Coastal households' perception of sea level rise in Quezon Province, Philippines
2016
Taguiam, C.G. | Quiambao-Marquez, C.B.
The rise of sea level is attributed to the melting of glacier ice and thermal expansion caused by the climate change phenomenon. Scientist continue to monitor sea level rise as a change in the mean sea level is deemed to pose threat in low elevation coastal zones. As such, households who settled in low lying areas are at risk to coastal perturbations. In Philippines, 60% of its total population now live in low lying coastal zone. This indicates that majority are exposed to the hazards of coastal environment due to the increasing sea level rise. Sea level rise has been observed in the country and scientists noted that its occurrence is attributed to natural hazards and anthropogenic factors. Because of this, it is imperative that an assessment on the households' perspective be undertaken to determine the households' perception of sea level rise. A social survey in the five coastal communities composed of 254 households from Quezon Province [Philippines] was conducted to determine perception of sea level rise. Twelve sea level rise related statements were prepared and answered by households following the quintet type of scale. Scores obtained from the 12 statements underwent factor analysis. Results of factor analysis showed that sea level rise was perceived by the households in three dimensions and these are: affects the households' social well-being, changes the seascape of the coastal environment, and causes displacement of households. The Pearson correlation also revealed that the first dimension was correlated to the households' age (p-value of -0.137*), education (p-value of 0.124*), and income (p-value of -0.152*), all significant at 0.05 level.
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