Participatory Approach for Integrated Basin Planning with Focus on Disaster Risk Reduction: The Case of the Limpopo River

Water

Mathias Spaliviero³  Morgan De Dapper¹  Chris M.Mannaerts² 

[1]Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium

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[3]Faculty of Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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[5]United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Nairobi, GPO 00100, Kenya

关键词: participatory approach;    integrated basin planning;    Living with Floods;    Limpopo River;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w3030737

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper defends the idea that a participatory approach is a suitable method for basin planning integrating both water and land aspects. Assertions made are based on scientific literature review and corroborated by field experience and research carried out in the Limpopo River basin, a transboundary river located in southern Africa which is affected by periodical floods. The paper explains how a basin strategic plan can be drafted and disaster risk reduction strategies derived by combining different types of activities using a bottom-up approach, despite an institutional context which operates through traditional top-down mechanisms. In particular, the “Living with Floods” experience in the lower LimpopoRiver, in Mozambique, is described as a concrete example of a disaster adaptation measure resulting from a participatory planning exercise. In conclusion, the adopted method and obtained results are discussed and recommendations are formulated for potential replication in similar contexts of the developing world.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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