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Vingt-cinq ans de monitoring de la dynamique spatiale des espaces verts en réponse á ('urbanisation dans les communes de la ville de Lubumbashi (Haut-Katanga, R.D. Congo)
Sikuzani, Y. U.; Kaleba, S. C.; Khonde, C. N. et al.
2017In Tropicultura, 35 (4), p. 300-311
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Keywords :
DR Congo; Green space; Landscape metrics; Spatial process; Urbanization
Abstract :
[en] This study assessed the spatial-temporal dynamics of green spaces in response to urban growth for the seven municipalities of Lubumbashi city, Democratic Republic of the Congo between, 1989 and 2014. Pattern analysis revealed that since 1989, the built-up proportion has gradually increased in all municipalities at the expense of green space area as a result of rapid demographic pressure coupled with a lack of an appropriate program for their preservation. In terms of pattern dynamics, green space extent has been dominated by attrition, fragmentation and dissection processes. This is opposed to creation and aggregation which characterized built-up areas. Our observations emphasize the need for a sustainable management of green spaces that takes into account the socio- economic context of each municipality.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Sikuzani, Y. U.;  Universite de Lubumbashi, Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques, Unite Ecologie, Restauration Ecologique et Paysage, Lubumbashi, Congo, Universite de Lubumbashi, Centre de Competences en Planification et Gestion Urbaine, Lubumbashi, Congo
Kaleba, S. C.;  Universite de Lubumbashi, Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques, Unite Ecologie, Restauration Ecologique et Paysage, Lubumbashi, Congo
Khonde, C. N.;  Universite de Lubumbashi, Centre de Competences en Planification et Gestion Urbaine, Lubumbashi, Congo, Universite de Lubumbashi, Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Departement des Sciences Historiques, Lubumbashi, Congo
Mwana, Y. A.;  University de Lubumbashi, Faculte des Sciences, Departement de Geographie, Lubumbashi, Congo
Malaisse, François ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Biodiversité et Paysage
Bogaert, Jan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Biodiversité et Paysage
Kankumbi, F. M.;  Universite de Lubumbashi, Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques, Unite Ecologie, Restauration Ecologique et Paysage, Lubumbashi, Congo, Universite de Lubumbashi, Centre de Competences en Planification et Gestion Urbaine, Lubumbashi, Congo
Language :
French
Title :
Vingt-cinq ans de monitoring de la dynamique spatiale des espaces verts en réponse á ('urbanisation dans les communes de la ville de Lubumbashi (Haut-Katanga, R.D. Congo)
Alternative titles :
[en] Twenty-five years of monitoring of green space pattern dynamics in response to urbanization in the municipalities of Lubumbashi City (Upper Katanga, DR Congo)
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Tropicultura
ISSN :
0771-3312
eISSN :
2295-8010
Publisher :
Agri-Overseas
Volume :
35
Issue :
4
Pages :
300-311
Peer reviewed :
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