Title: Collective Response to Erosion Along the Nigerian Coastline
Abstract:Natural factors for the rapid coastal erosion include an intense wave climate, a low coastal plain topography, vulnerable sediment or soil characteristics and, the global eustatic rise in sea level. T...Natural factors for the rapid coastal erosion include an intense wave climate, a low coastal plain topography, vulnerable sediment or soil characteristics and, the global eustatic rise in sea level. This paper calls for a Coastal Zone Management Policy with adequate legal backing for a rational, coordinated and effective management and control of the Nigerian shoreline. The broad policy objectives of the decree should be:- to evolve and implement regional sound coastal defence measures; to stop the haphazard urbanisation of shorelines; to preserve the ecological characteristics of nonurbanised areas including agricultural land as well as wild sections of the coastline; and to promote a sustainable development of the coastal zone.Read More
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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