River Manafwa is a natural river found in Eastern Uganda. The river originates from Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda and traverses the districts of Bududa, Manafwa, Mbale, and Butaleja. It joins the Mpologoma River, which ...

Kampala city has experienced floods on a number of occasions after a downpour, causing damage to people’s homes, water pollution, disruption of traffic and economic activities. This study aims at flood susceptibility ...

Globally, floods are the costliest natural hazard in the world and account for a 31percent of economic losses resulting from natural catastrophes. Especially, river flooding has been a major natural hazard worldwide in ...

Ggaba is a parish in the Kampala city suburb located in Makindye division, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, at the southern tip of the city of Kampala. It is a low-lying area, which is prone to flooding and experiences ...

River Mubuku has been exposed to series of alternating hydrologic droughts and flash floods that constantly affect the social and economic livelihood of the riparian population within the catchment and the surrounding ...

Our climate is changing and associated with this change is the change in rainfall patterns, temperature, humidity and other associated aspects of the climate. Resilience refers to ability of an infrastructure to recover ...

Floods are the most common and destructive form of natural disasters around the world. Floods are going to be magnified and intensified by future climate change, rapid urbanisation, and urban drainage asset deterioration ...