Correlates of flood preparedness in urban households: Evidence from the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana
The annual floods in cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are exacerbated by the impacts of climate change. For coastal cities double flood burden from storms and sea level rise are phenomenal and in response, data is gradually emerging on the exposure of urban areas and households’ adaptation of which popu...
Main Authors: | Daniel Kwabena Twerefou, Ernest Adu Owusu, Delali Benjamin K. Dovie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-04-01
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Series: | Environmental Challenges |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010023000288 |
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