Floods remained among the most devastating natural disasters globally, and their impacts were particularly severe in Kenya’s Tana River County, where recurrent flooding disrupted livelihoods, displaced populations, and caused extensive property damage. This study investigated the relationship between project management practices and resilience outcomes of projects in flood-prone areas of Tana River County, Kenya. The research was guided by four specific objectives: to determine the relationship between project planning, project communication management, project resource management, and project stakeholder engagement on resilience outcomes of flood-prone projects. The study was anchored on Contingency Theory of Planning, Communication Theory, Resource-Based View (RBV), and Stakeholder Theory, which provided the theoretical basis for linking effective management practices to enhanced project resilience. The study adopted a descriptive research design and targeted 10,864 project participants across public and non-governmental organizations in Tana River County. Using Yamane’s formula, a sample size of 385 respondents was determined. Stratified random sampling was employed to ensure proportional representation from different project sectors, followed by simple random sampling to select individual respondents. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential analysis, including Pearson correlation and multiple regression, with the aid of SPSS software. The findings revealed that all four project management practices had significant positive relationships with resilience outcomes. Project planning enhanced preparedness and adaptability to flooding events, while effective communication management facilitated timely information sharing and coordination among stakeholders. Resource management practices improved the mobilization and utilization of financial, human, and infrastructural resources, thereby strengthening response and recovery capacities. Stakeholder engagement fostered community ownership, collaboration, and sustainability of resilience initiatives. Collectively, these practices explained a substantial proportion of variance in resilience outcomes. The study concluded that robust project management practices significantly improved the resilience of flood-prone communities in Tana River County. It recommended that project managers, policymakers, and development agencies institutionalize integrated planning, inclusive communication systems, participatory stakeholder frameworks, and sustainable resource management strategies to mitigate the adverse impacts of flooding and enhance long-term community resilience.
Onjole et al. (Fri,) studied this question.