Table 4 Perceived causes of flood hazard in Dire Dawa city
From: Flood risk analysis: causes and landscape based mitigation strategies in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia
Flood causing factors | Agree | Disagree | No response | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
Intense rainfall | 102 | 92.7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.3 |
Flood zone occupation | 64 | 58 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 31 |
Land use change | 83 | 75.5 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 5.5 |
Topography | 83 | 75.5 | 15 | 13.4 | 12 | 10 |
Damping of solid waste in river channel | 51 | 46.3 | 54 | 49.1 | 5 | 4.6 |
Aggravating factors | 77 | 70 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 9 |
Institutional problem | 15 | 13.5 | 70 | 63.3 | 25 | 22.7 |