Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria
This article examines the relationship between households’ flood resilience and predictors of their resilience in Nigeria, with a view to improving their flood risk management capacities. This study utilises a quantitative research design whereby a cross-sectional survey method is used to randomly s...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of the Free State
2022-12-01
|
| Series: | Town and Regional Planning |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/6975 |
| _version_ | 1797277022050844672 |
|---|---|
| author | Oluwafemi Odunsi Margaret Onanuga |
| author_facet | Oluwafemi Odunsi Margaret Onanuga |
| author_sort | Oluwafemi Odunsi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article examines the relationship between households’ flood resilience and predictors of their resilience in Nigeria, with a view to improving their flood risk management capacities. This study utilises a quantitative research design whereby a cross-sectional survey method is used to randomly select 512 households for questionnaire administration through a multistage sampling procedure. Data was analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The study shows that environmental, institutional, and socio-economic factors have statistically significant positive effects on household flood resilience, while the behavioural factor has a negative effect. The highest predictor of households’ resilience to flood disaster is the socio-economic factor. The implication is that low socio-economic status indicates a high level of poverty that worsens households’ flood resilience. This suggests that the poor do not have the needed economic resources and social nets to prevent, adapt to, and/or transform from the impact of flood disaster. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-07T15:37:40Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7919759c6e184cc2be3b276363d51858 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1012-280X 2415-0495 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-07T15:37:40Z |
| publishDate | 2022-12-01 |
| publisher | University of the Free State |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Town and Regional Planning |
| spelling | doaj.art-7919759c6e184cc2be3b276363d518582024-03-05T09:47:14ZengUniversity of the Free StateTown and Regional Planning1012-280X2415-04952022-12-018197112https://doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp81i1.8Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in NigeriaOluwafemi Odunsi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6127-0835Margaret Onanuga1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6041-3435Olabisi Onabanjo University, NigeriaTai Solarin University of Education, NigeriaThis article examines the relationship between households’ flood resilience and predictors of their resilience in Nigeria, with a view to improving their flood risk management capacities. This study utilises a quantitative research design whereby a cross-sectional survey method is used to randomly select 512 households for questionnaire administration through a multistage sampling procedure. Data was analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The study shows that environmental, institutional, and socio-economic factors have statistically significant positive effects on household flood resilience, while the behavioural factor has a negative effect. The highest predictor of households’ resilience to flood disaster is the socio-economic factor. The implication is that low socio-economic status indicates a high level of poverty that worsens households’ flood resilience. This suggests that the poor do not have the needed economic resources and social nets to prevent, adapt to, and/or transform from the impact of flood disaster.https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/6975climate adaptationflood adaptationflood resiliencesocio-economic resiliencenatural disaster |
| spellingShingle | Oluwafemi Odunsi Margaret Onanuga Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria Town and Regional Planning climate adaptation flood adaptation flood resilience socio-economic resilience natural disaster |
| title | Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria |
| title_full | Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria |
| title_short | Modelling resilience to extreme climate events: A household-based study of flood disaster in Nigeria |
| title_sort | modelling resilience to extreme climate events a household based study of flood disaster in nigeria |
| topic | climate adaptation flood adaptation flood resilience socio-economic resilience natural disaster |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/6975 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT oluwafemiodunsi modellingresiliencetoextremeclimateeventsahouseholdbasedstudyofflooddisasterinnigeria AT margaretonanuga modellingresiliencetoextremeclimateeventsahouseholdbasedstudyofflooddisasterinnigeria |