[ Les inondations meurtrières à Kinshasa: Diagnostic et stratégies préventives intégrées pour la réduction des risques de catastrophes naturelles ]
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 706–722
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE1
1 Professeur de l’écologie, Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
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.
Floods are sources of natural disasters around the world. They occur following flooding of rivers and an overflow of urban sanitation drainage routes. This impressive phenomenon causes enormous losses in the ecological, economic and social sectors. According to current statistical data (2010-2020), floods caused more than five million victims worldwide (OCHA, 2022). Obviously this, without taking into account the other effects: material damage, service disruptions, health risks, famine, psychological trauma, etc. Faced with the intensification of these phenomena in Kinshasa, thanks to scientific investigations carried out in the field, this study proposes integrated strategies likely to contribute to the sustainable prevention of flooding in the lower part of the city of Kinshasa. This approach will be accomplished in response to the Sendai Action Plan (2015-2030) which wants scientists to become deeply involved in the quest for sustainable prevention of natural disasters in their societies.
Author Keywords: Flood, risk, natural disaster, urban environment, planning, sustainable city, sustainable development.
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 706–722
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE1
1 Professeur de l’écologie, Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
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
Floods are sources of natural disasters around the world. They occur following flooding of rivers and an overflow of urban sanitation drainage routes. This impressive phenomenon causes enormous losses in the ecological, economic and social sectors. According to current statistical data (2010-2020), floods caused more than five million victims worldwide (OCHA, 2022). Obviously this, without taking into account the other effects: material damage, service disruptions, health risks, famine, psychological trauma, etc. Faced with the intensification of these phenomena in Kinshasa, thanks to scientific investigations carried out in the field, this study proposes integrated strategies likely to contribute to the sustainable prevention of flooding in the lower part of the city of Kinshasa. This approach will be accomplished in response to the Sendai Action Plan (2015-2030) which wants scientists to become deeply involved in the quest for sustainable prevention of natural disasters in their societies.
Author Keywords: Flood, risk, natural disaster, urban environment, planning, sustainable city, sustainable development.
Abstract: (french)
Les inondations sont des sources des catastrophes naturelles dans le monde. Elles surviennent suite aux crues des cours d’eau et un trop plein de voies de drainage d’assainissement urbain. Ce phénomène impressionnant cause des pertes énormes dans le secteur écologique, économique, ainsi que dans le secteur social. Selon les données des statistiques actuelles (2010-2020), les inondations ont été aux origines de plus de cinq millions de victimes dans le monde (OCHA, 2022). Evidemment ceci, sans compter sur les autres effets: dommages matériels, perturbations de services, risques sanitaires, famines, traumatismes psychologiques, etc. Face à l’intensification de ces phénomènes à Kinshasa, grâce aux investigations scientifiques menées sur le terrain, cette étude propose des stratégies intégrées susceptibles de concourir à la prévention durable des inondations dans la partie basse de la ville de Kinshasa. Cette démarche sera accomplie en réponse au Plan d’Action de Sendai (2015-2030) qui souhaite que les scientifiques s’impliquent profondément dans la quête d’une prévention durable des catastrophes naturelles de leurs sociétés.
Author Keywords: Inondation, risque, catastrophe naturelle, environnement urbain, aménagement, ville durable, développement durable.
How to Cite this Article
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE, “Deadly floods in Kinshasa: Diagnosis and integrated preventive strategies for reducing the risks of natural disasters,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 706–722, September 2023.
