Joseph Olabode Balogun

Keywords: Floods, rainfall, waste management, drainages, Kaduna

Abstract

Floods in Nigeria had done more harm without any notice of benefits. In the
last three decades, Nigerian cities have experienced great physical development in terms of building, manufacturing industries and others
without any appreciable infrastructures such as drainages, roads and canals to support them. These have made floods to be a serious challenge that plague many Nigerian cities. Thus, this study investigates the causes and impacts of flood in Kaduna City, Nigeria. The study sample consists of 166 respondents who were administered questionnaires in the Banawa area of Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna metropolis. The study’s results showed that there are poor waste management practices among the
residents of Kaduna metropolis as they do engaged in indiscriminate waste
disposal which have blocked inadequate drainages within the metropolis. Also, there is high rate of building construction along water channels which usually results to floods in Kaduna metropolis. The study concludes that factors such as: location of the buildings on flood prone areas, indiscriminate waste disposal, lack of flood warning system facilitate flooding in Kaduna metropolis. Thus, the study recommends that governmental and non-governmental organizations should set up various information programmes to enlighten the public in Kaduna on dangers of flood disaster. Likewise, the dumping of wastes indiscriminately should be a great offence with high fines; and government should make provisions for proper waste management schemes for the public.

Author Biography

Joseph Olabode Balogun

Urban and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Email: [email protected]

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