Accidents Related to the 2014 Rains and Their Socio-Economic Consequences in the City of Abidjan: The Case of the Municipalities of Abobo and Att&amp;#233;coub&amp;#233; (C&amp;#244;te D’Ivoire)

Brou Kamenan Marcel,Konan Kouadio Joël,Adomon Abodou Athanase,Alla Della André

doi:10.4236/gep.2021.93012

Abstract

The urban environment is confronted with recurring calamities including floods, landslides and forced escapes of populations during periods of rain. In Cote d’Ivoire, the municipalities of Abobo and Attecoube suffered enormous material and human damage following the torrential rains of 2014. These urbanized areas are built on large plateaus bordered by thalwegs where 61% of these areas have no drainage network, thus facing a lack of sanitation. Moreover, topographical, rainfall, anthropogenic and technical conditions are factors explaining the occurrence of natural disasters and their consequences in the said communes. The objective of this article is to assess the socio-economic impact of the occurrence of hazards. It focuses on the identification of risk sectors in the municipalities of Abobo and Attecoube and the material, human and economic consequences that result from rain accidents.

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These last decades are increasingly disturbed by both natural and anthropogenic phenomena that continue to disrupt the environment
The objective of this article is to assess the socio-economic impact of the occurrence of hazards. It focuses on the identification of risk sectors in the municipalities of Abobo and Attécoubé and the material, human and economic consequences that result from rain accidents
A Rugged Site Located in the north of the city of Abidjan, the municipality of Abobo extends over a plateau site broken down on sides by basins called natural depressions

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These last decades are increasingly disturbed by both natural and anthropogenic phenomena that continue to disrupt the environment. Others, such as Assako (1996), note that floods and mass movements in Cameroon are a real concern for cities located in areas with high rainfall rates because at the base of many damages such as in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire. They are located in the northern part of the city of Abidjan (Figure 1)

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