Evaluation of community flood risk management practices in the Kyoga basin of Uganda / Augustine Enyipu

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Ch 1: Introduction and background - -
Introduction - -
Context of the study - -
Statement of the problem - -
Research questions - -
Justification and significance of the study - -
Conceptual framework - -
Awareness of flood disaster risk - -
Endogenous action for flood disaster risk reduction - -
Opportunity for flood DRR - -
Definition of terms - -
Researcher positionality - -
Thesis overview - -
Ch 2: Theoretical framework and literature review 24 - -
Introduction - -
Theoretical framework - -
The four fundamental theories on the origin of disaster - -
Participation Theory - -
The Concept of community managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR) - -
Social Vulnerability theory - -
Sustainable livestock framework - -
The pressure and release/PAR model - -
The onion framework - -
The BBC framework - -
The hyogo framework for action (HFA) - -
Community awareness of flood disaster risk (objective 1) - -
Communities’ endogenous action for flood DRR (objective 2) - -
Opportunities for flood disaster risk reduction (objective 3) - -
Chapter 3: Research methodology - -
Introduction - -
The philosophical underpinning of the study - -
Research design - -
Area of study - -
The lake kyoga Basin - -
Tororo and Butaleja district - -
Study population - -
Characteristics of the respondents and study Participants - -
Characteristics of the respondents for the questionnaire survey - -
Characteristics of FGD participants - -
Characteristics of the key informants - -
Sampling procedure - -
Identification of Sub Counties, Parishes and Villages - -
Calculation of sample size for the quantitative study - -
Purposive sampling of Key informants and FGD participants - -
Data collection methods and tools - -
Reliability and validity tests of data collection tools
Data collection techniques - -
Questionnaire survey - -
Focus group discussion - -
In- depth interviews - -
Observation
Data analysis and interpretation - -
Quality data analysis and interpretation - -
Quality data analysis and interpretation - -
Ethical consideration - -
General responsibilities - -
Informed consent - -
Deceptive and covert research - -
Confidentiality and Anonymity - -
Approval requirements - -
Data availability - -
Limitations of the study - -
Ch 4: Presentation and analysis of findings - -
Introduction - -
Communities’ awareness of flood disaster - -
Causative factors associated with flood disaster risk (objective 1)
Level of flood effects - -
Effectiveness of the communities’ practices for flood risk management (objective 2)
Community early warning systems - -
Drainage Channels - -
Coping and Adaptation mechanism - -
Community support systems (Social Safety Nets) - -
Disaster management committees(DMCs) - -
Bylaws for DRR - -
Food reserves - -
Opportunities to improve and scale up community flood risk reduction action (Objective 3)
Short and medium-term opportunities - -
Partnership Opportunities - -
Concluding remarks - -
Ch 5: Discussion and implications of the findings - -
Introduction - -
Most vulnerable groups - -
Integration of adaptive capacities, endogenous action and opportunities into post disaster development planning and action - -
High level of community awareness of flood disaster risk - -
Communities ‘initiatives for flood DRR - -
Community participation in flood risk reduction - -
Governance and institutional arrangements for DRR - -
Community organization for DRR - -
Funding for DRR - -
Local government capacities for flood risk reduction - -
Legal and policy environment - -
Coordination mechanisms between the central and Local government - -
Partnership for flood DRR - -
Ch 6: Conclusion
Overall conclusion from the study - -
Communities’ awareness of flood disaster risk - -
Effectiveness of communities’ practices for flood risk management - -
Opportunity to sale up community flood risk management - -
Applicability of social vulnerability theory for flood risk management in the Lake Kyoga catchment - -
Suggestions for further research - -
More studies on climate change adaptation - -
Follow- up phenomenological issues on DRR - -
Evaluating DRR in multiple ecosystem - -
Follow up action research on flood DRR - -