Browsing Jàmbá: 2019 Volume 11 No 1 by Subject "Floods"
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Cities and floods: a pragmatic insight into the determinants of households’ coping strategies to floods in informal Accra, Ghana
(OASIS, 2019)Floods are common events that confront many cities in the developing world. Ghana, a developing country, is persistently challenged with flood events, especially in its major cities. In informal Accra, for instance, despite ... -
Drivers for coping with flood hazards: beyond the analysis of single cases
(OASIS, 2019)Flood risks continue to pose serious threats to developing countries with dire ramifications for livelihoods. Yet, contemporary research on determinants for coping with flood hazards is driven mostly by individual cases ... -
Impacts of flood disasters in Nigeria: a critical evaluation of health implications and management
(OASIS, 2019)Floods lead to tremendous losses of property, infrastructure, business and increased risk of diseases. Floods are also the most frequent natural disasters, affecting over 2.8 billion people in the world and causing over ...