AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE IN ADEKAA GBOKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA BENUE STATE
Abstract
This research work focus on the effect of flooding on residential property value in
Adekaa Gboko Benue State. The main objective of this work is to determine the
effect of flooding on residential property value in Adekaa Gboko Benue State,
specific objective include; to determine the factors responsible for the flooding on
residential property in Adekaa, also to assess the impact of flooding on residential
property value in Adekaa Gboko Benue State. The population of the study is 390
and the sample size is 80. The study use both primary and secondary data in
gathering the information about the research work. The study finds out that most of
the respondents believed that flood mitigation measures that have been effective in
reducing the impact of flooding on property values, the study also discovered that
flooding occurs every year in the residential area in Adekaa. The recommends that
there should be deliberate policy to compel communities, especially in the study
area, to build house using durable materials and away from the flood prone area
as well as the height from the flood level must be considered. Also the ministry of
agriculture and cooperative should, through extension services encourage
communities to increase cultivation and tree plantation on the upland in order to
enhance food and houses hold level.
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