The study evaluates the level of sustainability performance of professionals in hazard prone environment of Akwa Ibom State. In Nigeria, over 60-70% of Nigerian population relies on farming for livelihood. However, the obvious is that developing countries including Nigeria are lacking in capacity to sustain agricultural production which has resulted in scarcity of food and extinction of some produce. The worst is that professionals do not relate current information which would have help improve sustainability performance in hazard prone environment. The study adopted a survey design method underpinned by a pragmatic knowledge based approach. A total of 150 copies of structured questionnaire was purposively sampled among professionals in urban planning, Architecture, Agronomy, Agricultural Extension and Environmental Health. A descriptive, Relative Important Index and Kruskal Wallis Test was used in the analysis. Findings reveal that there is a low performance of sustainable indicators among professionals as sustainability indicators didn’t have any influence on human settlement in hazard prone environment. It concluded that the involvement of professionals significantly very low. Using Kruskal Wallis to test the level of involvement in hazard prone areas, the study concludes that there is low evident in data to suggest that professionals involve in hazard prone environment. The study recommends that professionals, stakeholders and government should develop a strategy that can improve information sharing and technology in hazard prone communities knowing that vulnerable communities require information in order to achieve resilient environment.
Key Words: Environment, Hazard, Performance, Resilience and Sustainability