Rwanda is often affected by severe cases of landslides and floods. It is also one of the highest populated areas in the world. This context of strong demographic pressure has led to significant land use/land cover (LULC) change, which is likely the cause of an increase in landslide and flood occurrences, particularly in the mountainous […]
Three days’ workshop on the Landslide and flood hazards and vulnerability in North-West of Rwanda: towards applicable land management and disaster risk reduction. The workshop was aimed to scope the project which will tackle on the landslide and floods issues. Many Rwandese people are highly vulnerable to the impacts of landslides and floods. This vulnerability […]
Three days’ workshop on the Landslide and flood hazards and vulnerability in North-West of Rwanda: towards applicable land management and disaster risk reduction. The workshop was aimed to scope the project which will tackle on the landslide and floods issues. Many Rwandese people are highly vulnerable to the impacts of landslides and floods. This vulnerability […]
Specifically, these research questions will be addressed through 3 PhD theses which will form the core of this project. PhD 1: landslides and their relation to LULC The objective is to get an accurate understanding of the occurrence of the landslides in space and time with regard to LULC and land management. The central hypotheses […]
The Students from INES, University of Rwanda and Rwanda-Polytechnics: they will benefit from a better education and training on the issues addressed in this project through the improved courses, research and teaching capacity that will result from this project. The Ministry of the Environment and its institutions: the research results of this project (e.g. data […]
Strengthen the capacity of Rwandese researchers and stakeholders to prevent and mitigate the impacts of floods and landslides on the local communities Rwanda is often affected by severe cases of landslides and floods. It is also one of the highest populated areas of the world. This context of strong demographic pressure has led to significant […]
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