Socio-Economic Impacts of Flooding on the Residents of Port Harcourt Metropolis in Rivers State, Nigeria
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53194#.VLciWcnQrzE Author(s) Elenwo Ephraim Ikechukwu Affiliation(s) Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Social Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Floods are naturally occurring phenomena that are part of the physical and biological process which have shaped our nation’s landscape. It occurs in Nigeria environment when there is heavy rain fall for prolonged period of time. The data collection for this research was by use of primary and secondary information; questionnaire was administered by face to face interviews and key informant surveys. Analytical technique was the univariate statistical methods. The results revealed that there is clear evidence of damages to properties and that there are hazards and risks faced by these households as shown in Tables 1-4 respectively. Ta...