Urban Households’ Resilience to Climate Change in Nigeria: Evidence from Yenagoa Metropolis

Odafivwotu Ohwo; Eseoghene Frank Evwienure

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Urban Households’ Resilience to Climate Change in Nigeria: Evidence from Yenagoa Metropolis

Odafivwotu Ohwo, Eseoghene Frank Evwienure

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 21 April 2021 Accepted: 18 May 2021 Published: 27 May 2021

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Abstract

Increasing urban households’ capacities to withstand climate change will in many ways reduce the shocks connected with it. This study focused on urban households’ capabilities to withstand climate change in Nigeria, based on evidence from Yenagoa metropolis. The study adopted survey design, which involved direct physical observation of households’ environment and the distribution of a set of 400 structured questionnaires to systematically sampled households. Responses to the administered questionnaire constituted the data, which contains 19 households’ resilience indicators. The data was analyzed with a household climate resilience index (HCRI) and descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that households’ in Yenagoa have low coping abilities to change in climate, since HCRI value was 2.35 points on a 5 point scale. The twelfth resilience indicator, impact of government in the neighbourhood had the least rating, with a calculated resilience weight index of 1.47 points; while the nineteenth indicator, access to good communication facilities had the highest rating of 3.25 points on a 5 point scale. It was therefore recommended that government should provide more infrastructural amenities and design livelihood improvement programmes for urban households, to boost their capabilities to withstand change in climate.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20210602.15
Page(s)	56-64
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Climate Change, Households, Nigeria, Resilience, Urban

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Odafivwotu Ohwo; Eseoghene Frank Evwienure. Urban Households’ Resilience to Climate Change in Nigeria: Evidence from Yenagoa Metropolis. Int. J. Nat. Resour. Ecol. Manag. 2021, 6(2), 56-64. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20210602.15

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Odafivwotu Ohwo, Eseoghene Frank Evwienure. Urban Households’ Resilience to Climate Change in Nigeria: Evidence from Yenagoa Metropolis. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2021;6(2):56-64. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20210602.15

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Odafivwotu Ohwo

Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria
Eseoghene Frank Evwienure

Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria

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