... increasing frequency and severity of recurrent flooding. The district’s low-lying coastal terrain, rapid urbanization and unsustainable development practices exacerbate flood risks, as a gendered issue with disproportionate impacts on women and girls. Design/methodology/approach This study was designed...

...Antonis Skouloudis; Walter Leal Filho; Georgios Deligiannakis; Panagiotis Vouros; Ioannnis Nikolaou; Konstantinos Evangelinos Purpose This paper aims to investigate aspects of flood experience, attitudes and responses of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Greece and to indicate...

.... Originality/value The results of the rainfall IDF curves can provide useful information for policymakers to make the right decisions in controlling and minimizing flooding in the study area. Flooding Risk management Climate change Sea level rise Hydraulic projects Climate variability Rainfall...

.... Of note is the fact that the number of R100 occurred more frequently in the northern provinces, which means the northern region is facing a high risk of flooding. Numerous statistical methods, such as parametric and non-parametric tests have been used to detect monotonic trends in hydro-meteorology...

...Fredrick Okoth Okaka; Beneah D.O. Odhiambo Purpose Mombasa City in Kenya is one of the most vulnerable towns to flood risk due to its low-lying coastal location. Those at the highest risk in the city are households living in the flood-prone informal settlements. However, little is known about...

...Anselm Anibueze Enete; Joy N Obi; Nicholas Ozor; Chinedu Lilian Mba Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the extent of agricultural losses incurred by the farm households due to flood; to assess the farm households gender-based vulnerability to flood; to identify the coping...

..., yet still under-researched areas. Design/methodology/approach – Based on ethnographic research conducted in two poor, flood-prone municipalities in Pikine/Dakar, this paper identifies such coping and adaptation strategies and examines their prospects for maladaptation. Findings – The paper...