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RELISATION OF A UMT ON DOUALA: FEASABILITY AND PROSPECTS By Rodrigue Aimé Feumba, Fotsing, Kandé. PLAN 1- Brief presentation of DOUALA 2- presentation of the evolution of the town 3- UMT or geographical units in Douala ( attributes and associated fonctions) 4- Realisation of a transect
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RELISATION OF A UMT ON DOUALA: FEASABILITY AND PROSPECTSBy Rodrigue Aimé Feumba, Fotsing, Kandé PLAN 1- Brief presentation of DOUALA 2- presentation of the evolution of the town 3- UMT or geographical units in Douala ( attributes and associated fonctions) 4- Realisation of a transect 5- indicatif agenda for the task and expected results
Main features of Douala • - a coastaltown , built at the Wouri estuary (24 Km to the Atlantic Ocean) in low land (0=100m); high temperatures ( above 25 °C,) abondant rainfall ( 4000 mm from march to November…) • - High frequence of floods and wind storms • post colonial townexistbefore 1884 (German protectorat in Cameroon) = the oldesttown of the country • 2,5 millions inhabitants (BUCREP, 2010, CUD, 2011) With a 5% growth rate per year5 millions in 2025 • surface area: 300 km2 • The economical Capital of the country with the biggest port industries
Tab. 24 -Projection de la population de Douala à l’horizon 2025 (en 1000) • 1964 1976 1987 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 • Hypothèse tendancielle 229 458 810 1 907 2 370 2 888 3 458 4 074 • Hypothèse haute 229 458 810 1 907 2 419 3 069 3 893 4 937 • Hypothèse basse 229 458 810 1 907 2 364 2 798 3 233 3 659 • Hypothèse tendancielle 5,94% 5,31% 4,87% 4,43% 4,03% 3,67% 3,34% • Hypothèse haute 5,94% 5,31% 4,87% 4,87% 4,87% 4,87% 4,87% • Hypothèse basse 5,94% 5,31% 4,87% 4,38% 3,63% 3,12% 2,67%
3- UMT or geographical units in Douala ( attributes and associated fonctions) • Port area ( 1000 ha) • Industrial areas • Administratif zone • Planned residentials areas • Unplanned, informal or sponteneous residential areas ( 35%) • markets, • Other Publics places (stadia…) • Mangroves • Forest ( relics or surrounding) • Cultivated parcels ( to provide food and incomes…) • Green spaces/parks ( put in place and preserve by the local governance autirity) • Transports infrastructures: roads, rail ways, bridges ( 1 km) • River Wouri, scanty water • Sand ( plages) • Poubelles sauvages ( tas d’ordures)
1-Port areaAttribute: 1000 ha; 500 exploited. Estuary Port;Fonction: 95% of importations of Cameroon and the central africa
2- industrial areas: near the port in the old town and in Bonabéri ( rigth site of Wouri) • Attributes: grouped in 2-3 zones • Fonction: 70 % des industries
Principaux points de blocage sur le réseau primaire et pôles économiques