PhD Thesis: Community-based hydrological alliances in (informal) Kinshasa.
Short Project description
This research aims at mapping water geographies in the context of an African megacity, to foster integrated water resources management as a necessary practice for facing the increasing hydrogeological risks due to fast paced urbanisation combined to climate change effects. The research territory is a sub-watershed of the Congo River nested in the dispersal urbanization of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, within the administrative borders of the Selembao municipality.
Keywords, main expertise
integrated urban water management (IUWM), place-based practices, urbanization, co-production, Democratic Republic of Congo
UCLouvain promotor(s)
Prof. Chiara Cavalieri
Prof. Jean-Philippe De Visscher
UCLouvain researcher(s)
Pietro Manaresi
External partners
Unité de Recherches et de Formation en Gestion des Risques Naturels (URF-GRN), Faculté de Sciences, Université de Kinshasa. (prof. dr. Fils Makanzu Imwangana)