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Flood disaster has gained global attention due to the huge impact it has on human lives, economies, and sustainable environments. Flood disaster preparedness, which can significantly be influenced by disaster risk perception, has been highlighted as an effective way to manage flood disaster risk, as many other means have proved futile, yet no study has attempted using multiple dimensions to analyze this relationship in Ghana. Therefore, this study, using a survey of 369 households in the most flood-prone region, Accra Metropolis, analyzed the influence of flood disaster risk perception on urban households’ flood disaster preparedness. Based on the Protective Action Decision Model, the empirical models were constructed and estimated using the Tobit and binary logistic regression models. The results show that the majority of households (60.16%) were unprepared for flood disasters, and the perception of flood disaster risk and the sustainability risk posed by floods significantly affect flood disaster preparedness behaviours of households in a positive direction. The total number of flood disaster preparedness behaviours adopted was significantly related to probability, the threat to lives, sense of worry, and sustainability risk perceptions. Finally, income, education, and house ownership, among other household and individual characteristics, had significant positive effects on preparations for flood disasters. These findings suggest that effective policies to mitigate flood disasters must incorporate risk communication to boost households’ flood disaster preparedness.
Qi Yin; Gideon Ntim-Amo; Ruiping Ran; Dingde Xu; Stephen Ansah; Jinfu Hu; Hong Tang. Flood Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Households’ Flood Disaster Preparedness: The Case of Accra Metropolis in Ghana. Water 2021, 13, 2328 .
AMA StyleQi Yin, Gideon Ntim-Amo, Ruiping Ran, Dingde Xu, Stephen Ansah, Jinfu Hu, Hong Tang. Flood Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Households’ Flood Disaster Preparedness: The Case of Accra Metropolis in Ghana. Water. 2021; 13 (17):2328.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQi Yin; Gideon Ntim-Amo; Ruiping Ran; Dingde Xu; Stephen Ansah; Jinfu Hu; Hong Tang. 2021. "Flood Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Households’ Flood Disaster Preparedness: The Case of Accra Metropolis in Ghana." Water 13, no. 17: 2328.
The emergence of agricultural cooperatives is extensively viewed as a necessary institutional arrangement that can help farmers in developing countries overcome the constraints that impede them from improving sustainable agricultural production and acquiring new marketing opportunities. Therefore, this study examines the determinants of cooperative membership and its impact on fish farm household income, using data collected from two regions in Ghana. An endogenous switching regression (ESR) model is utilized to address the potential sample selection bias issue. The results show that household heads’ decisions to join cooperatives are affected by their access to credit, off-farm work, education level, and peer influence. Cooperative membership can increase both household and farm income by 28.54% and 34.75%, respectively. Moreover, we show that different groups of households’ cooperative impacts on farm and household income are heterogeneous. Our findings highlight the importance of cooperative patronization and provide implications that can improve households’ welfare.
Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Yuansheng Jiang; Bismark Addai; Zhao Ding; Abbas Chandio; Prince Fosu; Dennis Asante; Anthony Siaw; Frank Danquah; Bright Korankye; Gideon Ntim-Amo; Stephen Ansah; Wonder Agbenyo. The Impact of Cooperative Membership on Fish Farm Households’ Income: The Case of Ghana. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1059 .
AMA StyleMartinson Ankrah Twumasi, Yuansheng Jiang, Bismark Addai, Zhao Ding, Abbas Chandio, Prince Fosu, Dennis Asante, Anthony Siaw, Frank Danquah, Bright Korankye, Gideon Ntim-Amo, Stephen Ansah, Wonder Agbenyo. The Impact of Cooperative Membership on Fish Farm Households’ Income: The Case of Ghana. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1059.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMartinson Ankrah Twumasi; Yuansheng Jiang; Bismark Addai; Zhao Ding; Abbas Chandio; Prince Fosu; Dennis Asante; Anthony Siaw; Frank Danquah; Bright Korankye; Gideon Ntim-Amo; Stephen Ansah; Wonder Agbenyo. 2021. "The Impact of Cooperative Membership on Fish Farm Households’ Income: The Case of Ghana." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1059.