RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL
Senegalese cities are experiencing very rapid growth in terms of both spatial and demographic development, which has an impact on the management of runoff water, which is increasingly a major concern of authorities and urban populations. In these cities, public sanitation infrastructure is insuffici...
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| author | Cheikh FAYE Bouly SANÉ Eddy Nilsone GOMIS Sécou Omar DIÉDHIOU Alassane SOW |
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| description | Senegalese cities are experiencing very rapid growth in terms of both spatial and demographic development, which has an impact on the management of runoff water, which is increasingly a major concern of authorities and urban populations. In these cities, public sanitation infrastructure is insufficient and unevenly distributed in urban space. The objective of this study is to characterize the problem of rainwater management in the city of Ziguinchor (southern Senegal). The methodology is based on an administration, a questionnaire submitted to 288 heads of households, and an interview guide with 13 actors who stand out in the environmental management component at the local level. The results obtained attest to a real problem of sanitation of rainwater managed in precarious conditions due to the lack of infrastructure and water management methods used by households. The infrastructural problem is a factor in the poor management of rainwater in Ziguinchor, while rainwater drainage practices do not protect the living environment of the populations. In the city of Ziguinchor, the main strategies adopted in the face of the sanitation network deficit are based on backfilling, the laying of sandbags and stones, evacuation through buckets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fd61ae0a31a4c5f97becef3c76a78f52022-12-21T21:17:28ZengEditura Universitatii din OradeaRevista Română de Geografie Politică2065-16191582-77632021-12-01232587910.30892/rrgp.232101-350RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGALCheikh FAYE0Bouly SANÉ1Eddy Nilsone GOMIS2Sécou Omar DIÉDHIOU3Alassane SOW4Department of Geography, U.F.R. Sciences and Technologies, Assane Seck Univesity of Ziguinchor, Laboratory of Geomatics and the Environment, BP 523 Ziguinchor (Senegal), e-mail: cheikh.faye@univ-zig.snDepartment of Geography, U.F.R. Sciences and Technologies, Assane Seck Univesity of Ziguinchor, Laboratory of Geomatics and the Environment, BP 523 Ziguinchor (Senegal), e-mail: B.SANE79@zig.univ.snLaboratory of Research in Architecture, National School of Architecture / University Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, 5 Alleys Antonio Machado 31 058, Toulouse, Cedex 9, France, e-mail: eddy-nilsone.gomis@toulouse.archi.fr Department of Geography, Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor (Senegal), Laboratory of Geomatics and Environment (LGE) / University of Nantes (France), ESO Nantes UMR 6590, e-mail: secouomar13@yahoo.frHead of the regional sanitation service of Ziguinchor (Senegal), e-mail: sow.alassan@yahoo.frSenegalese cities are experiencing very rapid growth in terms of both spatial and demographic development, which has an impact on the management of runoff water, which is increasingly a major concern of authorities and urban populations. In these cities, public sanitation infrastructure is insufficient and unevenly distributed in urban space. The objective of this study is to characterize the problem of rainwater management in the city of Ziguinchor (southern Senegal). The methodology is based on an administration, a questionnaire submitted to 288 heads of households, and an interview guide with 13 actors who stand out in the environmental management component at the local level. The results obtained attest to a real problem of sanitation of rainwater managed in precarious conditions due to the lack of infrastructure and water management methods used by households. The infrastructural problem is a factor in the poor management of rainwater in Ziguinchor, while rainwater drainage practices do not protect the living environment of the populations. In the city of Ziguinchor, the main strategies adopted in the face of the sanitation network deficit are based on backfilling, the laying of sandbags and stones, evacuation through buckets.http://rrgp.uoradea.ro/art/2021-2/rrgp.232101-350.pdfmanagementrainwaterfloodinginfrastructurestrategyziguinchor |
| spellingShingle | Cheikh FAYE Bouly SANÉ Eddy Nilsone GOMIS Sécou Omar DIÉDHIOU Alassane SOW RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL Revista Română de Geografie Politică management rainwater flooding infrastructure strategy ziguinchor |
| title | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL |
| title_full | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL |
| title_fullStr | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL |
| title_full_unstemmed | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL |
| title_short | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL |
| title_sort | rainwater management problems in cities in developing countries the case of the municipality of ziguinchor senegal |
| topic | management rainwater flooding infrastructure strategy ziguinchor |
| url | http://rrgp.uoradea.ro/art/2021-2/rrgp.232101-350.pdf |
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