Flood Responses and Attachment to Place Within Low-Income Neigbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of place attachment among flood victims in the two low-income communities of Aboabo and Asawase in Kumasi, Ghana. It draws on empirical evidences from 203 households and key informants to explore the enduring communal mobilisation and social capital exhibited by victims during and after floods. The study reveals context-specific structural and non-structural coping strategies, shaped by intense local knowledge, lived experiences and attachment to place of affected households. We recommend that local knowledge and residents' attachments to their neighbourhoods be mainstreamed into the design of community-based flood risk management frameworks.