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The Effect Of Flood On Road Users
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Urban flooding has attracted growing public concern due to rising intense precipitation and increasing consequences. Accurate risk assessment is critical to an efficient urban flood management, particularly in transportation sector. This paper describes the effects of flood on road users in Lagos state, where some ares are prone to flooding.
A descriptive study to evaluate the potential impact and risk of flood on road Users and road networks in the city of Lagos.
The population of the study includes all the road users from both Motorist and pedestrian.
Results suggest that the flood response is a function of spatio-temporal distribution of precipitation and local characteristics (i.e. drainage and topography), and flood is found to lead to proportionate but nonlinear impact on intra-urban road traffic Users.
Based on the findings we suggest that there is constant flood information for smart management of urban street network which may be applied to other big cities where road flood risk is evolving in the context of climate change and urbanization.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the studyflooding
is among the most common and destructive natural hazards, resulting in
considerable direct losses (e.g. personal injury and property damage)
and increasing indirect impacts (e.g. interruption of public services
and economic activities), especially in the urbanized areas around the
world (e.g. Ramos et al. 2005; Mejia and Moglen 2010; Smith et al. 2012;
Wright et al. 2012). Flood can be caused by heavy rain can be a regular
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the studyflooding
is among the most common and destructive natural hazards, resulting in
considerable direct losses (e.g. personal injury and property damage)
and increasing indirect impacts (e.g. interruption of public services
and economic activities), especially in the urbanized areas around the
world (e.g. Ramos et al. 2005; Mejia and Moglen 2010; Smith et al. 2012;
Wright et al. 2012). Flood can be caused by heavy rain can be a regular
... Continue reading---
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