VULNERABILITES URBAINES ET STRATEGIES DE RESILIENCE COMMUNAUTAIRE DANS LES QUARTIERS INFORMELS : LE CAS DE GESCO A ABIDJAN (COTE D IVOIRE)
- Enseignant Chercheur, Institut de Geographie Tropicale, Universite Felix Houphouet Boigny (Abidjan, Cote dIvoire).
- Docteur en Geographie.
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This article analyses the resilience strategies developed by residents of the working-class neighbourhood of Gesco, in Abidjan, in response to environmental vulnerabilities, from a sustainable urban development perspective. The research is based on a mixed methodological approach combining documentary analysis and field surveys (direct observation, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires). The survey covered a reasoned sample of 260 heads of households spread across the neighbo urhoods thirteen sectors. The results highlight the high exposure of households to natural hazards, particularly flooding (47%) and erosion (35.71%), sometimes associated with landslides. In addition, 48.96% of households contribute to environmental degradation through the uncont rolled discharge of waste water and solid waste, contributing to the uns anitary conditions of the environment. This situation results in a high prevalence of waterborne diseases, mainly malaria (67.61%), typhoid fever (15.96%) and diarrhoea (14.08%). Faced with these constraints, communities develop mainly informal resilience strategies, such as planting vegetation in at-risk areas and setting up rudimentary flood protection measures. The latter strategy is adopted by 18.98% of house holds. The study highlights the need for integrated urban restructuring and diversification of forms of urbanisation in order to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of this marginalised urban area.
Koffi Bertrand Yao, Kan Bellarmin Yao and Ohomon Bernard Eviar (2026); VULNERABILITES URBAINES ET STRATEGIES DE RESILIENCE COMMUNAUTAIRE DANS LES QUARTIERS INFORMELS : LE CAS DE GESCO A ABIDJAN (COTE D IVOIRE), Int. J. of Adv. Res., 14 (01), 1264-1280, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/22661
Enseignant-Chercheur, Institut de Géographie Tropicale, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
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