Open AccessRole of Socio-Economic Resilience in Coping with Flood Vulnerabilities in District Charsadda
Author(s) -
Muhammad Kaleem,
Jehan Zeb,
Abdullah Abdullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global social sciences review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-793X
pISSN - 2520-0348
DOI - 10.31703/gssr.2021(vi-ii).20
Subject(s) - flood myth , vulnerability (computing) , community resilience , flooding (psychology) , socioeconomics , geography , resilience (materials science) , business , psychology , computer security , sociology , engineering , archaeology , redundancy (engineering) , computer science , reliability engineering , psychotherapist , physics , thermodynamics
This quantitative study was conducted in the union council Agra of district Charsadda. Primary information was collected from the sample size of 150 male respondents. A conceptual framework consisting of the independent and dependent variables was cross-tabulated through the application of Chi-Square test statistics to ascertain the association between the two variables. The study revealed a significant association (P?0.05) of local community response with the statements such as poor families are more vulnerable to flooding; awareness about flood vulnerabilities; economic status reduces flood vulnerability; people buy cheap land for houses; people living on the river bank and side walls reduce flood vulnerabilities. The study recommends that government and local authorities should take responsibility for protecting the lives and properties of the people in flood-vulnerable areas through safety measures and make effective policies to measure the vulnerability and damage caused by floods among low-income families.