Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains

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dc.contributor.authorMubialiwo, Ambrose
dc.contributor.authorAbebe, Adane
dc.contributor.authorOnyutha, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T19:08:08Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T19:08:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe high productivity of soils along River Malaba floodplains and various functions (like, transport and recreation) increase the desire for humankind settlement adjacent to floodplain corridors. However, human life and property have unceasingly been destroyed by floods. Strategies have been established to deal with floods but the problem still exists. This study employed the double-bound dichotomous choice contingent valuation method to quantify the community willingness-to-pay (WTP) and associated influencing factors for restoration of River Malaba floodplains. Reconnaissance surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, observations study, and household questionnaires from 498 out of the targeted 550 respondents were employed in data collection. Among the adaptation strategies at household and community level, the post-flood strategies were more efficient than those practiced before- and during-floods. Among the suggested structural and non-structural strategies, “embankment/river training structures” and “flood forecasting and early warning” were highly preferred, respectively. The results revealed that 55% of the households expressed WTP an individual amount between Uganda shillings (UGX) 5,000 (United States Dollar, US$ 1.35) to UGX 500,000 (US$ 135.14), with a monthly average of UGX 97,080 (US$ 26.24). Total monthly amount would be UGX 38,249,500 (US$ 10,333.70) considering the 498 households. Among the factors analysed, age, gender, marital status, education level, occupation, household income, business affected, lost property due to floods, flooding a major problem had significant (p<0.01) positive impact on WTP. This study findings are pertinent in supporting stakeholders’ decision regarding predictive planning of flood adaptation strategies in the study area.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmbrose Mubialiwo , Adane Abebe , Charles Onyutha , Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains, Environmental Challenges (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100160en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100160
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4733
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironmental Challengesen_US
dc.subjectFloodplainen_US
dc.subjectContingent valuationen_US
dc.subjectWillingness-to-payen_US
dc.subjectRegression modelen_US
dc.subjectRiver Malaba sub-catchmenten_US
dc.titleAnalyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplainsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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