AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF FLOOD DISASTER ON HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Abstract
The study examined the causes and health implications of flood disaster of 2012 in Oko-Anala, Oshimili South LGA of Delta state. Literature related to the topic was reviewed. Survey design was used for the study. Five objectives, five research questions as well as three hypotheses were stated to direct the study. The population was made up of an estimated 3000 inhabitants of Oko-Anala using stratified random sampling, a sample of 300 inhabitants were selected. A structured questionnaire validated reliabilited test was used to generate data for the study. Simple percentages chi-square statistics were used for the analysis of the data. The findings of the study revealed that the lack of drainage system and poor waste disposal were the major causes of flooding. The health problems associated with flood disaster included outbreak of communicable diseases, mosquito infestation, overcrowding, exposure to cold and pneumonia etc. It was recommended that roads should have gutters, good disposal of refuse and intervention fund for disasters.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………………………………i
CERTIFICATION ………………………………………………………………….……ii
DECLARATION …………………………………………………………………………iii
DEDICATION …………………………………………………………………….……..iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……………………………………………………….…….. v
ABSRACT ………………………………………………………………………………. vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………….…………………..vii
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………… 1-4
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF STUDY AREA …………………………………… 4
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ……………………………………………………….5
PURPOSE OF STUDY……………………………………………………………………….5
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY …………………………………………………………………… 5
RESEARCH QUESTION …..………………………………………………………………..6
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY………………………………………………….…………..6
SCOPE OF STUDY ………………………………………………………………………..6 -7
CHAPER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK …………………………………………….… ……… 8-11
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ………………………………………….………..…… 11
CAUSES OF FLOOD DISASTER …….…………………………………………………….12-13
IMPLICATION OF FLOOD AND ITS SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPLICATION …………13-15
EMPIRICAL STUDY ……………………………………………………………………..15-16
SUMMARY OF LITERATURE ……………………………………………………..….. 16
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY/DESIGN PROCEDURE
DESIGN OF RESEARCH………………………………………………………………….. 17
AREA OF STUDY ……………………………….………………………………………… 17
POPULATION/UNIVERSE OF STUDY ……………………………………….. ………. 17
SAMPLE SIZE ANDSAMPLING TECHNIQUE …………………………………………. 18
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENTS ………………………… .………. 18
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ………………………………………………….… 18
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………… 19
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT…………………………. …..20-27
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
RESEARCH FINDING…………………………………………………………………….28
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS……………………………………………………………… 29
CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………………………….. 29
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATION OF STUDY…………………………………… … .30
RECOMENDATIONS…………………………………………………….……………….. 30
RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOUSEHOLD COMMUNITY MEMBERS………………….30
RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT …………………………………….30
LIMITATION ……………………………………………………………………………….32
SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY………………………………………………….32
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33-34
APPENDICES…………………………………………………………………………….35-44
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
African countries have been identified as amongst the most vulnerable places in the world due to climate change and climate variability, anthropogenic activities are a contributory cause to the extreme rise in global atmospheric temperature and the resulting climate change phenomena (IPCC{intergovernmental panel on climate change}, 2007). Flooding disaster is when a place that is normally dry becomes filled or covered with water (Oxford advanced learner dictionary). The main characteristics of these changes in climate are the increases in the average global temperature (global warming), changes in cloud cover and precipitation particularly over land; melting of ice caps and glaciers and reduced snow cover (UNFCC{united nation framework convention on climate change}, 2007).
In cities, these effects make communities vulnerable to climate change. In other words, climate change becomes a global threat to human survival. It is therefore imperative that, national and local governments take the necessary steps to ensure that the degree of vulnerability emanating from climate change and its associated risks are significantly reduced. Flooding has serious effects on the social, economic, environmental, physical and psychological wellbeing of people and even on the political and institutional levels of a country.