IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

WORLD JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY (WJIMT )

E-ISSN 2504-4766
P-ISSN 2682-5910
VOL. 9 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/wjimt.v9.no2.2025.pg160.180

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Understanding the Drivers of Persistent Flooding in Bayelsa State Using Space Science and Technology

Bassey Antigha, Simeon Amodu, Mhambe Priscilla, Blessing Ohaga, Imoh Ewa

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Abstract

The world's worst natural disaster, flooding has frequently had a severe impact on how human communities are structured along sociocultural lines. Floods in Nigeria are said to affect and uproot more people than any other calamity. It also results in greater property damage. People, communities, and institutions are at risk when there is a flood disaster. Recently, floods in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta region, forced the majority of the population to leave behind their sociocultural and economic roots. The situation in Bayelsa State was the most appalling, although the State was one of the worst affected within the Niger Delta. The study looked at the sociocultural consequences of floods in Bayelsa State. To achieve this, data was acquired from two years 2013 and 2022 respectively from Landsat8 imagery. It was shown that settlement within the flooded area was 4% and 2%, flooded vegetation was 13% and 18% flooded farmlands were 2% and 8% respectively. Raising to low farm products and displacement of properties. The government can use this technic to arrest the issue of food security in the state and in the country at large.

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