Livelihood resilience in the face of recurring floods: an empirical evidence from Northwest Ethiopia

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 3 Coping strategies for flood disasters

Coping strategy	Number	Percent
Borrowing seeds	236	80.93
Selling household assets	236	12.71
Changing crops	236	86.01
Constructing flood dykes	232	31.03
Informal social transfers	236	83.89
Relocating to higher grounds	234	58.97

Source: Authors’ own construction from household survey (April 2015)
Note: This is a multiple response item and therefore the percentage does not add up to 100 percent.