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Climate Variability and Its Associated Community Losses in Gicumbi District, Northern Rwanda

Climate Variability and Its Associated Community Losses in Gicumbi District, Northern Rwanda

Lamek Nahayo, Lanhai Li, Christophe Mupenzi
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 2572-4940|EISSN: 2572-4932|EISBN13: 9781799863298|DOI: 10.4018/IJDREM.2021070103
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Nahayo, Lamek, et al. "Climate Variability and Its Associated Community Losses in Gicumbi District, Northern Rwanda." IJDREM vol.4, no.2 2021: pp.35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDREM.2021070103

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Nahayo, L., Li, L., & Mupenzi, C. (2021). Climate Variability and Its Associated Community Losses in Gicumbi District, Northern Rwanda. International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management (IJDREM), 4(2), 35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDREM.2021070103

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Nahayo, Lamek, Lanhai Li, and Christophe Mupenzi. "Climate Variability and Its Associated Community Losses in Gicumbi District, Northern Rwanda," International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management (IJDREM) 4, no.2: 35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDREM.2021070103

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Abstract

Climate change causes loss on lives and livelihoods while regular update strengthens resilience. This study aimed to analyze the rainfall variability impact on livelihoods in Northern Rwanda. The data on community losses due to rainfall variability were considered from 2013 to 2019. The GIS and SPSS helped the data analysis process. The results showed high mean monthly rainfall (119.345 and 90.05 mm) in 2013 and 2017, respectively. This caused landslide, flood, rainstorms, windstorms, lightning, and hailstorms occurrence, which killed/injured people, damaged houses and cropland, livestock loss, and destruction of infrastructures. The correlation analysis indicated a statistically significant p-value of 0.0151 lower than 0.05 and approved that rainfall variability negatively impacts livelihoods. This study can enable policymakers to better understand how changes in rainfall impact livelihoods and strategic measures to adopt for climate variability and climate change adaptation.

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