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<journal-title>Global Journal of Human-Social Science - B: Geography, Environmental Science &amp; Disaster Management</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-587X</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">2249-460X</issn>
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<article-title>What to do about Climate Change-Caused Flooding and the Associated Diseases in Rivers State of Nigeria</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Oladejo</surname><given-names>Abiodun Omotayo</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Oriji</surname><given-names>Dr. Christian Chigozi</given-names></name></contrib>
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<aff id="aff1">NIGERIA, University of Port Harcourt</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2015-10-15">
<day>15</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>15</volume>
<issue>B4</issue>
<fpage>29</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
<abstract><p>The prime focus of the study is to explain what to do about climate change-caused flooding and the associated diseases in Rivers State of Nigeria. In doing so, this work gives an overview of climate change-caused flooding and effects of flooding on people in flooded areas, as well as explains flooding associated diseases in Rivers State. Besides this, it further proffers legislative, short-term and long-term measures that will help reduce if not eliminate flooding and its associated diseases in Rivers State of today, and indeed of the future.</p></abstract>
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<p>The prime focus of the study is to explain what to do about climate change-caused flooding and the associated diseases in Rivers State of Nigeria. In doing so, this work gives an overview of climate change-caused flooding and effects of flooding on people in flooded areas, as well as explains flooding associated diseases in Rivers State. Besides this, it further proffers legislative, short-term and long-term measures that will help reduce if not eliminate flooding and its associated diseases in Rivers State of today, and indeed of the future.</p>
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