UTILISATION DE TERRES MARGINALES ET IMPACTS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX DANS LA COMMUNE URBAINE DE KISENSO A KINSHASA

Abstract

The town of Kinshasa, by its spectacular space extension is confronted with many environmental problems, in particular that relating to the land stock management. Observations of ground supplemented by a socio-economic and demographic investigation into the management of the urban grounds in the Commune of Kisenso with Kinshasa were undertaken in order to release the repercussions environmental S rising from the dualistic management of the urban administration and usual Heads of the land resources. The results obtained reveal that: - 60% of the surveyed pieces are directly affected by erosions including 55.2% exposed to erosions; - 25% of the pieces are affected by floods and 15% by stranding; Concerning the causes at the base of degradation of the grounds of the Commune, the results indicate the inexistence of networks of drainage of water, the bad topographic orientation of the dwellings as well as the lack of sumps in the pieces is 47.60 %, 19.40% and 16.40% respectively of the questioned people. Lastly, the investigation into the causes of this ground management of the Commune accuses the absence of a policy of habitat, anarchy in the distribution of pieces and the dualistic administration of the land administration and usual Heads.