Estratégias de educação ambiental para mitigação dos impactos das inundações urbanas no bairro da Mafalala - cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This study assesses environmental education strategies for mitigating urban floods in the Mafalala neighbourhood. The study had the following specific objectives: identification of the risk situation for urban flooding in the Mafalala neighborhood, description of the environmental education actions developed by stakeholders to mitigate floods urban areas and as well as the identification of the environmental education strategy to mitigate the impacts of urban flooding in the neighborhood. Thus, to achieve these objectives, the study used a qualitative approach, with a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience, with a total sample of fifty nine (59) interviewees, of which fifty-two (52) were residents, six (6) heads of block and one (1) representative of the Mafalala district secretariat. From the study, it was found that one of the main problems affecting the Mafalala neighborhood is urban flooding, caused due to disorderly constructions, insufficient drainage ditches, high water table water table and the deposition of solid waste in inappropriate places (drainage ditches). However, with regard to environmental education actions to mitigate the impacts of urban floods in the Mafalala neighbourhood, it became evident that the main actions carried out in the neighborhood are the cleaning campaigns in the drainage and sanitation ditches in the middle. what if refers to environmental education strategies to mitigate the impacts of urban floods, the study showed that one of the strategies that would be effective for the implementation of environmental education in the neighborhood are the lectures given to residents given the level of availability and cultural diversity of those involved (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)