Evaluation and implementation of a GIS on the prevention of risks related to floods in sensitive areas in the city of Kinshasa.

Kinshasa, the capital and metropolis city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a city that is currently at the crossroads of several challenges. Whether it is urban planning, architecture, environment, sociology, poverty or security issues, all implications tend to take on enormous proportions. Although being one of the least polluting countries in terms of greenhouse gases, the DRC, like many developing countries, is fully experiencing the consequences of climate change and institutional weaknesses in enforcing planning and urban development rules. These shortcomings and consequences provide fertile ground for many abuses on the urban spatial fabric of many Congolese cities. Kinshasa alone is a microcosm of what large African metropolises are experiencing in the face of extreme poverty, anarchic urbanization, climate change and their corollaries. Our project consists of providing populations living in flood-prone areas (riverbeds) with an effective means of flood prevention using climate data, technology and the participation of all. This social entrepreneurship project aims to strengthen the resilience of poor communities most exposed to flood risks and effectively contribute to the fight against poverty. It combines hydrological, climatic and urban data to assess the risk of water flooding and give populations the opportunity to take useful measures to protect themselves.