Caribbean Studies SBA Example From Trinidad and Tobao

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NATRUAL ANDMAN MADEDISASTERS


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INTRODUCTION

In September of 2010, there was a major flood in my village after a day of

hard rain, causing loose earth to make its way into the roads and drains, blocking

the exits and entrances of the trace.

This incident has impacted personally on my life. My parents have

evacuated the bottom floor of our house and sealed every crack or crease in which

water can enter because of the forced entry of the water.


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As reported in the newspaper, business in Port-of-Spain was frequently

flooded during the rainy days of the month. Reports have increased from the

amount of floodings happening over the years in our country, and it has influenced

me to do an investigation into exactly how flash floodings has impacted on the

business society. The choice of area of study is City Gates situated in Port-of-

Spain.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Are business owners in the City

Gates area of Trinidad, affectedimmensely by the constant

flooding of their business

environment?


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RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

How frequently are businesses beingflooded?

What are the types of business that is mostlyaffected by the flooding?


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What are the personal responses of businessowners to the floodings?

Are business owners satisfied by the effortsto reduce flooding in the business place?

What else can be done to reduce flooding inthe business place?

Educational value

Conducting such an investigation:

Will provide information that can enable us to learn, understand andexperience the concerns of the business persons on the issue of flooding


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A systematic enquiry as this would clarify issues related to the sustainabilityof the businesses in the area and more importantly the problems they have to

undergo to survive

DEFINITIONS:

Disasteris either a natural or manmade hazard which has to come tofruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent, causing significant


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physical damage or destruction, loss of life or drastic change to the natural

environment

Natural Environmentencompasses all living and non-living thingsoccurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof

Systematic Enquiryis generating research questions and designingappropriate strategies for collecting empirical data (whether qualitative or

quantitative) to answer those questions

Sustainabilityis the capacity to endure


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DATA COLLECTION

METHODS

METHODOLOGY

PRIMARY RESEARCHquestionnaires were

distributed in order to gather information from the respondents whom were given.

The questionnaire consisted of two (2) open ended questions and nine (9) closed

ended.

Secondary Research- in order for this project to be a

success, research was done to gather sufficient information. This information was

acquired through the internet and gathered newspaper clippings.

SAMPLING PROCEDURE

For this project simple random sampling was used to choose the businesses in

which to interview. Such a method was used because in that specific area only a

handful of businesses reside so distribution and collection of the questionnaires

was very fast and easy.


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SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE

1) Age20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60

2) SexMALE FEMALE

3) How long has your business been running in the City Gates area?Recently 1-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 10yrs and over

4) Has your business always been prone to flooding?YES NO

5) Does your business flood?Only During Rainy Season

With Any Slight Rain

Everytime Rain falls

6) What type of business do you manage?


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Grocery Store Other Fast Food Joint Lottery ticket booth

7) Why do you think your business is so easily flooded?Location Landscaping Building Structure

8) What do you think is causing you area to be easily flooded?Poor Drainage Improper Garbage Disposal Deforestation

9) Have you ever lost any managerial property due to flooding?YES NO

10) Are you satisfied with the efforts government put in to curb the flooding

problem in your business area?

YES NO

11) Even so, what are you doing in order to reduce the destruction of the flooding?

________________________________________________________________

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12) What else do you think can be done in order for the flooding problem to be

stopped indefinitely?

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________________________________________________________________

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PRESENTATION OF DATA

No. of years in business

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Recently 1 - 5 years 6 - 10 years 10 years and

over

Males

Females


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1) Graph showing the percentage f persons working in the City Gates area and for

how long they have been occupying that often flooded area.

2) This Pie Chart shows the response of being asked that had their business always

been prone to flooding.

100%

0%

YES

NO


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3) TABLE showing the time of year business owners business places are flooded.

TIME OF YEARPERCENTAGE OF

BUSINESS PERSONS

Only during rainy season 100%

With any slight rain 0%

Everytime rain falls 0%


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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Grocery

StoreFast Food

JointLotteryBooth

Other

Series 1


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4) The Line Graph shows the types of businesses being run by the flood victims in

the City Gates area

5) Cone Graph representing the reasons as to why the business owners think their

businesses are so easily flooded

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Location Landscaping Building Structure


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6) Pie chart showing the response of the business owners when they were asked if

they were satisfied with the efforts government put in to curb the flooding

problems in your business area.

YES

0%

NO

100%

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Caribbean Studies SBA Example From Trinidad and Tobao