Effectiveness of Indigenous Knowledge in Mitigating the Risk of Flood Disaster in Nigeria's Coastal Communities : A Mixed-Method Approach / Maxwell Umunna Nwachukwu, Uloma Jiburum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nwachukwu, Maxwell Umunna, author.

Jiburum, Uloma, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025.

Summary:

This Case Study draws from original research that empirically examined the effectiveness of Indigenous flood-control and management practices in flood disaster risk reduction in Nigeria's coastal communities. Specifically, this Case Study focuses on the mixed-methods approach applied in the research. The study adopted a qualitative approach (focus group discussions) to identify and describe the Indigenous flood-control and management practices employed by the coastal communities. Two researchers and a research assistant conducted the focus group discussions with groups of six elders from each of the selected coastal communities. We audiotaped and later transcribed the discussions. In contrast, we used a questionnaire method to collect quantitative data based on respondents' assessments of the effectiveness of Indigenous flood disaster risk-reduction practices of the coastal communities, which were identified in this study through the focus group discussions. The application of mixed methods balanced out the limitations of each method and provided stronger evidence and more confidence in the findings of this study. In addition, it allowed for triangulation, which provided more granular results than each of the individual methods. This gave more validity and reliability to the outcomes of this research. However, the main challenge to the application of mixed methods in this study was in its complexity. It required more expertise to collect, analyze, and interpret the data. Consequently, extra resources, such as time and money, were required for this study. Therefore, we recommend that future mixed-methods researchers should ensure adequate training of their research assistants in facilitating the data-collection process.

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ISBN:

1-03-621723-X

9781036217235

OCLC:

1523169978