Impact of climate change on sea level rise in Lagos, Nigeria

Fashae, Olutoyin Adeola; Onafeso, Olumide

doi:10.1080/01431161.2011.581709

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“…Climate change impacts may vary depending on micro-climates in particular areas. Sea level rise, inundation and typhoons have been found to have a big impact on coastal and low-elevation deltas (Fashae & Onafeso, 2011;Ghodrati, Alemi Safaval, & Lashteh Neshaei, 2016;Goharnejad, Shamsai, & Hosseini, 2013) while the effects of temperature and rainfall variations pose high risks to mountainous areas (Bhatti, Koike, & Shrestha, 2016;Briner, Elkin, & Huber, 2013;Pina Poujol, 2013). In the following part of this study the author examines the level of impact of climate change to the tourism sector in the region from three principal stakeholders' perspectives: tourism authorities, tourism business and tourists.…”

Section: Level Of Climate Change Impacts To Tourism Sector In the Mekmentioning

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Impact of Climate Change to Tourism Sector in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Huynh¹,

Piracha²,

Saul³

2019

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Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam is forecasted to have one of world’s most severe impacts from climate change. There is a big knowledge gap in research on climate change impacts on tourism in this area. While climate change’s impacts on agriculture and fisheries have received much attention from authorities and researchers, impacts on tourism have largely been ignored. This paper presents findings from a field study the authors conducted to fill the research gap on climate change’s impact on tourism in Mekong River Delta. The study based on spatial analysis and questionnaires and interviews of local tourism leaders, tourism businesses and tourists discovered that climate change is a real challenge for region’s tourism businesses. Vulnerable tourism businesses in low and flat delta such as Mekong needs more attention and practical actions from international organizations and local entities in the era of climate change threats.

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Section: Level Of Climate Change Impacts To Tourism Sector In the Mekmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Climate Change to Tourism Sector in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Huynh¹,

Piracha²,

Saul³

2019

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“…Other studies on impact of sea level rise on coastal communities in Nigeria included those of [17,18,19,20,21,22,23]. However, most of these studies were either too generalized or do not cover the current study area.…”

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Projected Impact of Sea Level Rise on Nigeria’s Coastal City of Calabar in Cross River State

Efiong

Ushie

2019

IJECC

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This study projects the impact of sea level rise on Nigeria’s coastal city of Calabar in Cross River State. Data for the study were obtained from both secondary and primary sources through the use of the internet and questionnaire administration respectively. The data were analysed using the geographical information systems (GIS), frequency tables and percentages. The results revealed that at 0.3 m rise in sea level, about 4.56% of the total land area will be covered with flood water. This would affect 159 houses, with approximately 1,431 persons. Further, at 3.0 m rise in sea level, about 10.10% of the area will be flooded, affecting 2012 houses with an estimated population of 18,108 persons. Again, the resilience of the residents to the vagaries of flooding by sea level rise is generally low due to very low income and lack of awareness. The study concluded that Calabar City is vulnerable to the impact of sea level rise which is primarily caused by climate change. Therefore, awareness campaign on the impact of flooding by sea level rise on coastal communities should be carried out by the appropriate agencies of government in the State.

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“…Based on photographic evidence and comparison with satellite imagery, coastlines in some urban areas in the Gulf of Guinea seem to have been retreating over the past few decades (Dossou and Glehouenou-Dossou 2007;Fashae and Onafeso 2011). Ericson et al (2006) found that sediment trapping is the dominant cause of contemporary effective sea level rise for the Niger delta, with contributions from land subsidence due to oil exploration.…”

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Linking local impacts to changes in climate: a guide to attribution

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International audienceAssessing past impacts of observed climate change on natural, human and managed systems requires detailed knowledge about the effects of both climatic and other drivers of change, and their respective interaction. Resulting requirements with regard to system understanding and long-term observational data can be prohibitive for quantitative detection and attribution methods, especially in the case of human systems and in regions with poor monitoring records. To enable a structured examination of past impacts in such cases, we follow the logic of quantitative attribution assessments, however, allowing for qualitative methods and different types of evidence. We demonstrate how multiple lines of evidence can be integrated in support of attribution exercises for human and managed systems. Results show that careful analysis can allow for attribution statements without explicit end-to-end modeling of the whole climate-impact system. However, care must be taken not to overstate or generalize the results and to avoid bias when the analysis is motivated by and limited to observations considered consistent with climate change impacts

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Impact of climate change on sea level rise in Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 31 publications

References 18 publications

Impact of Climate Change to Tourism Sector in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Impact of Climate Change to Tourism Sector in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Projected Impact of Sea Level Rise on Nigeria’s Coastal City of Calabar in Cross River State

Linking local impacts to changes in climate: a guide to attribution

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