Impacto social do reassentamento na sequência das cheias em Maputo: estudo de caso do bairro de Khongolote 2000-2017

Abstract

Mozambique, like other countries in the southern African region, experienced one of the most catastrophic floods in living memory. These floods were caused by intense and prolonged rains in southern Africa, due to several meteorological factors, namely: subtropical disturbances, areas of low thermal pressure, depressions or tropical cyclones and the influence of the intertropical convergence zone. Due to the geographical and physiographic location of Mozambique, especially the central and southern regions, the country is more vulnerable to floods. 1 This work aims to study issues related to the social impacts of floods and the resettlement of populations that were severely affected by these natural disasters. It briefly seeks to describe the areas affected by the floods, analyse the dynamics that occurred after the resettlement and the challenges faced by the newly resettled people in safe areas, specifically in the Khongolote neighbourhood. Our research will be limited to the years 2000 to 2017. We chose this period because the floods we intend to analyze occurred in 2000 and also because it influenced the expansion of the city due to the floods that occurred and consequently there was the resettlement of populations in new neighborhoods. The year 2017 was selected because we believe that it is a sufficient interval to achieve the objectives of our research, also because the families that were resettled in the Khongolote neighborhood have adapted to new dynamics in the Khongolote neighborhood(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)