Community-based hydrological alliances in (informal) Kinshasa

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)