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Flood Vulnerability Assessment in Downstream Area of Mono Basin, South-Eastern Togo: Yoto District

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dc.contributor.author Kissi, Abravi Esssenam
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-02T09:45:55Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-02T09:45:55Z
dc.date.issued 2014-11
dc.identifier.uri http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/71
dc.description A Thesis submitted to the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use and the Université de Lomé, Togo in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science en_US
dc.description.abstract The Mono River in the Yoto district, presents a challenge in terms of repeated flood hazard. The eight selected communities lie in majority in the floodplains of the Mono River and experience year after year flood disaster. This study focuses on flood vulnerability assessment of the downstream part in the Mono River basin in the Yoto district. It analyses the trend in rainfall and river discharge series (1971-2010); it assesses the determinants of flood vulnerability; and it equally computes Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI). The result reveals a clear evidence of change in precipitation and river discharge patterns during the period of record. It shows an extreme variability in terms of flood magnitude and frequency in the Mono River. Besides, the closeness of households' farmlands to the river body, the type of construction and the position of settlements, the household size, the low level education of household head, the lack of diversification of livelihood strategies, the lack of adequate flood warning system and lack of willingness and ability to take responsive actions coupled with inadequate emergency services, are identified as main determinants increasing communities' vulnerability to flood disaster. Furthermore, FVI offers easy comparison of communities' vulnerability to flood disaster. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Federal Ministry of Education and Research en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher WASCAL en_US
dc.subject Trend analysis en_US
dc.subject Determinant of flood vulnerability en_US
dc.subject Flood Vulnerability Index en_US
dc.subject Downstream part of the Mono River basin en_US
dc.title Flood Vulnerability Assessment in Downstream Area of Mono Basin, South-Eastern Togo: Yoto District en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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