An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Management of Territorial Resources in Hodh el Chargui, Mauritania
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Onsite Survey
2.2. Integration of Collected Information with EO Data
- a cartographic base for specific data collection and interpretation;
- hydrological analysis of the surface water finalised to the creation of a watershed basins map;
- a reconstruction of the land use of the project area, focusing on vegetation cover in different seasons.
2.3. Publication of Results on a Webmap for Dissemination and Evaluation
3. Results
3.1. Onsite Survey
3.1.1. Demography and General Information
3.1.2. Infrastructure
- well: hand-excavated wells and, therefore, generally shallow, with manual systems for the water extraction;
- drainage well: large diameter wells (1–2 m), shallow, hand-dug, where the groundwater flows by gravity;
- borehole: small-diameter hole advanced below the ground surface by various drilling rigs, mostly equipped with a pump.
3.1.3. Principal Economic Activities
3.1.4. Natural Resources
3.1.5. Influence of Climatic Change
3.2. Additional Analyses with EO Satellite Data
3.2.1. Watershed Basins
3.2.2. Use of Land Cover Classification Maps
3.3. Publication of Results on a Webmap for Dissemination and Evaluation
- information on the schools and hospitals available in the area;
- the surveyed wells, classified in terms of the state of activity, with an interactive form reporting the main information about the well features (depth, perennity, distance from the village, modality of water extraction) and the water features (temperature, electrical conductivity, taste);
- the location of the 265 surveyed rural communities, classified in terms of population, with an interactive form, including some basic information (e.g., name of the village, principal economic activity);
- a record of the improvement interventions performed in the framework of the RIMRAP project.
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Profession | Men (%) | Women (%) |
---|---|---|
Baker | 96 | 4 |
Butcher | 55 | 45 |
Trader | 61 | 39 |
Carpenter | 100 | 0 |
Tailor | 82 | 18 |
Weaver | 8 | 92 |
Ironworker | 100 | 0 |
Tanner | 0 | 100 |
Builder | 100 | 0 |
Digger | 100 | 0 |
Taste | Number of Water Wells |
---|---|
Very salty | 1 |
Salty | 2 |
Slightly salty | 39 |
Heavy | 12 |
Sweet | 44 |
First Answer | Second Answer | Third Answer | |
---|---|---|---|
Rainy season | Shorter (92%) | As usual (3%) | Longer (2%) |
Dry season | Longer (96%) | As usual (3.5%) | Shorter (0.5%) |
Temperatures | Higher (96%) | As usual (4%) | Longer (2%) |
More Frequent (% of Answers) | As Usual (% of Answers) | Less Frequent (% of Answers) | |
---|---|---|---|
Storms (strong wind) | 83 | 10 | 6 |
Floods | 5 | 58 | 37 |
Flood damages | 3 | 58 | 39 |
Drought | 88 | 11 | 2 |
Drought damages | 83 | 16 | 2 |
Reference Data | |||||
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Classified Data | Soil | Pastures | Water | Row Total | User’s Accuracy |
Unclassified | 0 | 0 | 1112 | 1112 | |
Soil | 2854 | 0 | 693 | 3547 | 80.46% |
Pastures | 0 | 3511 | 418 | 3929 | 89.36% |
Water | 0 | 0 | 1120 | 1120 | 100.00% |
Column Total | 2854 | 3511 | 3343 | 9708 | |
Producer’s Accuracy | 100.00% | 100.00% | 33.50% | Overall Accuracy = 77.10% | |
Overall Kappa Index = 0.68 |
Reference Data | |||||
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Classified Data | Soil | Pastures | Water | Row Total | User’s Accuracy |
Unclassified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Soil | 2854 | 338 | 180 | 3372 | 84.64% |
Pastures | 0 | 3017 | 636 | 3653 | 82.59% |
Water | 0 | 156 | 2527 | 2683 | 94.91% |
Column Total | 2854 | 3511 | 3343 | 9708 | |
Producer’s Accuracy | 100.00% | 85.93% | 75.59% | Overall Accuracy = 86.51% | |
Overall Kappa Index = 0.80 |
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Caselle, C.; Bonetto, S.M.R.; De Luca, D.A.; Lasagna, M.; Perotti, L.; Bucci, A.; Bechis, S. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Management of Territorial Resources in Hodh el Chargui, Mauritania. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5114. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125114
Caselle C, Bonetto SMR, De Luca DA, Lasagna M, Perotti L, Bucci A, Bechis S. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Management of Territorial Resources in Hodh el Chargui, Mauritania. Sustainability. 2020; 12(12):5114. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125114
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaselle, Chiara, Sabrina Maria Rita Bonetto, Domenico Antonio De Luca, Manuela Lasagna, Luigi Perotti, Arianna Bucci, and Stefano Bechis. 2020. "An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Management of Territorial Resources in Hodh el Chargui, Mauritania" Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5114. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125114