A5002865359- Landslides and related hazards
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Université du Burundi
2018-2024
Mohammed V University
2021-2022
Accurate and detailed multitemporal inventories of landslides their process characterization are crucial for the evaluation landslide hazards implementation disaster risk reduction strategies in densely-populated mountainous regions. Such investigations are, however, rare many regions tropical African highlands, where research is often its infancy not adapted to local needs. Here, we have produced a comprehensive investigation processes hillslopes Bujumbura, situated landslide-prone East...
Rapid urbanization, demographic pressure, and sprawl of cities are key factors in the vulnerability damage related to geo-hydrological hazards. Dysfunctional urban services that favor informal settlements at forefront elements increase vulnerability. Cases suffer from hazards increasingly reported many regions, especially tropical countries Global South. Yet, studies on such examples rare commonly overlook human societal components hazard risks. Here, we focus Bujumbura, a city Africa has...
The Kanyosha watershed is unstable due to the presence of several landslides, which occupy about 3% study area. They are causing major damage costs expensive Government Burundi as well population residing there and their properties. Roads, schools, irrigation canals, houses, crop fields, etc., in danger collapse. These landslides mostly naturally occurring but can sometimes be reactivated by heavy rains or human activities during excavation building materials from river bed.In order carry...
The Kanyosha watershed is unstable due to the presence of several landslides, which occupy about 3% study area. They are causing major damage costs expensive Government Burundi as well population residing there and their properties. Roads, schools, irrigation canals, houses, crop fields, etc., in danger collapse. These landslides mostly naturally occurring but can sometimes be reactivated by heavy rains or human activities during excavation building materials from river bed.In order carry...
As in other hilly and mountainous regions of the world, hillslopes Bujumbura are prone to landslides. In this area, landslides impact human lives infrastructures. Despite high landslide-induced damages, slope instabilities less investigated. The aim research is assess landslide susceptibility using a probabilistic/statistical data modeling approach for predicting initiation future A spatial inventory with their physical characteristics through interpretation high-resolution optic...
<p>During the Anthropocene, impact of humans on Earth surface processes has increased exponentially, often surpassing importance natural drivers. Also in mountainous areas, landslide mobilization rates are exacerbated by human disturbances landscape such as deforestation, road constructions, and mining processes. However, investigating these interactions remains difficult many regions due to a lack sufficiently long observation periods, preferably over large area, so that...
<p>Disasters related to hydrological hazards are frequent, occur worldwide, and regularly devastate many African cities. The victims commonly among the population in precarious situations, without solid infrastructure with incomes too low recover from disasters.</p><p>Located western branch of East Rift, squeezed between shore Lake Tanganyika steep hillslopes, city Bujumbura hosts approximately 800,000 people. It is affected by disasters lake river...
<p>Tropical mountainous regions are commonly identified as landslide hotspots with particularly vulnerable populations. Anthropogenic factors assumed to play a role in the occurrence and impact of landslides these populated regions, yet relative importance human-induced remains poorly documented. In this work, we explore forest cover dynamics, agricultural land management practices, urbanisation, roads, mining/quarrying activities on their associated risk North...
Abstract The aim of this research is the modelling landslide susceptibility in hillslopes Bujumbura using Weights-of-Evidence model, a probabilistic data approach relevant for predicting future landslides at regional scale. Initially, characteristics and spatial mapping different type were identified (fall, flow, slide, complex) by thorough interpretation high-resolution remote sensing (mountainous areas with difficult access) intensive fieldwork. Subsequently, main controlling factors...