Abstract
ABSTRACT Climate change coupled with poor urban planning has facilitated the occurrence of flood disasters across cities in the Global South. While the media landscape remains a vibrant platform where expert knowledge is shared about the causes, patterns, risks and mitigation measures of the ravaging flood disasters, there is limited scientific knowledge about how the media narratives evolve and inform better policy formulation in addressing the floods. Using a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies (CADS) approach, we explore the discursive construction of perennial flooding in Accra in the Ghanaian press to bring to light emerging discourses around the phenomenon and how that contribute to remedying the problem. The findings revealed a hazy identification of the major causes of the floods in the news, and underscore the urgent need to embrace cogent measures and more proactive policies, firm commitment from the government, stakeholders and the inhabitants in the city to tackle the perennial floods.
Published Version
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call