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View article: Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Open
Large urban gullies cause damage in many tropical cities across the Global South 1,2 . They can result from inappropriate urban planning and insufficient infrastructure to safely store and evacuate rainfall in environments that are already…
View article: The potential of runoff retention structures as a strategy to control urban gullying in tropical cities
The potential of runoff retention structures as a strategy to control urban gullying in tropical cities Open
Rapid and chaotic urbanization leads to the formation of urban gullies in many tropical cities of the Global South. To prevent and limit the destructive impacts of these gullies, runoff retention structures are often constructed. Yet, earl…
View article: What controls the expansion of urban gullies in tropical environments? Lessons learned from contrasting cities in D.R. Congo
What controls the expansion of urban gullies in tropical environments? Lessons learned from contrasting cities in D.R. Congo Open
View article: Inventory of the Practice of Sedation Procedural Analgesia in Digestive Endoscopy: Case of Hospitals in the City of Kinshasa
Inventory of the Practice of Sedation Procedural Analgesia in Digestive Endoscopy: Case of Hospitals in the City of Kinshasa Open
Objective: This study was conducted to take stock of the practice of procedural analgesia sedation in digestive endoscopy in Kinshasa hospitals.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study from 06/01/2021 to 06/30/2022 in three Kinshasa hospit…
View article: Assessing urban gully occurrence at the scale of Africa
Assessing urban gully occurrence at the scale of Africa Open
The rapid and typically uncontrolled growth of many African cities leads to a plethora of problems and challenges. One of these is the formation and expansion of large urban gullies (UGs) in many (sub)tropical cities. UGs typically lead to…
View article: Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo
Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo Open
View article: Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: results from field surveys across D.R. Congo
Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: results from field surveys across D.R. Congo Open
<p>Urban gullies are a rapidly growing concern in many cities of the D.R. Congo, leading to many direct and indirect impacts. Hundreds of such gullies occur (typically hundreds of meters long and tens of meters wide and deep) and the…
View article: Quantifying the direct impacts and risks of large urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Quantifying the direct impacts and risks of large urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
<p>Large urban gullies (UGs) cause major infrastructural damages and often claim casualties in many tropical cities of the Global South. Nonetheless, our insight into this new type of geo-hydrological hazard remains limited to some c…
View article: Fire risk assessment, spatiotemporal clustering and hotspot analysis in the Luki biosphere reserve region, western DR Congo
Fire risk assessment, spatiotemporal clustering and hotspot analysis in the Luki biosphere reserve region, western DR Congo Open
View article: Quantifying the impacts of urban gullying at the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Quantifying the impacts of urban gullying at the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
<p>Urban gullies cause major infrastructural damages and often claim casualties in many tropical cities of the Global South. Nonetheless, our understanding of this hazard currently remains limited to some case studies, while the impa…
View article: Understanding the effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in Congolese cities: a systematic analysis based on field surveys
Understanding the effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in Congolese cities: a systematic analysis based on field surveys Open
<p>Many cities of the D.R. Congo are strongly affected by urban mega gullies. There are currently hundreds of such gullies in Kinshasa, Kikwit and Bukavu, representing a cumulative length of >200 km. Many of these gullies (typical…
View article: Assessing the impacts of urban gullying in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Assessing the impacts of urban gullying in the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
<p>Urban gullies cause major infrastructural damages and often claim casualties in many tropical cities of the Global South. Nonetheless, our understanding of this hazard is currently limited to some case studies while the overall im…
View article: Understanding the effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban mega gullies in Kinshasa
Understanding the effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban mega gullies in Kinshasa Open
<p>Kinshasa, the capital of the D.R. Congo, is strongly affected by urban mega gullies. There are currently hundreds of such gullies, having a total length of >100 km. Many of these gullies (typically tens of meters wide and deep)…