eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 2328-3998 2021-03-28 9 1 34 41 10.12691/ajcea-9-1-5 AJCEA2021915 article Warebi Gabriel Brisibe briswares@yahoo.com 1 Precious Ede 2 Christopher Aboh 3 Department of Architecture, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port-Harcourt Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Rivers State University, Port-Harcourt DĄŻOwems and Abe Consulting (Civil Engineers), Yenizue-Epie, Yenagoa Recent and past studies have shown that buildings without cellars or basements are considered to be most appropriate for flood-prone areas. However, a number of buildings constructed with basements have been observed in High-risk flood areas in Nigeria such as Yenagoa. This paper uses a case study approach to examine some of these buildings in the selected areas and the implications or effects of having such subterraneous spaces in these locations without the proper waterproofing or basement tanking methods. The study showed that although knowledge of pluvial flooding and fluvial flooding exists in this region and are often taken into consideration during building construction, what seems to be lacking is a knowledge of groundwater or basement flooding and its implications in building design and construction. The study also showed the extent to which policies address flooding issues and the areas they fall short. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajcea/9/1/5/ajcea-9-1-5.pdf architecture basements floods groundwater Yenagoa