Preparing to manage natural hazards and climate change risks in Dakar, Senegal : a spatial and institutional approach - pilot study report (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

This report describes a pilot study of natural risk hazards in the peri-urban extension areas of the Dakar Metropolitan Area, Senegal. The area subject of this study stretches across 580 square kilometers, covering less than 1 percent of the national territory, but housing about 50 percent of Senegal's urban population. Much of the rapid population growth of the Dakar Metropolitan Area is taking place beyond the boundaries of the Department of Dakar...

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Document Date
2009/06/30
Document Type
Other Environmental Study
Report Number
69868
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
2 (See all volumes)
Country
Senegal,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2012/06/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Preparing to manage natural hazards and climate change risks in Dakar, Senegal : a spatial and institutional approach - pilot study report
Keywords
natural hazard

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Preparing to manage natural hazards and climate change risks in Dakar, Senegal : a spatial and institutional approach - pilot study report (Vol. 1 of 2) (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351521468303547789

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