TY - CHAP A1 - Albrecht, Eike A1 - Ogbonna, Chika ED - Leal Filho, Walter T1 - Strategic Environmental Assessment as a Tool to Integrate Climate Change Adaptation: A Perspective for Nigeria T2 - Handbook of Climate Change Adaption KW - Nigeria KW - Climate Change KW - Adaptation KW - Strategic Environmental Assessment KW - Decision-making Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-642-40455-9 SP - 1239 EP - 1260 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ogbonna, Chika A1 - Albrecht, Eike A1 - Ugochukwu, Collins Norberth Chinedu A1 - Nwajiuba, Chinedum A1 - Onyeneke, Robert ED - Leal Filho, Walter T1 - Climate Resilience in African Coastal Areas: Scaling Up Institutional Capabilities in the Niger Delta Region T2 - Handbook of Climate Change Resilience N2 - African coastal areas are increasingly prone to coastal challenges. The Niger Delta coastal areas are exposed to physical alterations due to natural and anthropogenic influences. In addition to current and projected extreme events such as flooding, erosion, sea-level rise, and heat waves, other conflicting factors increasing the vulnerability of the coastal Niger Delta range from the rapid shift in demography, urbanization, unsustainable land use, and inadequate implementation of relevant policies to oil spillage and gas flaring. All these issues, in addition to climate variability, increase the vulnerability and threaten the resilience of the human and natural environment. This chapter highlights the effects of climate- and weather-related extremes in the vulnerable riparian Niger Delta, based on existing facts and an empirical study, which gives insight on institutional challenges derived from the views of relevant technocrats, nongovernmental organizations, and stakeholders. Analysis of stakeholder views indicates some weaknesses and potential strengths of relevant institutions in addressing climate change issues through effective governance. Hence, scaling up institutional capabilities would enhance the resilience of communities and improve adaptive capacities. Key strengths involve employing existing institutional frameworks under relevant MDAs to climate-proof future coastal, riverbank, or lakeshores development. KW - Resilience KW - Climate resilience KW - Adapation KW - Climate Change KW - Nigeria KW - Niger delta Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-319-93337-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93336-8_9 SP - 29 EP - 49 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham, CH ET - 1 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ogbonna, Chika A1 - Albrecht, Eike A1 - Schönfelder, René ED - Leal Filho, Walter ED - Belay, Simane ED - Kalangu, Jokasha ED - Menas, Wuta ED - Munishi, Pantaleo ED - Musiyiwa, Kumbirai T1 - Adaptation Opportunities to Climate Variability and Potential Effects on Sustainable Development. The Case of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region T2 - Climate Change Adaptation in Africa - Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Adapt Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-49519-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0 SP - 711 EP - 726 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Ogbonna, Chika T1 - Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries : institutional Challenges and Opportunities for Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-8300-9923-9 N1 - Dissertation, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, 2017 PB - Dr. Kovac CY - Hamburg ER -