Benin City Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Flood management ==== Benin city experiences regular flooding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Butu|first1=A. W.|last2=Emeribe|first2=C. N.|last3=Ogbomida|first3=E. T.|date=March 2019|title=Effects of Seasonal Flooding in Benin City and the need for a Community-Based Adaptation Model in Disaster Management in Nigeria|url=https://nijest.com/112-128_108_vol-3-no-1_nijest-2/|journal=Nigerian Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology|language=en|volume=3|issue=1|pages=112β128|doi=10.36263/nijest.2019.01.0108|doi-broken-date=1 February 2024|s2cid=202915758|issn=2616-0501|doi-access=free|access-date=2 October 2021|archive-date=13 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313191011/https://nijest.com/112-128_108_vol-3-no-1_nijest-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Studies have consistently highlighted the problem since at least 1993.<ref name="Odemerho 371β376">{{Cite journal|last=Odemerho|first=Francis O.|date=1993-04-01|title=Flood control failures in a Third World City: Benin City, Nigeria β some environmental factors and policy issues|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00807539|journal=GeoJournal|language=en|volume=29|issue=4|pages=371β376|doi=10.1007/BF00807539|s2cid=153661811|issn=1572-9893}}</ref> Experts have recommended a number of ways to improve flood management, including better controls on land use, construction and development,<ref name="Odemerho 371β376"/> improved [[Community-based program design|Community-based programs]] designed to improve city adaptation and disaster management,<ref name=":0" /> and improvements in individual preparedness.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ezemonye|first1=Mary. N|last2=Emeribe|first2=Chukwudi. N|date=2014-01-01|title=Flooding and Household Preparedness in Benin City, Nigeria|url=https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/1933|journal=Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences|doi=10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n1p547|doi-access=free}}</ref> In June 2020, a significant number of communities and individuals were left homeless because of city flooding.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-22|title=Flood ravages Benin City, renders many homeless|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/flood-ravages-benin-city-renders-many-homeless/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref> At the time, residents and the city blamed poor [[storm drain]]s and a failure to continue flood adaptation programs.<ref name=":1" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page