Nigeria’s Lagos Among Most Vulnerable Cities

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By Seyi Oduyela

Published: October 2, 2009

Nigeria’s Lagos Among Most Vulnerable  Cities

The African cities of Alexandria, in Egypt, Lagos, in Nigeria, and Monrovia, in Liberia, are among the top five cities most vulnerable to sea level rises, according to a report by the Centre for Global Development. The US think tank’s based its projections on the vulnerability of coastal populations to storm surges if sea level rises in line with U.N. projections. The report looked at cities’ geographic features, the population at risk and economic activities that would be compromised. At the top of the list is Manila, capital of the Philippines, which has been heavily hit this week by tropical storm Ketsana. Karachi, in Pakistan, Indonesia’s Jakarta and Port Said, in Egypt, were also in the top ten.

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