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of erosion and accretion were identified along the study area with different rates.
According to our time series, erosion was more active from 1978 to 1998 while conse‑
quent accretion took place from 1998 to 2018. Coastline retreat was mostly felt in the
localities of Bargny, Yene Guedj and Nianghal while Rufisque and Toubab Dialaw
recently recorded important levels of accretion. However, the study found that the
process of erosion is still very active along the coastline with serious effects on coastal
communities. It was also noticed that the community based adaptation strategies to
coastline erosion are still crude and temporary and unadapted to face such disasters
as storm surges. Finally, appropriated coastal protection facilities involving huge
structural facilities such as dykes and groynes have only been identified at Rufisque,
being the sole area to benefit from these kinds of infrastructure, while in areas such
as Bargny, mainly inhabited by modest fishing communities, the situation is still
alarming and at times desperate. Therefore, more efforts should be concentrated
in terms of coastal protection facilities along these localities. Our study also opines
that the community dimension must be included in both local and national plan re‑
garding adaptation to sea level rise and its resulting impacts such as coastal erosion.
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C.T. Koulibaly, J.O. Ayoade
of erosion and accretion were identified along the study area with different rates.
According to our time series, erosion was more active from 1978 to 1998 while conse‑
quent accretion took place from 1998 to 2018. Coastline retreat was mostly felt in the
localities of Bargny, Yene Guedj and Nianghal while Rufisque and Toubab Dialaw
recently recorded important levels of accretion. However, the study found that the
process of erosion is still very active along the coastline with serious effects on coastal
communities. It was also noticed that the community based adaptation strategies to
coastline erosion are still crude and temporary and unadapted to face such disasters
as storm surges. Finally, appropriated coastal protection facilities involving huge
structural facilities such as dykes and groynes have only been identified at Rufisque,
being the sole area to benefit from these kinds of infrastructure, while in areas such
as Bargny, mainly inhabited by modest fishing communities, the situation is still
alarming and at times desperate. Therefore, more efforts should be concentrated
in terms of coastal protection facilities along these localities. Our study also opines
that the community dimension must be included in both local and national plan re‑
garding adaptation to sea level rise and its resulting impacts such as coastal erosion.
References
[1] Cazenave A., Llovel W.: Contemporary Sea Level Rise. Annual Review of Ma‑
rine Science, vol. 2, 2010, pp. 145–73. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ma‑
rine-120308-081105.
[2] Burkett V.R., Davidson M.A. (eds.): Coastal Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnera‑
bility: A Technical Input to the 2012 National Climate Assessment. Cooperative
Report to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, 2012. https://www.re‑
searchgate.net/profile/S_Jeffress_Williams/publication/299976417_Physical_
Climate_Forces/links/5af599a3a6fdcc0c030bbe0d/Physical-Climate-Forces.
pdf [access: 11.08.2015].
[3] World Bank: Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile: Senegal. 2011.
https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2018-10/
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Climate Change of Coastal areas in Senegal. 2013. http://documents1.worldbank.
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Centre de suivie écologique: Rapport sur l’Etat de l’environnement au Sénégal.
Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature, 2005.
[6] Niang I., Dansokho M., Faye S., Gueye K., Ndiaye P.: Impacts of climate change
on the Senegalese coastal zones: Examples of the Cap Vert peninsula and Saloum
estuary. Global and Planetary Change, vol. 72, issue 4, 2010, pp. 294–301.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.005.