International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remot... more The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) were integrated with multicriteria analysis to delineate the flood vulnerable areas. Seven criteria were considered; rainfall, runoff, slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, landuse and landcover, and soil. The various criteria were fit into fuzzy membership classes based on their effect in causing flood. The fuzzy members of all criteria were then overlaid to generate the flood vulnerability map. The result of the flood vulnerability map shows that very low vulnerable zones cover 86.7% of the total area, low vulnerable zones cover 1.6% of the total area, moderate vulnerable zones cover 2.17% of the total area, highly vulnerable zones cover 2.3% of the total area while very highly vulnerable zones cover 7.3% of the total area. Built up was used as a measure of the effect of flooding on human lives and properties in Afikpo South Lo...
Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence.... more Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence. Availability of groundwater is spatially and temporally dependent upon the terrain of an area. In order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in water availability, supply and use, the construction of water harvesting structures across streams/watersheds is gaining drive in recent years. The increase in demand for water has led to the construction of water storage dams for various purposes such as community and industrial use, irrigation, flood control, hydropower and river canalization. Safety is the key consideration than cost and capacity as the failure of a dam often results to severe loss of lives and properties, hence the need to consider some important criteria for suitable dam siting. In this study, potential sites for construction of dams in Imo State, Nigeria, have been identified by using geographical information system and remote sensing techniques which were integrated with fuzzy logic to achieve the study objectives. Climatic and geophysical factors such as rainfall, runoff, stream order, soil type, geology type and land use were considered. These factors assigned fuzzy membership classes according to their contribution in locating suitable dam sites. The fuzzy members for all the factors were combined using the fuzzy overlay technique to produce the suitable dam site selection map. Majority of the selected sites were located in the northwestern part of Imo State which is characterized by high elevation and gentle slope.
This research is aimed at determining suitable areas within Akure metropolis with residual soils ... more This research is aimed at determining suitable areas within Akure metropolis with residual soils of excellent geotechnical properties as landfill liners and with considerable depth to groundwater table, along with other environmental factors, for siting municipal solid waste dumpsite. Field work, soil sampling, and laboratory geotechnical tests were carried out based on standards outlined in British Standards, BS 1377. The suitability of geotechnical parameters was evaluated using existing standards described in previous research works. The geotechnical conditions, along with lithologic, hydrologic, topographic, and land-use conditions, of the study area were allotted weightages, and respective maps were produced using fuzzy membership approach. The coefficient of permeability, plasticity index, fines percentage, and maximum dry density (MDD) values ranged from 2.66 × 10 –9 to 3.99 × 10 –3 , 0 to 34.9%, 4.3 to 78.8%, and 1432 to 2113 kg/m 3 respectively. Based upon the evaluation o...
Soil erosion and mass movement processes spread across Anambra State in Nigeria, therefore making... more Soil erosion and mass movement processes spread across Anambra State in Nigeria, therefore making management and conservation techniques expensive and difficult in execution across the entire state. This study employed the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model with the integration of geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to assess the risk of soil erosion and hotspots in the area. Remotely sensed data such as Landsat 8 imagery, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) imagery, Era-Interim coupled with world soil database were used as digital data sources for land use map, digital elevation model, rainfall and soil data, respectively, to generate the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) parameters. The results indicated vulnerability levels in low, medium and high cover areas of 4,143.62 (91%), 332.29 (7%) and 84.06 (2%) km2, respectively, with a total soil loss between 0 and 181.237 ton/ha/yr (metric ton per hectare per year). This study reveal...
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remot... more The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) were integrated with multicriteria analysis to delineate the flood vulnerable areas. Seven criteria were considered; rainfall, runoff, slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, landuse and landcover, and soil. The various criteria were fit into fuzzy membership classes based on their effect in causing flood. The fuzzy members of all criteria were then overlaid to generate the flood vulnerability map. The result of the flood vulnerability map shows that very low vulnerable zones cover 86.7% of the total area, low vulnerable zones cover 1.6% of the total area, moderate vulnerable zones cover 2.17% of the total area, highly vulnerable zones cover 2.3% of the total area while very highly vulnerable zones cover 7.3% of the total area. Built up was used as a measure of the effect of flooding on human lives and properties in Afikpo South Lo...
Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence.... more Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence. Availability of groundwater is spatially and temporally dependent upon the terrain of an area. In order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in water availability, supply and use, the construction of water harvesting structures across streams/watersheds is gaining drive in recent years. The increase in demand for water has led to the construction of water storage dams for various purposes such as community and industrial use, irrigation, flood control, hydropower and river canalization. Safety is the key consideration than cost and capacity as the failure of a dam often results to severe loss of lives and properties, hence the need to consider some important criteria for suitable dam siting. In this study, potential sites for construction of dams in Imo State, Nigeria, have been identified by using geographical information system and remote sensing techniques which were integrated with fuzzy logic to achieve the study objectives. Climatic and geophysical factors such as rainfall, runoff, stream order, soil type, geology type and land use were considered. These factors assigned fuzzy membership classes according to their contribution in locating suitable dam sites. The fuzzy members for all the factors were combined using the fuzzy overlay technique to produce the suitable dam site selection map. Majority of the selected sites were located in the northwestern part of Imo State which is characterized by high elevation and gentle slope.
Population explosion coupled with poor governance and land use planning is responsible for indisc... more Population explosion coupled with poor governance and land use planning is responsible for indiscriminate dumping of solid waste in unsuitable sites. Despite the vast availability of modern methods of siting landfills, many waste disposal methods in Akure are piled up in open sites and unsafe. Owing to this lack of effectiveness of these common methods in Akure, a better approach is adopted to enable the analysis of a number of required qualitative and quantitative issues for landfill site selection. This study is aimed at identifying suitable sites for solid waste disposal and management while considering all essential factors and rating criteria by integrating GIS with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in Akure, Ondo State. Standards for siting landfill formulated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) were employed in this study. The criteria that are considered herein are land use, slope, distance to drainage, distance to linear features, soil, geology, distance to the residence and road accessibility. These criteria were assigned fuzzy membership classes based on their importance in siting landfill. The fuzzy members of all criteria were overlaid to generate the final landfill site suitability map which was classified into five: not suitable (34.1%), less suitable (50.4%), moderately suitable (0.3%), suitable (0.02%) and highly suitable (15.5%). The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was employed in the selection of the landfill site with reverence to multiple criteria and the fuzzy membership classes in accordance with the standards of the EPA. The result of this study serves as guide for further field survey.
Floods are water induced disasters that lead to temporary inundation of dry land and cause seriou... more Floods are water induced disasters that lead to temporary inundation of dry land and cause serious damages in the affected location such as loss of lives and properties and destruction of infrastructures. Nigeria has experienced a lot of flood incidences and the impact of flood has also increased due to population growth coupled with uncontrolled developmental practices. The result of this is pressure and congestion in urban land areas. This in turn forces a considerable number of people to settle in unsafe areas with inherent risk to flood which is the case in Ala river basin, Akure, Ondo state. The aim of this research study to make an assessment of flood risk vulnerability in Ala river basin area. Multicriteria Evaluation methods were used to analyse flood vulnerable areas. The causative factors of flood within the basin taken into consideration includes slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, soil type and land use. Geographical information system was integrated with Fuzzy Logic to classify the various causative criteria. Fuzzy overlay was used to generate the flood risk map in Ala river basin identifying low, medium and high flood risk zones which would be made available to policy and decision makers as a decision support system in tackling flood.
Flooding is a common occurrence in many parts of the entire mangrove belt of Nigeria and fresh wa... more Flooding is a common occurrence in many parts of the entire mangrove belt of Nigeria and fresh water especially at the high tide or during rainy season of which Calabar city is a part. The motivation for this study is the annual flooding events that occurs at Calabar and its environs. The aim of the research study is to make an assessment of flood risk zones in Calabar for the purpose of flood disaster management. Some causative factors for flooding such as precipitation, distance to drainage, drainage density, soil type, slope and landuse were taken into consideration. Two Multicriteria Analysis Decision Method (MCDA) were used to classify and calculate the weights of each factor. The ranking method was used to classify and rank the components of each factor based on their influence in causing flooding. Pairwise Comparison Method, an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to calculate the weight of the factors in causing flood. The weighted overlay tool in ArcGIS 10 was used to perform a multicriteria overlay of all factors to generate the flood risk map which would serve as a planning element in flood disaster management in terms of preparedness and response in Calabar.
In recent times, focus has been on increasing and developing rice cultivation and production in N... more In recent times, focus has been on increasing and developing rice cultivation and production in Nigeria by the federal government. Rice cultivation in Nigeria over the years has been rainfed. For a year round cultivation and production of rice, irrigation system are to be put in place to supply rice farmlands with water during the dry season. Geographical Information System (GIS) and multicriteria analysis using fuzzy logic would be used to identify best sites for irrigating rice farmlands. Weather, topographic, soil, groundwater and geological characteristics would be used to identify and map out the irrigation areas. The final map would be a map identifying best areas for siting irrigation system and supply which would support rice farmers for all year round production.
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remot... more The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) were integrated with multicriteria analysis to delineate the flood vulnerable areas. Seven criteria were considered; rainfall, runoff, slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, landuse and landcover, and soil. The various criteria were fit into fuzzy membership classes based on their effect in causing flood. The fuzzy members of all criteria were then overlaid to generate the flood vulnerability map. The result of the flood vulnerability map shows that very low vulnerable zones cover 86.7% of the total area, low vulnerable zones cover 1.6% of the total area, moderate vulnerable zones cover 2.17% of the total area, highly vulnerable zones cover 2.3% of the total area while very highly vulnerable zones cover 7.3% of the total area. Built up was used as a measure of the effect of flooding on human lives and properties in Afikpo South Lo...
Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence.... more Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence. Availability of groundwater is spatially and temporally dependent upon the terrain of an area. In order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in water availability, supply and use, the construction of water harvesting structures across streams/watersheds is gaining drive in recent years. The increase in demand for water has led to the construction of water storage dams for various purposes such as community and industrial use, irrigation, flood control, hydropower and river canalization. Safety is the key consideration than cost and capacity as the failure of a dam often results to severe loss of lives and properties, hence the need to consider some important criteria for suitable dam siting. In this study, potential sites for construction of dams in Imo State, Nigeria, have been identified by using geographical information system and remote sensing techniques which were integrated with fuzzy logic to achieve the study objectives. Climatic and geophysical factors such as rainfall, runoff, stream order, soil type, geology type and land use were considered. These factors assigned fuzzy membership classes according to their contribution in locating suitable dam sites. The fuzzy members for all the factors were combined using the fuzzy overlay technique to produce the suitable dam site selection map. Majority of the selected sites were located in the northwestern part of Imo State which is characterized by high elevation and gentle slope.
This research is aimed at determining suitable areas within Akure metropolis with residual soils ... more This research is aimed at determining suitable areas within Akure metropolis with residual soils of excellent geotechnical properties as landfill liners and with considerable depth to groundwater table, along with other environmental factors, for siting municipal solid waste dumpsite. Field work, soil sampling, and laboratory geotechnical tests were carried out based on standards outlined in British Standards, BS 1377. The suitability of geotechnical parameters was evaluated using existing standards described in previous research works. The geotechnical conditions, along with lithologic, hydrologic, topographic, and land-use conditions, of the study area were allotted weightages, and respective maps were produced using fuzzy membership approach. The coefficient of permeability, plasticity index, fines percentage, and maximum dry density (MDD) values ranged from 2.66 × 10 –9 to 3.99 × 10 –3 , 0 to 34.9%, 4.3 to 78.8%, and 1432 to 2113 kg/m 3 respectively. Based upon the evaluation o...
Soil erosion and mass movement processes spread across Anambra State in Nigeria, therefore making... more Soil erosion and mass movement processes spread across Anambra State in Nigeria, therefore making management and conservation techniques expensive and difficult in execution across the entire state. This study employed the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model with the integration of geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to assess the risk of soil erosion and hotspots in the area. Remotely sensed data such as Landsat 8 imagery, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) imagery, Era-Interim coupled with world soil database were used as digital data sources for land use map, digital elevation model, rainfall and soil data, respectively, to generate the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) parameters. The results indicated vulnerability levels in low, medium and high cover areas of 4,143.62 (91%), 332.29 (7%) and 84.06 (2%) km2, respectively, with a total soil loss between 0 and 181.237 ton/ha/yr (metric ton per hectare per year). This study reveal...
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remot... more The study was conducted in Afikpo South Local Government covering a total area of 331.5km2. Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) were integrated with multicriteria analysis to delineate the flood vulnerable areas. Seven criteria were considered; rainfall, runoff, slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, landuse and landcover, and soil. The various criteria were fit into fuzzy membership classes based on their effect in causing flood. The fuzzy members of all criteria were then overlaid to generate the flood vulnerability map. The result of the flood vulnerability map shows that very low vulnerable zones cover 86.7% of the total area, low vulnerable zones cover 1.6% of the total area, moderate vulnerable zones cover 2.17% of the total area, highly vulnerable zones cover 2.3% of the total area while very highly vulnerable zones cover 7.3% of the total area. Built up was used as a measure of the effect of flooding on human lives and properties in Afikpo South Lo...
Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence.... more Water is an essential natural resource that is vital for sustaining every form of life existence. Availability of groundwater is spatially and temporally dependent upon the terrain of an area. In order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in water availability, supply and use, the construction of water harvesting structures across streams/watersheds is gaining drive in recent years. The increase in demand for water has led to the construction of water storage dams for various purposes such as community and industrial use, irrigation, flood control, hydropower and river canalization. Safety is the key consideration than cost and capacity as the failure of a dam often results to severe loss of lives and properties, hence the need to consider some important criteria for suitable dam siting. In this study, potential sites for construction of dams in Imo State, Nigeria, have been identified by using geographical information system and remote sensing techniques which were integrated with fuzzy logic to achieve the study objectives. Climatic and geophysical factors such as rainfall, runoff, stream order, soil type, geology type and land use were considered. These factors assigned fuzzy membership classes according to their contribution in locating suitable dam sites. The fuzzy members for all the factors were combined using the fuzzy overlay technique to produce the suitable dam site selection map. Majority of the selected sites were located in the northwestern part of Imo State which is characterized by high elevation and gentle slope.
Population explosion coupled with poor governance and land use planning is responsible for indisc... more Population explosion coupled with poor governance and land use planning is responsible for indiscriminate dumping of solid waste in unsuitable sites. Despite the vast availability of modern methods of siting landfills, many waste disposal methods in Akure are piled up in open sites and unsafe. Owing to this lack of effectiveness of these common methods in Akure, a better approach is adopted to enable the analysis of a number of required qualitative and quantitative issues for landfill site selection. This study is aimed at identifying suitable sites for solid waste disposal and management while considering all essential factors and rating criteria by integrating GIS with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in Akure, Ondo State. Standards for siting landfill formulated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) were employed in this study. The criteria that are considered herein are land use, slope, distance to drainage, distance to linear features, soil, geology, distance to the residence and road accessibility. These criteria were assigned fuzzy membership classes based on their importance in siting landfill. The fuzzy members of all criteria were overlaid to generate the final landfill site suitability map which was classified into five: not suitable (34.1%), less suitable (50.4%), moderately suitable (0.3%), suitable (0.02%) and highly suitable (15.5%). The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was employed in the selection of the landfill site with reverence to multiple criteria and the fuzzy membership classes in accordance with the standards of the EPA. The result of this study serves as guide for further field survey.
Floods are water induced disasters that lead to temporary inundation of dry land and cause seriou... more Floods are water induced disasters that lead to temporary inundation of dry land and cause serious damages in the affected location such as loss of lives and properties and destruction of infrastructures. Nigeria has experienced a lot of flood incidences and the impact of flood has also increased due to population growth coupled with uncontrolled developmental practices. The result of this is pressure and congestion in urban land areas. This in turn forces a considerable number of people to settle in unsafe areas with inherent risk to flood which is the case in Ala river basin, Akure, Ondo state. The aim of this research study to make an assessment of flood risk vulnerability in Ala river basin area. Multicriteria Evaluation methods were used to analyse flood vulnerable areas. The causative factors of flood within the basin taken into consideration includes slope, distance to drainage, drainage density, soil type and land use. Geographical information system was integrated with Fuzzy Logic to classify the various causative criteria. Fuzzy overlay was used to generate the flood risk map in Ala river basin identifying low, medium and high flood risk zones which would be made available to policy and decision makers as a decision support system in tackling flood.
Flooding is a common occurrence in many parts of the entire mangrove belt of Nigeria and fresh wa... more Flooding is a common occurrence in many parts of the entire mangrove belt of Nigeria and fresh water especially at the high tide or during rainy season of which Calabar city is a part. The motivation for this study is the annual flooding events that occurs at Calabar and its environs. The aim of the research study is to make an assessment of flood risk zones in Calabar for the purpose of flood disaster management. Some causative factors for flooding such as precipitation, distance to drainage, drainage density, soil type, slope and landuse were taken into consideration. Two Multicriteria Analysis Decision Method (MCDA) were used to classify and calculate the weights of each factor. The ranking method was used to classify and rank the components of each factor based on their influence in causing flooding. Pairwise Comparison Method, an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to calculate the weight of the factors in causing flood. The weighted overlay tool in ArcGIS 10 was used to perform a multicriteria overlay of all factors to generate the flood risk map which would serve as a planning element in flood disaster management in terms of preparedness and response in Calabar.
In recent times, focus has been on increasing and developing rice cultivation and production in N... more In recent times, focus has been on increasing and developing rice cultivation and production in Nigeria by the federal government. Rice cultivation in Nigeria over the years has been rainfed. For a year round cultivation and production of rice, irrigation system are to be put in place to supply rice farmlands with water during the dry season. Geographical Information System (GIS) and multicriteria analysis using fuzzy logic would be used to identify best sites for irrigating rice farmlands. Weather, topographic, soil, groundwater and geological characteristics would be used to identify and map out the irrigation areas. The final map would be a map identifying best areas for siting irrigation system and supply which would support rice farmers for all year round production.
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solid waste disposal and management while considering all essential factors and rating criteria by integrating GIS with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in Akure, Ondo State. Standards for siting landfill formulated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) were employed in this study. The criteria that are considered herein are land use, slope, distance to drainage, distance to linear features, soil, geology, distance to the residence and road accessibility. These criteria were assigned fuzzy membership classes based on their importance in siting landfill. The fuzzy members of all criteria were overlaid to generate the final landfill site suitability map which was classified into five: not suitable (34.1%), less suitable (50.4%), moderately suitable (0.3%), suitable (0.02%) and highly suitable (15.5%). The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was employed in the selection of the landfill site with reverence to multiple criteria and the fuzzy membership classes in accordance with the standards of the EPA. The result of this study serves as guide for further field survey.
solid waste disposal and management while considering all essential factors and rating criteria by integrating GIS with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in Akure, Ondo State. Standards for siting landfill formulated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) were employed in this study. The criteria that are considered herein are land use, slope, distance to drainage, distance to linear features, soil, geology, distance to the residence and road accessibility. These criteria were assigned fuzzy membership classes based on their importance in siting landfill. The fuzzy members of all criteria were overlaid to generate the final landfill site suitability map which was classified into five: not suitable (34.1%), less suitable (50.4%), moderately suitable (0.3%), suitable (0.02%) and highly suitable (15.5%). The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was employed in the selection of the landfill site with reverence to multiple criteria and the fuzzy membership classes in accordance with the standards of the EPA. The result of this study serves as guide for further field survey.