Critical Assessment of Urban Residents’ Perception of Disaster Risk Management in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

Sharon E Jumbo and Collins H Wizor
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Sharon E Jumbo: Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Collins H Wizor: Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2020, vol. 7, issue 2, 01-12

Abstract: This study scrutinized urban residents’ perception of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study randomly selected five (5) urban settlement zones, arbitrarily selecting eighty (80) respondents from these zones. A well-structured questionnaire was employed to elicit information on the perception of disaster risk management by residents of the LGA. The study revealed that the incidence of flooding is a common disaster attributed to climate change. Evidence from the investigation shows that the perceived human cause of the prevalent disaster is urbanization. Further evidence shows that respondents have never responded to disaster; hence the absence of Community Emergency Response and Recovery Team, thus increasing the reliance on government and other concerned agencies. The study, therefore, recommended radical awareness programs on disaster risk management and mitigation by government and non-government agencies, the inclusion of DRM concepts and practice in nations education curricula in addition to the adoption of “integrated approach†towards urban infrastructural development planning.

Date: 2020
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