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datestamp: 2024-02-07 11:16:07
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Uwase Musare, Sonia
creators_id: S4298837
creators_email: s.musare@student.rug.nl
title: An Assessment of the Sustainability of Flash Flood Risk Management Strategies Implemented in Kigali, Rwanda
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Flash floods are inevitable, unpredictable and among the most harmful natural disasters. As
 precipitation patterns change due to climate change, population growth and urbanisation
 increase, many people are exposed to flash floods. The capital of Rwanda, Kigali,
 experiments flash floods frequently, therefore, different damages like death, houses and
 businesses destroyed. Flash floods are a hot topic in Kigali that endangers the population's
 security and the city's economy. This issue needs attention and sustainable strategies. Thus,
 based on a table of criteria of existing flood risk management strategies collected after a
 literature review, a content analysis of the Kigali Master Plan 2050 was done to evaluate the
 sustainability of the flash flood risk management strategies implemented in Kigali and then
 to gain knowledge on which ones are addressed and which one is absent. The results
 indicated that the Resilience strategies and the Resistance strategies were mentioned while
 the Response strategies were absent.
 In conclusion, two of three strategies were mentioned, so the flash flood risk management
 strategies implemented in Kigali scored “fair” sustainability. Kigali should consider the
 Response strategy. Further research could consider the other relevant measures mentioned in
 the Kigali Master Plan that were not in the criteria table, build on these findings and add the
 financial pillar to search how financially speaking, it is feasible for Kigali not only to
 mention but also implement the measures from the criteria table.
date: 2023
pages: 32
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Woltjer, J.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: J.Woltjer@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Kigali Master Plan
keywords_local: Flash flood
keywords_local: Kigali
keywords_local: Flood risk management strategies
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-02-02
citation:   Uwase Musare, Sonia  (2023) An Assessment of the Sustainability of Flash Flood Risk Management Strategies Implemented in Kigali, Rwanda.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4452/1/Bachelor%20thesis%20of%20Sonia%20Uwase%20Musare.pdf