Journal of Environmental Hazards

Department of Biological Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Publications

• Case Study   
  Flood Impact Assessment on the Environment: A Case Study of Birnin- Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria
  Author(s): Abdullahi Kamal*, Abdullahi Shamsudden, Ladan Muhammad Auwal and Mohammed Umar Aminu
  
  Flood in Birnin-Kudu areas is a terrible catastrophe. The location of large parts of the study area is associated with river ways, one is situated along Masaya Bridge and the other along Kwanar-Huguma and many communities are at risk of flood hazard. This study is aimed at assessing the flood impact on the environment, identifying the factors responsible for flooding occurrence, determining the factors toward prevention, management and control of flooding and understanding the community’s responses on ways to arrest flooding event ; A case study of Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State. A sample size of 600 respondents were drawn for self-administered questionnaire, 425 were fully completed. Data collected were analyzed descriptively using Microsoft Excel (Version 2019). Findings revealed that, some of the factors responsible for flood occurrence were poor drainage s.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2684-4923.2024.8.240

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