Flooding in Nigeria : a review of its occurrence and impacts, and approaches to modelling flood data
Umar, Nura and Gray, Alison (2023) Flooding in Nigeria : a review of its occurrence and impacts, and approaches to modelling flood data. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 80 (3). pp. 540-561. ISSN 0020-7233 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2022.2081471)
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Abstract
This paper surveys flood mapping and modelling in Nigeria in regard to frequency and impact of floods in the last decade. The aim is to understand the frequency and patterns of flooding and approaches to its modelling in relation to current practices globally. The northern part of Nigeria is affected more by flooding than the south, so should be prioritised for flood management. The use of remote sensing data with GIS techniques is the most common approach to flood modelling in Nigeria. Bayesian and machine learning approaches should be used, in preference to process-based models.
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Umar, Nura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5897-0144 and Gray, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-0637;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 80903 Dates: DateEvent4 May 2023Published31 May 2022Published Online20 May 2022AcceptedSubjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Environmental Sciences Department: Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 May 2022 14:35 Last modified: 08 Oct 2024 00:22 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/80903