Choice of household adaptation strategies to flood risk management in Accra, Ghana

Choice of household adaptation strategies to flood risk management in Accra, Ghana

In this paper, we discuss the psychological and socio-economic factors as well as the constraints that inhibit private precautionary flood-risk mitigation measures among urban households in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana within the Protection Motivation framework. The results show that...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kwabena Twerefou, Emmanuel Adu-Danso, Emmanuel Abbey, Benjamin Delali Dovie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:City and Environment Interactions
Subjects:
Adaptation
Damage mitigation
Private flood precautionary measures
Natural disasters
Protection motivation
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590252020300040

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