Determinants Of Sustainability Of Community Based Flood Management Projects In Nyatike, Migori County Case: Lower Gucha Migori Water Resource Users Association
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Community based approaches for community development in projects management, have \nemerged as the best tools for achieving project sustainability. Project sustainability in flood \nmanagement and prevention can be achieved if only change agents can adopt community-based \napproaches that embrace participation and involvement of the communities in designing, \nplanning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The main purpose of the study was to \nexamine the sustainability of community based flood management projects in Lower Gucha \nMigori Water Resource Users Association in Nyatike, Migori County. The specific objectives \nwere to examine the role of public participation in sustainability of community based flood \nmanagement projects, to determine the role of funding in sustainability of community based \nflood management projects in Nyatike, to assess the effect of information dissemination in \nsustainability of community based flood management projects in Nyatike, and to examine \nexpertise in sustainability of community based flood management projects in Nyatike, Lower \nGucha Migori Water Resource Users Association, Migori County. This study adopted \ndescriptive research design. The study target population was key stakeholders in Nyatike, Lower \nGucha Migori Water Resource Users Association who are estimated to be 821. Simple random \nsampling technique was used to select 269 respondents as the sample size. The questionnaire was \nself-administered through drop and pick from the respondents. Data collected was mainly \nquantitative and analyzed by descriptive analysis. The descriptive statistical tools help the \nresearcher to describe the data and determine the extent to be used. The Data analysis used was \nSPSS. The study found that community participation influences sustainability of flood \nmanagement projects. The findings indicated that the level of access to information influences \nsustainability of community based flood management projects. According to the findings funding \naffects sustainability of flood management projects in Nyatike, Migori County. There is need for \nadequate funds for implementing of flood management projects according to the designs and \nplans. Trained members of Water Resource Users Association are more efficient while operating \nthe water structures thus minimizes any breakdowns during maintenance or operation. The study \nrecommends that county leadership and committee members of Lower Gucha Migori Water \nResource Users Association ought to ensure that the major stakeholders are involved in the \ncommunity based flood management project to allow them to own the projects. It is also \nrecommended that Water Resource Users Association should ensure that management \ncommittees are formed and members adequately trained. The researcher acknowledges the fact \nthat the study was limited to Nyatike, Migori County and not the entire country it is therefore \nrecommended that further studies be conducted to establish the factors influencing sustainability \nof community based flood management projects in other counties.
Author: Cloy A Adero
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2783234938