Why do people live in high-risk rural areas? – A study of Tubu, Botswana
(2013) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBR920 20132Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- The study is based on interviews and is a qualitative study based on grounded theory and answer on why men and women live in high-risk rural areas in Tubu, Botswana. Tubu is a village in the northwestern part of Botswana close to the Okavango Delta. To answer the question the authors discuss risk perception and the differences between men and women. The interviews are about the respondents' lives and the risks they see in the Tubu and how they perceive the risks. There are mainly four reasons why people live in Tubu and the reasons are livelihood, belonging, services and nowhere to go.
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- author
- Niskala, Ville LU and Gustafsson, Nina LU
- supervisor
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- Per Becker LU
- organization
- course
- VBR920 20132
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Risk, risk perception, disaster, floods, wildlife, drought, rural, Botswana, Tubu, hazard, vulnerability, grounded theory
- publication/series
- LUTVDG/TVBB
- report number
- 5432
- ISSN
- 1402-3504
- language
- English
- id
- 4255249
- date added to LUP
- 2014-01-27 14:55:11
- date last changed
- 2014-03-10 10:40:47
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