Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania
Hydro-climatic risk assessments at the regional scale are of little use in the risk treatment decision-making process when they are only based on local or scientific knowledge and when they deal with a single risk at a time. Local and scientific knowledge can be combined in a multi-hazard risk asses...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2019-09-01
|
Series: | Sustainability |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/5063 |
id |
doaj-2f59331a4de4414d99f3d035d9702945 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-2f59331a4de4414d99f3d035d97029452020-11-24T22:21:01ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502019-09-011118506310.3390/su11185063su11185063Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, MauritaniaMaurizio Tiepolo0Maurizio Bacci1Sarah Braccio2Stefano Bechis3Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)-Politecnico and University of Turin, 10125 Turin, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)-Politecnico and University of Turin, 10125 Turin, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)-Politecnico and University of Turin, 10125 Turin, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)-Politecnico and University of Turin, 10125 Turin, ItalyHydro-climatic risk assessments at the regional scale are of little use in the risk treatment decision-making process when they are only based on local or scientific knowledge and when they deal with a single risk at a time. Local and scientific knowledge can be combined in a multi-hazard risk assessment to contribute to sustainable rural development. The aim of this article was to develop a multi-hazard risk assessment at the regional scale which classifies communities according to the risk level, proposes risk treatment actions, and can be replicated in the agropastoral, semi-arid Tropics. The level of multi-hazard risk of 13 communities of Hodh Chargui (Mauritania) exposed to meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought, as well as heavy precipitations, was ascertained with an index composed of 48 indicators representing hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity. Community meetings and visits to exposed items enabled specific indicators to be identified. Scientific knowledge was used to determine the hazard with Climate Hazards Group Infra-Red Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) datasets, Landsat images, and the method used to rank the communities. The northern communities are at greater risk of agricultural drought and those at the foot of the uplands are more at risk of heavy rains and consequent flash floods. The assessment proposes 12 types of actions to treat the risk in the six communities with severe and high multi-hazard risk.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/5063agricultural droughtclimate changeheavy rainshydrological droughtmeteorological droughtrisk assessmentSahelsustainable rural development |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Maurizio Tiepolo Maurizio Bacci Sarah Braccio Stefano Bechis |
spellingShingle |
Maurizio Tiepolo Maurizio Bacci Sarah Braccio Stefano Bechis Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania Sustainability agricultural drought climate change heavy rains hydrological drought meteorological drought risk assessment Sahel sustainable rural development |
author_facet |
Maurizio Tiepolo Maurizio Bacci Sarah Braccio Stefano Bechis |
author_sort |
Maurizio Tiepolo |
title |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania |
title_short |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania |
title_full |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania |
title_fullStr |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania |
title_full_unstemmed |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Community Level Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge in the Hodh Chargui, Mauritania |
title_sort |
multi-hazard risk assessment at community level integrating local and scientific knowledge in the hodh chargui, mauritania |
publisher |
MDPI AG |
series |
Sustainability |
issn |
2071-1050 |
publishDate |
2019-09-01 |
description |
Hydro-climatic risk assessments at the regional scale are of little use in the risk treatment decision-making process when they are only based on local or scientific knowledge and when they deal with a single risk at a time. Local and scientific knowledge can be combined in a multi-hazard risk assessment to contribute to sustainable rural development. The aim of this article was to develop a multi-hazard risk assessment at the regional scale which classifies communities according to the risk level, proposes risk treatment actions, and can be replicated in the agropastoral, semi-arid Tropics. The level of multi-hazard risk of 13 communities of Hodh Chargui (Mauritania) exposed to meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought, as well as heavy precipitations, was ascertained with an index composed of 48 indicators representing hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity. Community meetings and visits to exposed items enabled specific indicators to be identified. Scientific knowledge was used to determine the hazard with Climate Hazards Group Infra-Red Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) datasets, Landsat images, and the method used to rank the communities. The northern communities are at greater risk of agricultural drought and those at the foot of the uplands are more at risk of heavy rains and consequent flash floods. The assessment proposes 12 types of actions to treat the risk in the six communities with severe and high multi-hazard risk. |
topic |
agricultural drought climate change heavy rains hydrological drought meteorological drought risk assessment Sahel sustainable rural development |
url |
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/5063 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT mauriziotiepolo multihazardriskassessmentatcommunitylevelintegratinglocalandscientificknowledgeinthehodhcharguimauritania AT mauriziobacci multihazardriskassessmentatcommunitylevelintegratinglocalandscientificknowledgeinthehodhcharguimauritania AT sarahbraccio multihazardriskassessmentatcommunitylevelintegratinglocalandscientificknowledgeinthehodhcharguimauritania AT stefanobechis multihazardriskassessmentatcommunitylevelintegratinglocalandscientificknowledgeinthehodhcharguimauritania |
_version_ |
1725772685029408768 |