Abstract
This study was conducted in Medina Gounass Dakar,
Senegal to bring out evidence that flooding is a threat to human
security. The aim of this present study is to assess the social
vulnerability to flood in Medina Gounass.
Meteorological data
were obtained from Dakar Yoff station. Survey was carried out using
structured questionnaires drawn on one hundred randomly selected
households.
The methodology is about climate data and
socioeconomic data gathering and processing. With some tools
(softwares). For vulnerability assessment, the move framework is used to
characterize vulnerability through three key factors, namely (1)
exposure, (2) susceptibility, and (3) lack of resilience. As a result,
Medina Gounass inhabitants have a particular relationship with the place
they have been living for decades. Although facing diseases and many
challenges in their everyday life, people actually resist the
government’s relocation projects because of their symbolic relationship
with the area.
The
vulnerability index showed a highly vulnerable north-eastern part of
Medina Gounass to floods. Recommendations are formulated towards the
government which should take their responsibilities to displace some and
relocate them elsewhere.