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dc.contributor.authorDayour, F.-
dc.contributor.authorYendaw, E.-
dc.contributor.authorJasaw, G. S.-
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T14:32:01Z-
dc.date.available2017-10-23T14:32:01Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.issn2186-8662-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1248-
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractVarious studies have shown that Northern Ghana is one of the most vulnerable regions owing to climate variability. Several studies have also attempted assessing residents’ perceptions and coping strategies relative to climate change in the region. However, the majority have had this done quantitatively, which often precludes vital lived experiences and opinions of affected persons. This current study sought to explore how residents of Bankpama (a drought and flood prone community) in the Upper West Region of Ghana perceive climate-related stresses, and how they deal with them. The study was conducted qualitatively on 30 respondents using Focus Group Discussions and in-depth interviews. It was established that drought, floods, storms and weather temperature were increasing in severity and frequency with drought being the most felt. While some residents had some clues about the causes of these disasters including felling of trees, bushfires and the opening of Bagre dam, others perceived them as an act of God or gods. Local residents coped and adapted by planting drought resistant crops, altering cropping calendars, rearing of livestock, going into shea butter processing, charcoal burning, planting of trees to serve as windbreaks, and depending on social networks for help.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Development and Sustainabilityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 3;No. 12-
dc.subjectLocal Residentsen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionsen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectDisastersen_US
dc.subjectAdaptation/Copingen_US
dc.titleLOCAL RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND ADAPTATION/COPING STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE INDUCED DISASTERS IN BANKPAMA, WA WEST DISTRICT, GHANAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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