[ Enjeux socio-économiques et urbanisation: Précarité des ménages, vulnérabilité des groupements urbains au quartier Luwowoshi ]
Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 954–964
Balloy Mwanza Perry1, Katenda Kankokwe Cathy2, and Philippe Hanocq3
1 Professeur au département de Génie Civil, Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs Industriels, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Professeure au département de Psychologie du Travail, Faculté de Psychologie et de Sciences de l’Education, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Professeur émérite au département d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme à l’Université de Liège, Belgium
Original language: French
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Our study provides an overview of the precarious socio-economic and environmental conditions of the inhabitants of the spontaneous district of Luwowoshi, in the city of Lubumbashi. The results presented in this article highlight the difficulties in which the populations live and the problems they encounter. Thus, households get their water from wells (62%), springs (27%), standpipes (8%) and boreholes (1%), while generally not having, an adequate effluent treatment system. They must indeed resort to expedients such as: spreading on the plots (60%), the use of latrines and unconnected toilets (34%), infiltration via a simple hole (5%). The evacuation of solid waste is done according to various methods likely to contaminate the environment and the potability of water: holes (54%), incineration (26%), pit (9%), manure pit (5%), vacant lots (5%), and public ferry (1%).
Author Keywords: Chaotic urbanization, spontaneous neighborhood, environment, sanitation, Luwowoshi.
Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 954–964
Balloy Mwanza Perry1, Katenda Kankokwe Cathy2, and Philippe Hanocq3
1 Professeur au département de Génie Civil, Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs Industriels, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Professeure au département de Psychologie du Travail, Faculté de Psychologie et de Sciences de l’Education, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Professeur émérite au département d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme à l’Université de Liège, Belgium
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Our study provides an overview of the precarious socio-economic and environmental conditions of the inhabitants of the spontaneous district of Luwowoshi, in the city of Lubumbashi. The results presented in this article highlight the difficulties in which the populations live and the problems they encounter. Thus, households get their water from wells (62%), springs (27%), standpipes (8%) and boreholes (1%), while generally not having, an adequate effluent treatment system. They must indeed resort to expedients such as: spreading on the plots (60%), the use of latrines and unconnected toilets (34%), infiltration via a simple hole (5%). The evacuation of solid waste is done according to various methods likely to contaminate the environment and the potability of water: holes (54%), incineration (26%), pit (9%), manure pit (5%), vacant lots (5%), and public ferry (1%).
Author Keywords: Chaotic urbanization, spontaneous neighborhood, environment, sanitation, Luwowoshi.
Abstract: (french)
Notre étude dresse un panorama des conditions socio –économiques et environnementales de précarité des habitants du quartier spontané de Luwowoshi, de la ville de Lubumbashi. Les résultats exposés dans cet article mettent en exergue les difficultés dans lesquelles les populations vivent et les problèmes qu’elles rencontrent. Ainsi, les ménages s’approvisionnent avec de l’eau de puits (62 %), de sources (27%), de bornes fontaines (8%) et de forages (1%), tout en ne disposant pas, en règle générale, de système adéquat d’assainissement des effluents. Ils doivent en effet recourir aux expédients comme: l’épandage sur les parcelles (60%), l’utilisation de latrines et de WC non raccordés (34%), l’infiltration via un simple trou (5%). L’évacuation des déchets solides se fait suivant diverses modalités susceptibles de contaminer l’environnement et la potabilité de l’eau: trous (54 %), incinération (26%), fosse (9%), fosse fumière (5%), terrains vagues (5%), et bac public (1%).
Author Keywords: Urbanisation chaotique, quartier spontané, environnement, assainissement, Luwowosh.
How to Cite this Article
Balloy Mwanza Perry, Katenda Kankokwe Cathy, and Philippe Hanocq, “Socio-economic issues and urbanization: Household precariousness, vulnerability of urban groups in the Luwowoshi district,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 954–964, April 2023.
