Investigating socio-economic impacts of floods on the poor : a case study of Hari Rod River Basin, Afghanistan | |
| Author | Nazhad, Fahima Sadeqi |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.WM-14-06 |
| Subject(s) | Floods--Economic aspects--Hari Rod River Basin (Afghanistan) Floods--Social aspects--Hari Rod River Basin (Afghanistan) |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering in Water Engineering and Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | In this research, the impacts of flood is investigated on socio-economic livelihood of people as well as the linkage among poor and non-poor people, age group, education and occupation, income level, housing details and location, access to health facilities and roads are investigated. Annually there is very heavy rainfall in Afghanistan which causes series of flash floods. Similarly there are other factors which cause flood such as melting snow, glacial outburst, and dam break flow. One of the major causes of flood is water of river which is counted as disaster and can destroy the total environmental set up of the area. The overall objective of this research is to estimate and determine the effects of floods socio-economic pattern of community and know the reasons of people’s vulnerability in flood situation. Furthermore, this research is important for awareness of policy makers by providing maps of flooded place as well as supporting them for future studies on disaster management. In this research, survey design was used which applied both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Based on critical situation of areas the survey area was chosen as well as sampled size was 110 households. For the statistical tests cross tabulation was used such as frequency, percentage, and average of assessment of socio-economic status focusing on gender, age group, income, household's attendance on disaster risk reduction training. Furthermore GIS was used for mapping of place of flood and presenting the affected zone using spatial and demographic characteristic of households. Onward, in this research the different effective and adaptive coping strategies were investigated to reduce the damages of flood costs. Based on this research, it is obvious that poor people are more affected by flood than other groups considering the age group, income, land size, house location, and access to road. The direct and indirect cost of flood damages is very high on the poor people than the average families. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Water Engineering and Management (WM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kawasaki, Akiyuki; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sutat Weesakul;Perret, Sylvain;Jourdain, Damien; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Ministry of Foreign Appairs, Norway; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |