The study explored resilience capacity building strategies adopted by flood-vulnerable communities in the Lower Orashi Region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria and provides a comprehensive examination of the various strategies employed by these communities to mitigate and manage the impact of recurrent flooding in the region. The study adopted a quantitative research approach, utilising a descriptive research design for the collection of data. The study employed stratified and simple random sampling techniques to select communities and residents who were interviewed in the study area. A total of 400 respondents were determined from 22 communities that were sampled in the study area using the Taro Yamane formula at a 5% precision level. The study found that the strategies adopted by residents in the study area to build resilience capacity were to relocate to government-designated Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, move to a relative’s home during flood events and their reliance on government aid and familial support networks which were mostly considered fair and ineffective, though some residents rated the strategies as effective. To improve on resilience capacity of adopted by the residents, the study suggested the following recommendations including carrying out flood study and analysis of the Orashi region and prepare maritime spatial area plan and establishment of Flood Management Committee; collaboration between the all stakeholders including governments, multi-nationals, communities and NGOs to strengthened the development of sustainable resilience capacity strategies to cope with flood risks and hazards; build flood structural control devices such as levees, dykes, tide gates, flood barriers that will serve as seawalls and embankments to protect the flood-vulnerable communities; design and build IDP camps that meets international acceptable standard to house flood victims during flooding period; and government and communities should collaborate to boost non structural flood measures such as early-warning signals and not developing close to the coastlines of the communities that are below sea mean level through flood education to reduce the impacts of flood-vulnerability to communities and infrastructures to increase their resilience capacity.

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Owukio, S.S. et al., (2023). Exploring Resilience Capacity Building Strategies of Flood-vulnerable Communities in the Lower Orashi Region of Niger Delta, Nigeria. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 9(2), 32-40. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.9.20004-2