Environmental Vulnerability Index: Application to the White Bandama Bassin In the Northern Côte D’ivoire

Abstract

The White Bandama Basin (WBB) faces multiple changes that could undermine it. In order to analyze its sensitivity to those changes, the environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), developed by the South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC), as a global composite index that quantifies the vulnerability of an area’s environment, was applied to the basin. The results revealed that the major vulnerability issues are from anthropogenic sources, country-characteristics and climate changes. The most important climate risk factor for the basin is drought. The overall risk factor in the basin is higher than the means of resistance, making it moderately sensitive to changes.

Keywords

• Anthropogenic
• Bandama
• Basin
• Environmental
• Indices
• Vulnerability.