Rural Flood Resilience Strategies: Examining Community Measures in Narayani River Basin, Nepal

Abstract

When it comes to the amount of fatalities, livestock losses, and damages to livelihoods, floods are the most
catastrophic natural event in Nepal. Flood risks can be decreased through nonstructural, soft structural, and
structural means. In addition to these strategies, rural communities have been using community efforts to
lessen, respond to, and recover from the effects of floods for a number of years. The primary goal of the study is
to analyze these community efforts in the context of livelihood capitals, the Early Warning System (EWS), and
the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) cycle before summarizing the findings. As a result, two communities in the
Narayani river basin—Kudiya and Paklihawa—in the Susta Rural Municipality, Nawalparashi-west, Nepal, were
the sites of the research. The article provides examples of general rural coping, resilience, and recovery tactics
used by local residents in the wake of floods. An effective and efficient holistic strategy to explaining empirical
findings at the community level is also included in the article. The article presents the general conclusions on
community activities that enhance flood resilience, and these empirical findings are deemed pertinent, realistic,
workable, and long-lasting ways to lower the dangers of flooding in Nepal's rural areas.