Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development
Water stress is an everyday issue in developing countries and especially in Foumban, a municipality located in the West Region of Cameroon between longitudes 10°40’-11°10’E and latitudes 05°30’-05°55’N. The failure of the water distribution system in the Municipality of Foumban (MoF) led the citizen...
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| author | Zakari Aretouyap Frnack Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi Janvier Kana Domra Sandra Celeste Tchato Nicola Perilli |
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| description | Water stress is an everyday issue in developing countries and especially in Foumban, a municipality located in the West Region of Cameroon between longitudes 10°40’-11°10’E and latitudes 05°30’-05°55’N. The failure of the water distribution system in the Municipality of Foumban (MoF) led the citizens as well as the municipal authorities to exploit groundwater. Unfortunately, an extensive hydrogeophysical field campaign, with incidental cost, is required because the groundwater potential is not priorly assessed. The main objective of this article is to demarcate groundwater potential zones of MoF. For this, six thematic layers contributing to groundwater occurrences are combined using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) on a GIS environment to produce a sound groundwater potential map. This map is classified into three zones: low potential for 39.06%, acceptable potential for 27.27% and high potential for 33.68% of the study area. This may help to increase the rate of productive wells (by focusing hydrogeophysical investigation on areas with high groundwater potential) using little financial resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4c2e6c20c7b478c86ea5cae98b4e1f32023-09-19T09:13:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeocarto International1010-60491752-07622023-12-0138110.1080/10106049.2022.21633072163307Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable developmentZakari Aretouyap0Frnack Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi1Janvier Kana Domra2Sandra Celeste Tchato3Nicola Perilli4Department of Architecture and Engineering Art, Institute of Fine Arts, University of DschangGeodesy Research Laboratory, National Institute of CartographyDepartment of Mines, Petroleum and Water Resource Exploration, National Advanced School of Mines and Petroleum Industries, University of MarouaGeodesy Research Laboratory, National Institute of CartographyDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of PisaWater stress is an everyday issue in developing countries and especially in Foumban, a municipality located in the West Region of Cameroon between longitudes 10°40’-11°10’E and latitudes 05°30’-05°55’N. The failure of the water distribution system in the Municipality of Foumban (MoF) led the citizens as well as the municipal authorities to exploit groundwater. Unfortunately, an extensive hydrogeophysical field campaign, with incidental cost, is required because the groundwater potential is not priorly assessed. The main objective of this article is to demarcate groundwater potential zones of MoF. For this, six thematic layers contributing to groundwater occurrences are combined using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) on a GIS environment to produce a sound groundwater potential map. This map is classified into three zones: low potential for 39.06%, acceptable potential for 27.27% and high potential for 33.68% of the study area. This may help to increase the rate of productive wells (by focusing hydrogeophysical investigation on areas with high groundwater potential) using little financial resources.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2163307foumbangis environmentgroundwater potentialmulticriteria analysisurban planning |
| spellingShingle | Zakari Aretouyap Frnack Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi Janvier Kana Domra Sandra Celeste Tchato Nicola Perilli Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development Geocarto International foumban gis environment groundwater potential multicriteria analysis urban planning |
| title | Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| title_full | Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| title_fullStr | Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| title_short | Assessing groundwater potential in Foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| title_sort | assessing groundwater potential in foumban and implication on urban planning in the context of sustainable development |
| topic | foumban gis environment groundwater potential multicriteria analysis urban planning |
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