Socio-environmental Impacts of Sprawl on the Coastline Of Douala: Options for Integrated Coastal Management
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This book addresses the socioeconomic and environmental implications of urban sprawl on the coastline of Douala-Cameroon by making use of qualitative and quantitative research methodology. The findings of the work portray that sprawl in Cameroon is...
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This book addresses the socioeconomic and environmental implications of urban sprawl on the coastline of Douala-Cameroon by making use of qualitative and quantitative research methodology. The findings of the work portray that sprawl in Cameroon is orchestrated by inadequate policy implementation, archaic master plan, inadequate information dissemination to the public, inequality in the distribution of resources among the different regions of the State and above all, the gaps elucidated by the traditional form of management. The work upholds that livelihood strategies and environmental protection are intricately linked, and therefore, there is a need for ICM as the management approach blends the two adequately. Based on the experience drawn from Xiamen ICM, the study concludes that Douala needs an autonomous coastal interagency to address the gaps punctuated by sectoral management, and thus, enhance the sustainable management of its coastal milieu.
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Chapter 1.1.9, Problems Associated with Data Collection:The study was subjected to such constraints as the non-availability of important related literature works and text. More so, the high cost (for a student having rather limited financial resources) of gathering of data in different environs, libraries, etc., especially in terms of distance from Xiamen, China, to Cameroon and above all some other research source locations.
Lengthy and complicated bureaucratic procedures were among the most challenging problems faced while collecting the data. In case of most government offices, appointment(s), in advance, had to be made to see the authority in charge. This requirement became even more difficult at some regional delegations where provision of an authorization duly signed by the Minister was required; the latter happened at the Regional Delegation of Town Planning and Housing leading to rather painful delay in data collection.
Lack of important information on environmental issues, fisheries, agriculture, etc., from ministerial departments in Douala was another major setback to this study. For example, information on mangroves was completely lacking in the Regional and Divisional Delegations of the Environment and Forestry, including the complete absence of data and information on land reclamation, pollution, and deforestation within the estuary from the department of environment. The department of agriculture was completely lacking the information on farming impacts on the estuary, including the type of fertilizers and pesticides used and the quantities, soil erosion, the number of farmers and the size of their farming units, and socioeconomic impacts of farming within the estuary. The problem of outdated information and maps cannot be overemphasized. The city of Douala is still being managed with the Master plan drawn more than 50 years ago in 1959, when Cameroon was still under colonial rule, despite the numerous demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental
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changes that have taken place in the subsequent more than five decades.
Other major problems included the almost complete lack of documentation and data in English, as well as hostility, and suspicion from some public authorities and slum dwellers, wood and sand dealers, etc. A vast majority (95%) of the documents obtained in the field were in French, requiring translation before they could be used in this study. This translation has been very time-consuming, tedious, and not without some minor errors and irregularities. However, despite these shortcomings, a thorough and solid scientific work worthy of emulation, though requiring very rigorous efforts, has been compiled.
[ ]Chapter 1.2.2.4.4, Socio-political Issues of the Douala Coastal Space:
The Douala region, constituting the built-up area as well as the marine and coastal space, is administered under the Wouri Division of the Littoral province of the Republic of Cameroon. The Douala region, despite its urbanized growth, displays both the urban and rural landscape over the land-water ecosystem of its coastal space. This proximity to the marine environment of the Gulf of Guinea has greatly influenced the administrative setting of both the Douala metropolitan area and its rural landscape. The pertinent environmental issues faced by these two varying landscapes no doubt influenced the administration of the Douala marine and coastal space. The Douala region has a broad embayment as it opens into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, which now has the metropolis expanding on both sides of the lagoon inlet, while the rural area remains on the creeks to the north and south of the lagoon complex. Today, six sub-divisions under a Divisional Officer each administer the Douala region, while a Governmental Delegate governs the metropolitan area under the urban council. Presently, five of the six divisions, which make up the Wouri Division, are considered as strictly within the urban council and thus has the influenc
Other major problems included the almost complete lack of documentation and data in English, as well as hostility, and suspicion from some public authorities and slum dwellers, wood and sand dealers, etc. A vast majority (95%) of the documents obtained in the field were in French, requiring translation before they could be used in this study. This translation has been very time-consuming, tedious, and not without some minor errors and irregularities. However, despite these shortcomings, a thorough and solid scientific work worthy of emulation, though requiring very rigorous efforts, has been compiled.
[ ]Chapter 1.2.2.4.4, Socio-political Issues of the Douala Coastal Space:
The Douala region, constituting the built-up area as well as the marine and coastal space, is administered under the Wouri Division of the Littoral province of the Republic of Cameroon. The Douala region, despite its urbanized growth, displays both the urban and rural landscape over the land-water ecosystem of its coastal space. This proximity to the marine environment of the Gulf of Guinea has greatly influenced the administrative setting of both the Douala metropolitan area and its rural landscape. The pertinent environmental issues faced by these two varying landscapes no doubt influenced the administration of the Douala marine and coastal space. The Douala region has a broad embayment as it opens into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, which now has the metropolis expanding on both sides of the lagoon inlet, while the rural area remains on the creeks to the north and south of the lagoon complex. Today, six sub-divisions under a Divisional Officer each administer the Douala region, while a Governmental Delegate governs the metropolitan area under the urban council. Presently, five of the six divisions, which make up the Wouri Division, are considered as strictly within the urban council and thus has the influenc
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- Autor: Suinyuy Derrick Ngoran
- 2014, Erstauflage, 120 Seiten, 16 Abbildungen, Masse: 15,5 x 22 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Anchor Academic Publishing
- ISBN-10: 3954892464
- ISBN-13: 9783954892464
Sprache:
Englisch
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