Author(s)

Omobolaji Oluwamuyiwa Afolabi^1*, Victoria Ojone Emelu², Elekwachi Wali³, Maureen Chidinma Orji⁴, Lilian Chidinma Bosco-Abiahu⁵, Olushola Idowu Tonye Yemi-Jonathan², Odinaka Amadi Wali⁶, Sunny Oghenefegor Asomaku²

¹Institute of Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
²Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
³Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
⁴Development Studies, University of Passau, Passau, Germany.
⁵Department of Environmental Management, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Owerri, Nigeria.
⁶Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Flooding is becoming a yearly reoccurring event in many communities and cities in Nigeria, leading to the destruction of properties and deaths; hence, we must take measures to either prepare for the impact or curb the occurrence. The study identified flood vulnerability levels of communities in Isoko North LGA based on physical environmental domains such as land use, elevation, and proximity to river channel (drainage) using geospatial techniques. Also, attributes that could contribute to the resilience capacity building of the communities were assessed. From the study, 73.93% of the entire area is moderately and highly vulnerable to flood, while among the communities, seventeen (17) are categorized as moderately vulnerable, and four (4) are lowly vulnerable. The overall resilience capacity of the communities indicated can build a substantial capacity towards community resilience (3.02, 0.06). However, there is a need to encourage collaboration with stakeholders to improve mitigation action and enhance various shortcomings toward resilience capacity building.

Community Resilience, Flood Vulnerability, Geospatial Analysis, Physical Environment, Resilience Capacity

Afolabi, O. , Emelu, V. , Wali, E. , Orji, M. , Bosco-Abiahu, L. , Yemi-Jonathan, O. , Wali, O. and Asomaku, S. (2022) Geospatial Analysis of Flood Vulnerability Levels Based on Physical Characteristics and Resilience Capacity of Peri-Urban Settlements in Nigeria. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 10, 267-288. doi: 10.4236/gep.2022.108017.