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 5- indicatif agenda for the task and expected results
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RELISATION OF A UMT ON DOUALA: FEASABILITY AND PROSPECTS
By Rodrigue Aimé Feumba, Fotsing, Kandé
PLAN1- Brief presentation of DOUALA2- presentation of the evolution of the town3- UMT or geographical units in Douala ( attributes and associated fonctions)4- Realisation of a transect5- indicatif agenda for the task and expected results
Main features of Douala - a coastal town , 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 town exist before 1884 (German protectorat in Cameroon) = the oldest town of the country- 2,5 millions inhabitants (BUCREP, 2010, CUD, 2011) With a 5% growth rate per year 5 millions in 2025 -surface area: 300 km2 -The economical Capital of the country with the biggest port industries
BRIEF EVOLUTION OF THE TOWN
Années Population Superficie
(Ha)
Densités de
population/ha
1955 115 000 1098 105
1961 155 000 1336 115
1965 200 000 1534 130
1970 320 000 1992 160
1980 750 000 4800 208
1990 1 500 000 9456 212
2000 2 000 000 17 850 2242010 2 500 000 30 000
• Tab. 24 -Projection de la population de Douala à l’horizon 2025 (en 1000)
Fig. 8 – Etapes d'urbanisation et zones d'habitat spontané
élargissement à l’horizon 2025
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
Port de Douala: situation Projet de développement)
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
Unit attributes fonction
Habitat structuré
Habitat spontannée
Voies routières et ferroviairesInstallations portuaires et industrielles
Zone administrative
Espace vert:Sauvage ( mangrove, jacinthe…
Espace vert planté et entrtenu
Zone d’agriculture intra urbaine.
Zone commerciales (marcés)
Principaux points de blocage sur le réseau primaire et pôles économiques