Abstract:
This work examined flood management in the Effutu Municipality. The main
objectives of the research was to examine the causes of flood; the flood management
practices; the main challenges to flood management; the factors that promote flood
management and flood coping strategies in Effutu. Mixed method approach with
sequential research design was employed in this study. A total of 250 respondents
were selected from different parts of the municipality using multi-stage sampling.
Instruments for data collection included questionnaires, interview guide and
observation checklist. Quantitative data were analysed into percentages and weighted
mean, whilst qualitative data were analysed into themes based on the research
questions and the outcomes derived from the interviews and the observation
conducted. The analysis suggests that, many residents thought flood management is as
a result of neglect in implementing laws and policies on the part of the Municipal
Assembly. It is argued that, financial resource constraints were not the major
problems confronting flood risk management in Effutu. There was a general feeling
that residents have developed effective coping strategies to deal with flooding. The
temporality syndrome and the lack of political will to implement policies were the
main challenge facing flood management in Effutu. Residents of flood prone areas
only sees the situation as only temporal and something that will not last for a long
time. It is recommended that there should be strong political will in enforcing laws
governing town planning and development to prevent future occurrence of flood in
the Effutu Municipality.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Social Studies Education, Faculty of Social Science, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Philosophy
(Social Studies Education) in the University of Education, Winneba
JUNE, 2019