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Archive | ISSUE: 107, Volume: Jan-Mar-2023

YOUNG ADULTS’ PERSPECTIVES, COPING MEASURES AND PARTICIPATORY COMMUNAL ACTIONS AGAINST SEASONAL FLOODING IN A COASTLINE COMMUNITY IN BAYELSA STATE: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH


Author:Davids Kellybest Ibasimama

published date:2023-Jan-09

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Abstract

Background: Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world, claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. Coastal communities of developing countries are vulnerable to flood disasters and its huge impact due to the weakness of state infrastructure and absence or lack of implementation of appropriate policies guiding disaster reduction and prevention.

Objectives: To investigate the perspectives of young adult residents in Onuebum community of Bayelsa State on the causes, effects of flooding; the communal actions taken to cope with, and benefit during the seasonal flooding experienced in the Community.

Methodology: A qualitative study comprising a Focused Group Discussion involving 10 randomly selected young adults in Onuebum community. The methodological orientation that underpinned the study was phenomenology. Sampling technique was purposive.

Results:The perceived causes of flooding included poor drainage and human activities that affect shorelines such as removal flood breaks, creating tunnels for fish trapping among others. The perceived effects including psychological depression, disruptions in academic calendar and socio-cultural activities. The coping strategies include makeshift bridges, and peculiarly young persons collectively constructing shoreline protection structures that prevented overflow from the rivers into the community.

Conclusion: Riverine terrains can mobilize their young demography to take preventive collective action when forecasts are made rather than wait for government to do everything for them. Such actions have been shown by this study to reduce the overflow into the communities,


Cite this article: Davids IK, Eguvbe A. Young adults’ perspectives, coping measures and participatory communal actions against seasonal flooding in a coastline community in Bayelsa State: a qualitative research. Niger Delta J Med Med Res. 2023;2(1):1–9.

Keywords: Flood, Coastal communities, Social capital, Coping, Bayelsa State

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