Mityana District HRV
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Mityana District Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profi le 2016 MITYANA HAZARD, RISK AND VULNERABILITY PROFILE a TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................... i List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. ii List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ ii Acknowledgement ....................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary.................................................................................................................... iv Definition of Key Concepts ......................................................................................................... v List of Acronyms ......................................................................................................................... vi 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objectives of the study....................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Main Objective of the study ......................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Specific objectives ....................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Scope of work and deliverables ......................................................................................... 2 1.4 Justification ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Structure of the Report....................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Overview of Mityana District .............................................................................................. 4 2.1 Geology.............................................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Vegetation and Landuse stratification ................................................................................ 6 2.3 Climatic Conditions ............................................................................................................ 8 2.4 Demographic Characteristics ............................................................................................. 8 2.5 Main economic activities .................................................................................................. 10 3.0 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................11 3.1 Preliminary spatial analysis................................................................................................11 3.2 Stakeholder engagements and developing survey instruments ........................................11 3.3 Participatory mapping ........................................................................................................11 3.4 Field work and ground truthing verification: ...................................................................... 12 3.5 GIS modelling analysis ..................................................................................................... 12 3.6 Regional Stakeholder Workshop for Data verification and validation ............................... 14 4.0 RESULTS FROM MULTI-HAZARD RISK, VULNERABILITY MAPPING ........................... 15 4.2 Environmental degradation ............................................................................................... 15 4.5 Land conflicts .................................................................................................................... 17 4.6 Crop pests and diseases .................................................................................................. 18 4.7 Livestock pests and diseases ........................................................................................... 19 4.8 Human diseases outbreaks .............................................................................................. 20 4.9 Rock falls and soil erosion. ............................................................................................... 21 4.10 Droughts: ........................................................................................................................ 22 4.11 Road accidents ............................................................................................................... 23 4.12 Strong winds, hailstorms and Lightning. ......................................................................... 24 4.13 Vermin’s and problem animals ........................................................................................ 25 4.14 Bush fires ........................................................................................................................ 26 MITYANA HAZARD, RISK AND VULNERABILITY PROFILE i 5.0 Gender and age groups of most affected by the hazards .............................................. 27 6.0 Coping Strategies ............................................................................................................... 27 7.0 District Vulnerability Analysis at District level ................................................................ 28 7.1 Exposure Analysis............................................................................................................. 29 7.2 Sensitivity Analysis............................................................................................................ 30 7.3 Lack of Adaptive Capacity................................................................................................ 31 7.4 Vulnerability assessment .................................................................................................. 32 8.0 General Conclusion and Recommendations ................................................................... 33 8.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 33 8.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 33 Annex I: Hazard risk assessment in sub-counties within Mityana district.................................. 35 Annex II: Field Data collection questionnaire ............................................................................ 36 List of Figure Figure 1: Location of the study area ......................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Geology and Lithology of Mityana District ................................................................. 5 Figure 3: Land use stratification of Mityana District .................................................................. 7 Figure 4: Population density 2014 of Mityana District ............................................................... 9 Figure 5: Data conversion work flow ......................................................................................... 14 Figure 6: Environmental degradation in Mityana District .......................................................... 16 Figure 7: Land conflicts in Mityana District ............................................................................... 17 Figure 8: Crop pests and diseases in Mityana District ............................................................ 18 Figure 9: Livestock pests and diseases in Mityana District ....................................................... 19 Figure 10: Human diseases in Mityana District ......................................................................... 20 Figure 11: Soil erosion in Mityana District ................................................................................. 21 Figure 12: Drought in Mityana District ....................................................................................... 22 Figure 13: Road accidents in Mityana District ........................................................................... 23 Figure 14: Strong winds, hailstorms and Lightning in Mityana District ...................................... 24 Figure 15: Vermins and Wildlife attacks in Mityana District ....................................................... 25 Figure 16: Bush Fires in Mityana District .................................................................................. 26 Figure 17: Exposure of climatic conditions in Mityana District .................................................. 29 Figure 18: Sensitivty of stressors in Mityana District ................................................................. 30 Figure 19: Lack of adaptive capacity in Mityana District ........................................................... 31 Figure 20: Vulnerability assessment of Mityana District ............................................................ 32 List of Tables Table 1: Coping strategies for hazards in Mpigi district ............................................................. 27 Table 2: Indicators utilised by vulnerability component