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Climate Change and Coastal Resilience in Nigeria

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Nigerian coast is likely to experience severe effects from flooding due to its geography, climate, vegetation, soils, economic structure, population and settlement, energy demands, and agricultural activities. In this chapter, case study and secondary data were mainly used to assess the effect of flooding and resilience provided as a result of the impacts of climate change in all the eight coastal states in the country in recent years. The result revealed that flooding has effect on the water quality, species distribution, physiology, and population of the aquatic organism in the coastal areas of the country. However, the ecosystem is greatly predisposed and the livelihood of the coastal communities was swayed, hence food insecurity, the fisherfolk in the study area have various inadvertent and intentional adaptation strategies adopted for maximum fish production/catch. It is therefore recommended that Nigeria coastal communities develop local adaptation strategies such as construction of canals and channels, seawalls, and dikes to protect their houses and farms and sustain their livelihoods against climate change and flood disasters.

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  1. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, FUTA, Akure, Nigeria

    Lydia Mosunmola Adeleke & Oluwatosin Kehinde Olajubu

  2. Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, FUTA, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

    Olufunmilayo Bosede Akinwalere

  3. Department of Animal Production and Health, FUTA, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

    Emmanuel Gbenga Onibi

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Adeleke, L.M., Akinwalere, O.B., Olajubu, O.K., Onibi, E.G. (2018). Climate Change and Coastal Resilience in Nigeria. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_126-1

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