Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains
The high productivity of soils along River Malaba floodplains and various functions (like, transport and recreation) increase the desire for humankind settlement adjacent to floodplain corridors. However, human life and property have unceasingly been destroyed by floods. Strategies have been establi...
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| description | The high productivity of soils along River Malaba floodplains and various functions (like, transport and recreation) increase the desire for humankind settlement adjacent to floodplain corridors. However, human life and property have unceasingly been destroyed by floods. Strategies have been established to deal with floods but the problem still exists. This study employed the double-bound dichotomous choice contingent valuation method to quantify the community willingness-to-pay (WTP) and associated influencing factors for restoration of River Malaba floodplains. Reconnaissance surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, observations study, and household questionnaires from 498 out of the targeted 550 respondents were employed in data collection. Amongst the adaptation strategies at household and community level, the post-flood strategies were more efficient than those practiced before- and during-floods. Amongst the suggested structural and non-structural strategies, “embankment/river training structures” and “flood forecasting and early warning” were highly preferred, respectively. The results revealed that 55% of the households expressed WTP an individual amount between Uganda shillings (UGX) 5,000 (United States Dollar, US$ 1.35) to UGX 500,000 (US$ 135.14), with a monthly average of UGX 97,080 (US$ 26.24). Total monthly amount would be UGX 38,249,500 (US$ 10,333.70) considering the 498 households. Amongst the factors analysed, age, gender, marital status, education level, occupation, household income, business affected, lost property due to floods, flooding a major problem had significant (p<0.01) positive impact on WTP. This study findings are pertinent in supporting stakeholders’ decision regarding predictive planning of flood adaptation strategies in the study area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ee5f2d9579b482791820ed6c1c9e07d2022-12-21T22:12:35ZengElsevierEnvironmental Challenges2667-01002021-08-014100160Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplainsAmbrose Mubialiwo0Adane Abebe1Charles Onyutha2Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo, Kampala, Uganda; Corresponding author.Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, Arba Minch University, PO Box 21, Arba Minch, EthiopiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo, Kampala, UgandaThe high productivity of soils along River Malaba floodplains and various functions (like, transport and recreation) increase the desire for humankind settlement adjacent to floodplain corridors. However, human life and property have unceasingly been destroyed by floods. Strategies have been established to deal with floods but the problem still exists. This study employed the double-bound dichotomous choice contingent valuation method to quantify the community willingness-to-pay (WTP) and associated influencing factors for restoration of River Malaba floodplains. Reconnaissance surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, observations study, and household questionnaires from 498 out of the targeted 550 respondents were employed in data collection. Amongst the adaptation strategies at household and community level, the post-flood strategies were more efficient than those practiced before- and during-floods. Amongst the suggested structural and non-structural strategies, “embankment/river training structures” and “flood forecasting and early warning” were highly preferred, respectively. The results revealed that 55% of the households expressed WTP an individual amount between Uganda shillings (UGX) 5,000 (United States Dollar, US$ 1.35) to UGX 500,000 (US$ 135.14), with a monthly average of UGX 97,080 (US$ 26.24). Total monthly amount would be UGX 38,249,500 (US$ 10,333.70) considering the 498 households. Amongst the factors analysed, age, gender, marital status, education level, occupation, household income, business affected, lost property due to floods, flooding a major problem had significant (p<0.01) positive impact on WTP. This study findings are pertinent in supporting stakeholders’ decision regarding predictive planning of flood adaptation strategies in the study area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021001396FloodplainContingent valuationWillingness-to-payRegression modelRiver Malaba sub-catchment |
| spellingShingle | Ambrose Mubialiwo Adane Abebe Charles Onyutha Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains Environmental Challenges Floodplain Contingent valuation Willingness-to-pay Regression model River Malaba sub-catchment |
| title | Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains |
| title_full | Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains |
| title_fullStr | Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains |
| title_short | Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains |
| title_sort | analyses of community willingness to pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of river malaba floodplains |
| topic | Floodplain Contingent valuation Willingness-to-pay Regression model River Malaba sub-catchment |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021001396 |
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