Socio-Environmental and Physical Factors of Flood Risk in African Cities: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Two Contrasting Neighbourhoods in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

The literature on vulnerability to flooding highlights the multiple dimensions of risk factors. However, little research has analysed the joint effects of environmental and social variables on flood risk at the household level in African cities. We use an interdisciplinary approach to analyse the di...

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Published inJournal of Population and Sustainability Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 31 - 58
Main Authors Dos Santos, Stephanie, Karamoko, Abdul Wahab, Artadji, Attoumane, Zahiri, Eric-Pascal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ipswich The White Horse Press 29.08.2023
Subjects
Built environment
Cities
Climate change
Demography
Disaster management
Emergency preparedness
Environmental effects
Environmental risk
flood
Floods
Geography
Households
Humanities and Social Sciences
interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinary aspects
Landslides & mudslides
Liquid wastes
Neighborhoods
Physical factors
Population
Rain
Risk factors
Social factors
Social sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
Solid waste disposal
Solid wastes
Storm damage
sub-saharan africa
vulnerability
Waste disposal
sub-Saharan Africa
vulnerability
cities
interdisciplinarity
flood
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Summary:The literature on vulnerability to flooding highlights the multiple dimensions of risk factors. However, little research has analysed the joint effects of environmental and social variables on flood risk at the household level in African cities. We use an interdisciplinary approach to analyse the differentiated significance of these dimensions for the status of ‘flood victim’ in Abidjan, the major city of Côte d’Ivoire. The data used were collected in a survey of 503 households residing in two contrasting neighbourhoods of Abidjan. Modelling data with logistic regressions, the results show that physical variables (the slope of the housing plot), environmental variables (liquid and solid waste disposal) and social variables (the gender of the head of household or the composition of the household) are factors jointly associated with flood risk. The multidimensional nature of vulnerability at the household level must be seen as a challenge faced by public authorities in post-disaster management.
ISSN:2398-5488
2398-5496
DOI:10.3197/JPS.63799953906871