Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in the Flood-Prone Barangays Santo Niño, Butuan City

Date

1-2023

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Paul Joseph B. Ramirez

Committee Member

Jaime Kim B. Arias Paul Joseph B. Ramirez Gideon P. Carnaje Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

Butuan City is highly susceptible to flooding due to its location along the Aguan river Basin and the occurrence of extreme weather hazards in the region due to climate change. Poor households, however, are likely to be more vulnerable, or prone to experiencing negative impacts due to climate change.

This study measured vulnerability to climate change as expected poverty or the ­likelihood that a household will become poor in the future. This study was conducted in Barangay Santo Nino, which was severely affected by Typhoon Odette in December 2021. The study aimed to determine which biophysical and social chara t􀀄 consumption. Due to the presence of heteroscedasticity in the data, the three generalized least squares (FGLS) procedure was used. Results revealed that height, number of floods experienced, household size, dependency ratio. educational attainment of the household head, housing conditions and access to information significantly affect consumption at the household level.

Through conducting a correlation analysis, it was also found that current poverty is not necessarily associated with vulnerability in the community. Nonetheless, it was found that the majority or 68.23% of total vulnerable households engage in farming as their main source of income, implying the vulnerability of this particular sector to poverty due to climate change hazards.

Language

English

LC Subject

Flood, Climate change, Vulnerability as expected poverty, FGLD regression

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2023 E2 D66

Document Type

Thesis

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