dc.contributor.author | Mawanda, Florence z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-27T10:00:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-27T10:00:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17341 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study focuses on emergency preparedness for excessive flooding in Tana and
Garissa districts. The objectives of the study were; to examine the characteristics of
district administration's emergency preparedness strategy in the wake of excessive
floods, to identify factors that promote rapid reaction in the immediate aftermath of
excessive floods; how this response is structured to both the emergency and long term
and identify how the community completes the transition from emergency assistance to
rehabilitation and reconstruction.
The data for the study was gathered through a combination of methods. A questionnaire
was administered to 294 households and focus group discussions held with members of
the District Steering Group in Tana and Garissa Districts. In depth interviews were also
carried out with key informants for purposes of supplementation and validation of survey
information. Further desk research was used.
The study posed the following research questions:
• Are there flood control procedures in place at a district level?
• If yes, how do they affect the impact of excessive floods on the targeted population?
• The central question from which all these stem therefore is "Is the administration in
Tana River District prepared to manage excessive floods?
Two complementary theoretical frameworks guided this study namely the theory of
social problems and disaster crunch and release model. The social problem theory is
based on the assumption that problem solving in society is essentially a social activity.
Since flood disaster management is based on careful planning covering the entire disaster
spectrum of prevention, mitigation, response and relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction
it is very much a human activity. It is based on how social agents create and use
boundaries to demarcate that which is dangerous to the community. This is crucial in
explaining the level of preparedness that they have toward disasters.The disaster crunch model helped to specify the variables to be explored in the study and
show how the variables relate in order to make a community exposed to excessive
flooding. The disaster release model specified the actions to be investigated in order to
measure ~r the disaster responders were helping the community progress away
from exposure to excessive flooding.
The major findings of this study were:
1. The characteristics of district administration's emergency preparedness strategy in
the wake of excessive floods, include oral based vulnerability assessments mainly
sourced from village headmen, the field assessments of extent of damage and the
migration of people to higher grounds.
2. The local authorities are ill equipped to handle the emergency that excessive
floods occasion and the locally based non-governmental organizations have
mandates that target relief and rehabilitation of drought victims.
3. The factors that prompt rapid reaction in the immediate aftermath of flooding
include the physical migration of people, the extent of flooding and the increased
threat of disease.
4. The community has not managed to fully complete the transition from emergency
to reconstruction as they still receive food aid. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Emergency preparedness of floodplain communities | en |
dc.subject | Zubaku And Raya Location, Tana And Garissa Districts | en |
dc.title | Emergency preparedness of floodplain communities in Zubaku And Raya Location, Tana And Garissa Districts | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of sociology | en |