- Title
- Economic and Spatial Study of the Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Chang…
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- Abstract
- "The African coastal countries are facing several environmental and socio-economic challenges, such as unplanned urban and economic development, fuelled by a growing rural exodus; non-functional and/or non-existent public infrastructures to handle the demographic growth along the coastline; air, water and soil pollution; and alteration of coastal ecosystems. West Africa, in particular, is facing severe land losses and major damage due to coastal erosion and shoreline loss. This situation impacts coastal communities, infrastructures and users, and hampers economic growth. The institutional, technical and financial capabilities at the regional, national and local scales are not sufficient to effectively meet these challenges. The impacts of climate change will undoubtedly intensify those trends and induce accelerated coastal erosion, loss of land and assets, river or run-off floods, marine submersion, groundwater salinization and changes in the distribution and abundance of coastal and marine habitats and species.
The Senegalese coastline is logically affected by the above trend. It stretches over 531 km, crossing 6 administrative regions of the country (Saint-Louis, Louga, Thiès, Dakar, Fatick and Ziguinchor) that are home to 60% of the Senegalese population (12.5 million inhabitants in 2010).
The African coastal countries are facing several environmental and socio-economic challenges, such as unplanned urban and economic development, fuelled by a growing rural exodus; non-functional and/or non-existent public infrastructures to handle the demographic growth along the coastline; air, water and soil pollution; and alteration of coastal ecosystems. West Africa, in particular, is facing severe land losses and major damage due to coastal erosion and shoreline loss. This situation impacts coastal communities, infrastructures and users, and hampers economic growth. The institutional, technical and financial capabilities at the regional, national and local scales are not sufficient to effectively meet these challenges. The impacts of climate change will undoubtedly intensify those trends and induce accelerated coastal erosion, loss of land and assets, river or run-off floods, marine submersion, groundwater salinization and changes in the distribution and abundance of coastal and marine habitats and species.
The Senegalese coastline is logically affected by the above trend. It stretches over 531 km, crossing 6 administrative regions of the country (Saint-Louis, Louga, Thiès, Dakar, Fatick and Ziguinchor) that are home to 60% of the Senegalese population (12.5 million inhabitants in 2010)."
- Publication Date
- Sept. 1, 2013, 5 p.m.
- Category
- Geoscientific Information
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information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion
- Regions
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Senegal
- Responsible
- andy
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- Maintenance Frequency
- There Are No Plans To Update The Data
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
- coastal_flood, strong_wind, drought, urban_flood, extreme_heat, wildfire, landslide
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