20% by 2050 or even up to 50% due to climate change (Jones and Thornton, 2002).…”

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Evidence of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security in Nigeria

Bello¹,

Ganiyu²,

Wahab³

et al. 2012

IJAF

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8%)) went to agricultural sector. The actual spending was 681 billion Naira per year with 11.4 billion Naira for agriculture. Over 25 years, there were low and dramatic walloping of public spending in agriculture relative to large size and importance of agricultural sector in the economy. There is a continuous rise in output from 1987 to 2000 before it dropped in 2001. Land degradation, desert encroachment, drying up of surface waters, coastal inundations, and shift in cultivated crops over time affected the food security in Nigeria. The current available data showed that Nigeria, like most parts of the world is experiencing the basic features of climate change. Therefore, Nigerian government/ private sector partnership should encourage agricultural, industrial and domestic practices which will not contribute to the emission of greenhouse gasses.

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“…Change in climatic conditions of any geographic area may be caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions [4]. Similarly Onyenechere [2] defined Climate change as a change in collective patterns of expression in various elements of weather, arguing that climate change is a permanent departure of climatic patterns from mean values of observed climate indices…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mangrove forests and swamps, which are characterized by regular salt-water inundation, lie at the centre of a complex and sensitive ecosystem which is vital to the local economy and accommodates important flora and fauna. The Niger Delta, which is the largest mangrove forests in Africa and the third largest in the world, is the richest part of Nigeria in terms of petroleum resources and diverse natural ecosystems supportive of numerous species of terrestrial and aquatic fauna [1] Onyenechere [2] argues that climate change has been one of the major environmental issues of discuss in recent times, noting that serious environmental problems are likely to arise in Nigeria in association with the probable global warming which may result from emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, as Ogbo, Ndubuisi & Ukpere [3] noted Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions and that it is also one of the most important issues on the global political agenda, with a series of efforts to find solutions through international negotiations NRC [4] defines Climate change as a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years; noting that it may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions. Change in climatic conditions of any geographic area may be caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%