Risk of floods impacting tourism in the coastal cities of West Africa

Atanga, Raphael Ane; Tichaawa, Tembi Maloney

doi:10.4324/9781003024293-14

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“…1 ). The African coasts are subject to other activities such as artisanal fishing (e.g., 6 ), logging for firewood and charcoal (e.g., 7 , 8 ), sand mining (e.g., 9 ), tourism (e.g., 10 , 11 ), as well as onshore and offshore industrial activities ( e.g. , processing industries, offshore oil extraction).…”

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African coastal camera network efforts at monitoring ocean, climate, and human impacts

Ondoa

Almar

Angnuureng

et al. 2023

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Regular and long-term monitoring of coastal areas is a prerequisite to avoiding or mitigating the impacts of climate and human-driven hazards. In Africa, where populations and infrastructures are particularly exposed to risk, there is an urgent need to establish coastal monitoring, as observations are generally scarce. Measurement campaigns and very high-resolution satellite imagery are costly, while freely available satellite observations have temporal and spatial resolutions that are not suited to capture the event scale. To address the gap, a network of low-cost, multi-variable, shore-based video camera systems has been installed along the African coasts. Here, we present this network and its principle of sharing data, methods, and results obtained, building toward the implementation of a common integrated coastal management policy between countries. Further, we list new contributions to the understanding of still poorly documented African beaches’ evolution, waves, and sea level impacts. This network is a solid platform for the development of inter-disciplinary observations for resources and ecology (such as fisheries, and sargassum landing), erosion and flooding, early warning systems during extreme events, and science-based coastal infrastructure management for sustainable future coasts.

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African coastal camera network efforts at monitoring ocean, climate, and human impacts

Ondoa

Almar

Angnuureng

et al. 2023

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“…1). The African coasts are subject to other activities such as artisanal shing (e.g., Tanner et al, 2017; Camprodon and Cuq, 2001), logging for rewood and charcoal (e.g., Sakyi et al, 2019;Adeyeye and Oyewole, 2016), sand mining (e.g., Jonah et al, 2015), tourism (e.g., Saarinen et al, 2022;Atanga and Tichaawa, 2020), as well as onshore and offshore industrial activities (e.g., processing industries, offshore oil extraction). Such activities lead to pressures and con icts over the use of resources, often resulting in environmental degradation, which can threaten their development potential (e.g., Alves et al, 2020;Croitoru et al, 2019;Feka and Ajonina, 2011).…”

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African Coastal Camera Network: Monitoring Ocean, Climate, and Human Impacts

Ondoa

Almar

Angnuureng

et al. 2022

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Regular and long-term monitoring of coastal areas is a prerequisite to avoiding or mitigating the impacts of climate and human driven hazards. In Africa, where populations and infrastructures are particularly exposed to risk, there is an urgent need to establish such a monitoring as observations are generally scarce. Measurement campaigns and very high-resolution satellite imagery are costly, while freely satellite observations have temporal and spatial resolutions that are not suited to capture the event scale. To address the gap, a network of low-cost multi-variable shore-based video camera stations is been installed along the African coasts. Here, we present this network and its principle of sharing data, methods, and results obtained, building toward the implementation of common integrated coastal management policy between countries. Further we list new contributions in the understanding of still poorly documented African beaches evolution, waves, and sea level impacts. This network is a solid platform for the development of inter-disciplinary observations for resource and ecology (such as fisheries, and sargassum landing), erosion and flooding, early warning system during extreme event, and science-based coastal infrastructure management for sustainable future coasts.

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