FLOOD RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF KATCHA TOWN IN KATCHA LOCAL GOVERNEMNT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The occurrence of flood events has brought a lot of miseries to man and his environment. Farmers have continued to experience yearly loss of lives, properties and farm land to flood events that are caused by heavy rainfall and discharge of water from River Niger Nigeria. Flooding has been identified as one of the major factors that prevent Africa’s growing population of city dwellers escaping from poverty as well ...
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