Abstract: Governments have enacted legislations and prescribed structural measures to govern urban development in order to mitigate urban flooding and other disasters. However, as settlement activities in peri-urban areas increase, flooding incidents have been observed to escalate. The objective of this paper was to analyse the relationship between homeowners’ environmental attitude and the onset of flooding in Mavoko. The study targeted heads of household; the general public; officials of government and quasi-government institutions as well as professional associations responsible for environment, settlement and disaster mitigation; leaders of religious and community organisations and societies responsible for emergency management and humanitarian support in Machakos and Nairobi Counties. The study took a survey design and used multistage random, snowballing, purposive and quota sampling techniques to identify participants. The study used mixed methods to collect quantitative and qualitative data using questionnaire, interview guide, document analysis, focus group discussions and observation. Data were analysed through descriptive analysis, Nomothetic evaluation, Chi-square test at a level of significance of 95% (α = 0.05), and Crammer’s V analysis. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between the homeowners’ environmental attitude and the onset of flooding. The study recommends that policy makers and settlement planers, together with other players, to develop packages that will generate positive environmental attitude change among households.>
Keywords: environmental attitude, urbanisation, peri-urban human settlement, urban flooding.
Title: Homeowners’ Environmental Attitude and Onset of Flooding In Mavoko Peri-Urban Settlement of Nairobi Metropolis, Kenya
Author: Omukaga O. Panyako, Jacob W. Wakhungu, Felix Ngunzo Kioli
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