Abstract: The rate at which flooding ravages properties in the recent time is alarming and real properties have always been involved among the things damaged by flood. Every homeowner should make decision towards the management of flood risk from property level. Property-level flood protection (PLFP) has gained public interest and is being adopted by residential homeowners in the developed countries to minimize flood risk. Fighting flood at property level could be the best starting point for real property flood risk protection. This paper investigates the adoption of property level flood protection among residential homeowners in Port-Harcourt and as well as creates awareness of the benefits of fighting flood at property level. The various property-level protections existing in the study region were evaluated to find out the reason for such adoption; the benefits of property-level flood protection were also assessed with a view to encouraging property owners and investors to adopt property level flood protection and as well draw the attention of policy makers to assist in subsidizing the measures that can mitigate flood risk.
Keywords: Homeowners, Property Level Flood Protection, Policy Makers, Port Harcourt.
Title: INVESTIGATING THE ADOPTION OF PROPERTY-LEVEL FLOOD PROTECTION (PLFP) BY HOMEOWNERS IN OBIO/AKPOR PORT-HARCOURT
Author: Gladys Chigozie Gerald-Ugwu, Charles Chukwunwike Egolum, Fidelis Ifeanyi Emoh
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