Advanced Search
MyIDEAS: Login

Particular Aspects of Littoral of Senegal in a New Climatic Perspectives

Contents:

Author Info

  • Cheikhou Oumar NDIAYE

    () (University Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Senegal)

  • Alioune KANE

    () (University Cheikh Anta DIOP, Geography Department, Dakar, Senegal)

  • Violeta PUSCASU

    () (University Dunarea de Jos, Geography Department, Galati, Romania)

  • Adrien COLY

    () (University Gaston BERGER, Geography Section, Saint-Louis, Senegal)

Registered author(s):

    Abstract

    The shoreline is an environment that serves as an interface between continent and sea. The analysis offers a succession of natural ecosystems and socio-economic installations. The space remains under the influence of the urbanization, the development of tourism, the seaports, the fisheries, etc. Thus, it occupies an important aesthetic and economic position like the Senegal’s petite côte shoreline. The petite côte’s shoreline begins at Cap Manuel to Casamance. For this study, our choice concerns the shoreline between Cap Manuel to le Saloum. The developpement of socioéconomics activities are more important in this part of the Senegalese’s coastal area. Indeed, the south shoreline saw settling down since the colonization several industrial, tourist and nautical activities. The Port of Dakar participated into the reconfiguration of the landscape by taking a catalyst role on the proliferation of the industrial units. The port makes also the increase of the urban population on the Cap Vert’s peninsula. The place is a site of profusion of the economic actors. The evolution of the natural environment is at the origin of several anxieties both on the balance of the shoreline ecosystems and on the durability of the coastal developments. The major challenges that appear in the management of the harbor’s coast, are diverse and the rise of the sea level constitute a fundamental aspect in the future of shoreline. At present, the climate change mean, on a large scale, several modifications in the functioning of the marine environment. The disturbances that are observed into the circulation’s mode of the marine waters, and they involve collectively a rise of the marine level with harmful consequences on the coastal areas. The south coast is under the strong variability of the marine level and its impacts. The effects of climate change place the harbor coast in a vulnerability position to the sea inching. The low zones are exposed to the sea level rise. The floods and the lands’ losses are aspects that underline the exposure to the natural phenomena.

    Download Info

    If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
    File URL: http://www.ann.ugal.ro/eco/Doc20011_1/CNdiaye_AKane_VPuscasu_AColy.pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    Bibliographic Info

    Article provided by "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in its journal Economics and Applied Informatics.

    Volume (Year): (2011)
    Issue (Month): 1 ()
    Pages: 17-26

    as in new window
    Handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2011:i:1:p:17-26

    Contact details of provider:
    Postal: No. 59-61, Nicolae Balcescu Street, Postal Code 800008, Galati
    Phone: (0040) 336.130.242
    Fax: (0040) 336.130.242
    Email:
    Web page: http://www.feaa.ugal.ro
    More information through EDIRC

    Related research

    Keywords: Shoreline; Marine hydrodynamic; Climate change; Coastal vulnerability;

    Find related papers by JEL classification:

    References

    No references listed on IDEAS
    You can help add them by filling out this form.

    Citations

    Lists

    This item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS.

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2011:i:1:p:17-26

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Gianina Mihai).

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.

    If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.