Authors :
Emmanuel Kengmoe Tchouongsi
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
Bafoussam is a city in the West Cameroon
region located in the highlands. This city is facing an
unprecedented demographic growth with the
consequence of urban sprawl and the development of
precarious neighbourhoods in which the environment
and the health of the populations are increasingly
degraded. In the face of this situation, the Regional and
Local Authorities are involved on a daily basis in
improving the living environment of the city dwellers in
the study area. This study therefore aims to draw up a
typology of the local authorities in the city of Bafoussam
and to decipher their intervention strategies in the
precarious neighbourhoods. To this end, the study was
based on preliminary documentary research, field
observations, semi-structured interviews with officials of
the local authorities and surveys by questionnaire of a
sample of 551 households living in precarious
neighbourhoods divided into three strata: Stratum A: 3
neighbourhoods for a total of 93 households surveyed,
stratum B: 7 neighbourhoods for a total of 178
households surveyed and stratum C: 8 neighbourhoods
for a total of 280 households surveyed. The use of a
Global Positioning System (GPS) then made it possible to
geolocate the various projects carried out by the CSOs in
the city. The analysis of the various data shows that
there are CTDs in the city of Bafoussam that actively
participate in the preservation of the environment and
the health of the populations of precarious
neighbourhoods. These CTDs carry out several activities
related to the sanitation of the living environment of the
populations, access to drinking water, recycling of plastic
waste etc.
Keywords :
Regional and Local Authorities, City, precarious neighbourhoods, Bafoussam.
Bafoussam is a city in the West Cameroon
region located in the highlands. This city is facing an
unprecedented demographic growth with the
consequence of urban sprawl and the development of
precarious neighbourhoods in which the environment
and the health of the populations are increasingly
degraded. In the face of this situation, the Regional and
Local Authorities are involved on a daily basis in
improving the living environment of the city dwellers in
the study area. This study therefore aims to draw up a
typology of the local authorities in the city of Bafoussam
and to decipher their intervention strategies in the
precarious neighbourhoods. To this end, the study was
based on preliminary documentary research, field
observations, semi-structured interviews with officials of
the local authorities and surveys by questionnaire of a
sample of 551 households living in precarious
neighbourhoods divided into three strata: Stratum A: 3
neighbourhoods for a total of 93 households surveyed,
stratum B: 7 neighbourhoods for a total of 178
households surveyed and stratum C: 8 neighbourhoods
for a total of 280 households surveyed. The use of a
Global Positioning System (GPS) then made it possible to
geolocate the various projects carried out by the CSOs in
the city. The analysis of the various data shows that
there are CTDs in the city of Bafoussam that actively
participate in the preservation of the environment and
the health of the populations of precarious
neighbourhoods. These CTDs carry out several activities
related to the sanitation of the living environment of the
populations, access to drinking water, recycling of plastic
waste etc.
Keywords :
Regional and Local Authorities, City, precarious neighbourhoods, Bafoussam.
