Urbanisation and disaster risk: the resilience of the Nigerian community in Auckland to natural hazards

ABSTRACT

Community resources and the ability to organise them in times of challenges are essential in resilience. This study investigated the resilience of the Nigerian community in Auckland to the risk of natural hazards. Auckland has a multi-hazard landscape and an increasing rate of urbanisation which encompasses diverse communities and nationalities. The study examined five resources, the social, economic, communication, disaster competency and physical resources to determine the resilience of the Nigerian community to natural hazards in Auckland. The study collected data from both secondary and primary sources. The primary source included information from surveys and interviews; and secondary data from existing literature and documents in the public domain. The research used both parametric and non-parametric methods and themes identification for analysis. A community resilience index was created to calculate the current resilience status of the Nigerian community. Research findings suggested policy interventions to enhance indicators of low resilience. Enhancing resilience in the community depends on how the government addresses these indicators in future community resilience planning.

KEYWORDS:

• Resilience
• Nigeria
• indicators
• natural hazards
• disaster risk
• resource

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Andreas Neef http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5079-3323

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment: [Grant Number 9072/3711735].