Critical Factors of Vulnerability That Enable Medina Gounass (Dakar/Senegal) to Adapt against Seasonal Flood Events  

作　　者：Ousmane Diouf Sané Amadou Thierno Gaye Moussa Diakhaté Mawuli Aziadekey Ousmane Diouf Sané;Amadou Thierno Gaye;Moussa Diakhaté;Mawuli Aziadekey(Département de Géographie, Université de Lomé, WASCAL, Lomé, Togo;Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan Siméon Fongang (LPAOSF), Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal;Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo)

机构地区：[1]Département de Géographie, Université de Lomé, WASCAL, Lomé, Togo [2]Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan Siméon Fongang (LPAOSF), Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal [3]Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

出　　处：《Journal of Geographic Information System》2016年第4期457-469,共14页地理信息系统（英文）

摘　　要：This paper focuses on people living in Medina Gounass where has been experiencing annually flood events during the rainy season. Besides the climatic conditions, the lack of formal amenity plan has led to the emergence of highly vulnerable urban communities, particularly through informal settlements and inadequate land management. Flood has disrupted their livelihood and caused huge loss of properties. Thus, inhabitants have a long experience of flood events. The study was carried out to assess critical aspects that led Medina Gounass inhabitants vulnerable to flood. Consequently, people in the study area have been practicing various methods at household to mitigate the probable losses. The study found that flood adaptation measures can be made more effective through community initiatives and their participation than at household level which sometimes causes harm in the neighborhood. Structural and non-structural flood management approach seems to be more efficient to alleviate Medina Gounass inhabitants from the flood problems.This paper focuses on people living in Medina Gounass where has been experiencing annually flood events during the rainy season. Besides the climatic conditions, the lack of formal amenity plan has led to the emergence of highly vulnerable urban communities, particularly through informal settlements and inadequate land management. Flood has disrupted their livelihood and caused huge loss of properties. Thus, inhabitants have a long experience of flood events. The study was carried out to assess critical aspects that led Medina Gounass inhabitants vulnerable to flood. Consequently, people in the study area have been practicing various methods at household to mitigate the probable losses. The study found that flood adaptation measures can be made more effective through community initiatives and their participation than at household level which sometimes causes harm in the neighborhood. Structural and non-structural flood management approach seems to be more efficient to alleviate Medina Gounass inhabitants from the flood problems.

关 键 词：Factors VULNERABILITY Medina Gounass ADAPTATION FLOOD 

分 类 号：P33[天文地球—水文科学]