Relocalisation préventive suite à la crue de Niamey 2012 : vulnérabilités socio-économiques émergentes et retour en zone inondable

Abstract

In 2012, a large fluvial flood affected the daily life of 45464 people in the city of Niamey. Following this event, the authorities decided to relocate 4963 people outside the flooded zone. However, many people returned to the zone at risk a month later and were flooded again in 2013. In order to understand what motivated this return to the flooded zone, a survey was conducted among city officials and residents of seven neighborhoods in the fifth district. She pointed out that the affected populations found themselves some time after their relocation, in difficult living conditions as a result of job loss and difficult access to water, transport and housing. These conditions have revealed new vulnerabilities and influenced the return of some of them to flooded zone.

Keywords

• vulnerability
• location
• flood
• Niamey
• population distribution