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Risk acceptance in flood affected areas in Nyando, Kenya

Asking, Viktor LU and Nilsson, Jonas LU (2019) VRSM01 20182
Risk Management and Safety Engineering (M.Sc.Eng.)
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract
The area of Nyando wetlands experience floods almost every year due to heavy rainfall in the surrounding highlands. This area is populated, and this thesis aims to understand how the risk acceptance is developed. During a field study in the subject area, observations and interviews were conducted to create a qualitative research based on the respondent’s perceptions about human values, risks, their risk reduction and their opportunities. Culture and traditions together with the possibilities of agriculture made the people willing to stay, despite the reoccurring floods and droughts. The natural hazards were forceful, and many people relied on the government or NGO’s to come up with sustainable solutions.
Popular Abstract
The people living in areas subject to perennially floods are tolerating their situation in living in a high-risk area. This is the conclusion of a report through a fieldwork in social study of the peoples’ risk perception.
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author
Asking, Viktor LU and Nilsson, Jonas LU
supervisor
organization
course
VRSM01 20182
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Risk acceptance, natural hazard, flood, drought, human values, risk perception, risk reduction, Nyando wetlands, Kisumu County, Kenya
language
English
id
8971787
date added to LUP
2019-03-04 16:16:45
date last changed
2020-12-03 14:26:13
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  abstract     = {{The area of Nyando wetlands experience floods almost every year due to heavy rainfall in the surrounding highlands. This area is populated, and this thesis aims to understand how the risk acceptance is developed. During a field study in the subject area, observations and interviews were conducted to create a qualitative research based on the respondent’s perceptions about human values, risks, their risk reduction and their opportunities. Culture and traditions together with the possibilities of agriculture made the people willing to stay, despite the reoccurring floods and droughts. The natural hazards were forceful, and many people relied on the government or NGO’s to come up with sustainable solutions.}},
  author       = {{Asking, Viktor and Nilsson, Jonas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Risk acceptance in flood affected areas in Nyando, Kenya}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}