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DOMESTIC WATER SHORTAGES AND COPING MECHANISMS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RWANDA A CASE STUDY OF NDERA SECTOR IN KIGALI CITY

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dc.contributor.author SAM, NKURANGA
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-26T14:06:31Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-26T14:06:31Z
dc.date.issued 2023-09
dc.identifier.issn issn
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/75
dc.description.abstract This research aimed at assessing the causes and extent of water shortages and coping mechanisms used by affected residents in Ndera Sector- Kigali City. To achieve this, the study was guided by the following specific objectives: to analyze the extent of water shortages and subsequent problems, to identify coping strategies adopted by residents as a result of water shortages, to assess the community’s perceptions, attitudes and behaviors as a result of water shortages and finally to find out the response rate from the water service provider in solving the water shortage problems. This study used 100 respondents drawn from 69,160 population of Ndera Sector using the Yamane Formula (1990). The researcher employed a survey research design. Survey concerns describing, recording, analyzing and reporting conditions that exist or have existed. The basic instruments that were used to collect data were the questionnaire, interview, documentation and observation. The findings indicate that 100% of the respondents have faced water shortages, 80% said that water cut-off is not even communicated before as a result of this, 50% of the respondents ranked water supply service very poor though 60% said that the situation is better compared to the past 5 years. It was noted that 41% of the respondents don’t have water storage facilities and 67% don’t know or understand the importance of water treatment as an alternative during water shortages. The extent of water shortages was emphasized by respondents whereby 36% highlighted that they spend more than 7 days without clean water, 55% said that a household uses between 50-100Liters and this is very little compared to the universal average figures. Respondents suggested that bringing new machinery and new water pipes, constructing bigger water tanks and digging bore holes where possible as well as equal distribution of water can solve the problem. Future research should focus on economic analysis of coping strategies in order to inform decision makers about the household competing needs. The present study could not establish how the various coping mechanisms affect household budget. A cost-benefit study on coping strategies is therefore research gap. en_US
dc.publisher ULK en_US
dc.subject Domestic water shortages- en_US
dc.title DOMESTIC WATER SHORTAGES AND COPING MECHANISMS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RWANDA A CASE STUDY OF NDERA SECTOR IN KIGALI CITY en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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