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Petter

Petter Pilesjö

Researcher

Petter

Flood risk assessment under population growth and urban land use change in Matola, Mozambique

Author

  • José Lourenço Neves
  • Tanja Katharina Sellick
  • Abdulghani Hasan
  • Petter Pilesjö

Summary, in English

Matola, a major Mozambican city, has witnessed flooding, mainly caused by rainfall. The study aims to produce flood-hazard and flood-risk maps for Matola using the hydrological model TFM-DYN. For 2000, 2020, and 2040, the modeled extent of medium-risk area is 50.6 km2 (13.7%), 44.8 km2 (12.2%), and 39.0 km2 (10.6%) and of high-risk area is 43.3 km2 (11.8%), 31.8 km2 (8.6%), and 28.9 km2 (7.8%), respectively. In 2000, 61,978.4 inhabitants were exposed to medium-risk and 53,036.8 to high-risk. In 2020, 130,628.3 inhabitants were vulnerable to medium-risk and 92,722.8 to high-risk. By 2040, 203,999.8 inhabitants will face medium-risk and 151,169.1 high-flood-risk.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • Centre for Geographical Information Systems (GIS Centre)
  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2022

Language

English

Publication/Series

African Geographical Review

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • Flood hazard
  • flood risk
  • matola

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1937-6812