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Mobility Resilience to Climate Change: People's Adaptation of Daily Travel and Road Infrastructure to Recurrent Flooding in Dakar, Senegal

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In recent decades, the impacts of the rainy season have become more intense in many cities in West Africa, due to climate change and urban growth. This paper investigates the mobility resilience of urban residents to recurrent flooding in Dakar, Senegal. Based on semi-structured interviews conducted with Dakar residents and informal public transport operators in 2021–2023, along with analyses of the 2015 Dakar household travel survey and field observations, the results show that recurrent flooding exacerbates mobility challenges for urban residents, in particular the poor and those living in the peripheries. In order to maintain access to essential goods and services, residents, along with local communities, develop mobility and infrastructural adaptations to flooding. These results lead to a discussion about mobility resilience to climate change and the necessary adaptation of daily travel, public transport services and road infrastructure.

Source: Built Environment

DOI: 10.2148/benv.51.3.406

Authors: Gaele Lesteven, Pascal Pochet, Audrey Parvex, Momar Diongue

Language: English

Topic: Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis

Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Climate action, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414027786

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