Analysing The Socio-Economic and Health Impacts of High Temperatures in Abuja Metropolis and Its Coping Strategies (Published)
The paper analyses the socio-economic and health impacts of high temperatures in Abuja metropolis; trends, vulnerabilities and coping strategies. The research design for this study was cross-sectional because it reflected situations, attitudes, perspectives and behaviors of people. The cross-sectional research design was chosen with the aim of collecting information that was thorough and accurate. F.C.T lies between latitudes 8° 25´and 9° 25´ north of the Equator and longitudes 6° 45´ and 7°45´ East of Greenwich Meridian, Abuja the FCT is geographically located in the centre of the country with a landmass of approximately 8000 km² of which the actual city, that is, the Federal Capital City (FCC) occupies 250 km2 landmass. The strength of Abuja’s economy is attributed to its diverse economic activities ranging from construction and real estate, tourism and leisure, agriculture and a dynamic service sector that includes infrastructure development. Others include Agro- Allied and transportation. The people engage also in different types of farming with 30% of its population being traders and 22% civil servants, although other staple crops are produced such as, cassava, okro, vegetables, plantain, millet, sorghum and beans etc., yam production remains the staple crop. Other livelihood activities are trading, skilled and unskilled labour.
Keywords: Abuja metropolis, Coping Strategies, high temperatures, socio-economic and health impacts