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BAIRRO DOS PESCADORES
Figure 3 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2009 Source : Google Earth
Figure 4 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2012 Source : Google Earth
Figure 1 : Urban situation, Maputo Source : Google Earth
The area is of particular interest due to its demographic situation, as well as its geographical location. In fact, extensive low-income informal settlements are located close to river branches and protected mangrove areas, on which
the inhabitants of the area rely for access to drinking water, irrigation for urban agriculture, and nutritional resources such as clams, fruits, or vegetables. The mangroves also provide a natural barrier to one of the biggest issues
faced by the neighborhood, the floods during the rainy season. Another interesting characteristic of the area is that it will soon border one of the new urban centers planned in the 2035 master plan of the city. In addition to
being located directly at the level of one of the main roads connecting to the city center, this expected growth brings a great potential for the development of commercial activity.
Figure 5 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2014 Source : Google Earth
Figure 2 : Expected Urban Development Source : JICA 2012
Figure 6 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2015 Source : Google Earth
Figure 7 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2016 Source : Google Earth
Figure 8 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2017 Source : Google Earth
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Figure 9 : Urban development of the Bairro dos Pescadores, 2019 Source : Google Earth
PROFESSORS : CORINNA DEL BIANCO - MARIA CHIARA PASTORE - ALICE BUOLI STUDENTS : BARTOSZ RADOSLAW GRUSZCZYNSKI - GAÏA DELÉPINE - UMUT ULAŞ POLAT - TUĞCE SELIN TÜRK
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BAIRRO DOS PESCADORES
Figure 12 : Mangrove areas and Flooding zones Source : Beja da Costa, 2017
Figure 10 : Wetland values (direct) Source : Beja da Costa, 2017
Figure 11 : Wetland services (indirect) values Source : Beja da Costa, 2017
As characterized by Odum in 1971, mangroves are part of “high diversity tropical coastal ecosystems” hosting complex life cycles and organism adaptation, as mangrove roots adapt to salt water, and are organisms that adapt to intense luminosity hence consequently producing high levels of organic nutrients, and “produce disproportionately more services relating to human well-being than most other systems” (MA, 2005) They provide important ecosystem services that go beyond mere water or food security. Other ecosystem services provided by wetlands include nutrient
Figure 13 : Mangrove Lagoon Source : Beja da Costa and Faira Ribeira 2017
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cycling, food security (provision of crops and nurseries for fisheries), job security (maintenance of fisheries, soil quality for agriculture) and a range of cultural benefits, recreation and tourism (ten Brink and al. 2013). They also have the capacity to act as storm buffers, reducing the cost of infrastructural works, shifting trends to “soft engineering solutions” (Kithiia and Lyth, 2011) as can be seen in the adjacent neighbouring Costa do Sol. They are regarded as service providers, such as food sources, environmental protection and for fuel and material for household provisions, as well as the
construction of boats and houses. Mangroves support the people in meeting their basic needs and in improving their quality of life (Roberts and al. 2011). The area of Bairro dos Pescadores holds a considerable are of mangrove forest that has been progressively fragmented due to urban developments. In Costa do Sol, the developments have been taking over the alluvial plain. The zones previously accommodating seasonal tropical storm floods and tidal variation are progressively being used for agriculture, and low density urban expansion, or infrastructure such as the Marginal ring road. It was stated by
Figure 14 : Sesuvium portulacastrum Source : Mozambique Flora
de Boer (2002) that the mangroves in the Maputo Municipality have decreased by 90% in the Maputo city area, 49% in the Katembe area, 85% in the Costa do Sol and 22% in the Bairro dos Pescadores, between 1958 and 1991. As an effect, it has worsened the resistance of the area to water damage, mainly during the wet season, causing multiple inundations.
Figure 15 : Mangrove Lagoon Source : Beja da Costa and Faira Ribeira 2017
PROFESSORS : CORINNA DEL BIANCO - MARIA CHIARA PASTORE - ALICE BUOLI STUDENTS : BARTOSZ RADOSLAW GRUSZCZYNSKI - GAÏA DELÉPINE - UMUT ULAŞ POLAT - TUĞCE SELIN TÜRK
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PROFESSORS : CORINNA DEL BIANCO - MARIA CHIARA PASTORE - ALICE BUOLI STUDENTS : BARTOSZ RADOSLAW GRUSZCZYNSKI - GAÏA DELÉPINE - UMUT ULAŞ POLAT - TUĞCE SELIN TÜRK
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PA S S E I O D O S P E S C A D O R E S 1. Market Place
2. Urban Kitchen
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3. Mini Market and 4. Solidarity Center
5. Mangrove Bridge
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PA S S E I O D O S P E S C A D O R E S 6. Mangrove Nursery
7. Farming community center
9. Boat park and construction deck
8. Flood control park
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Elevations 8
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PROFESSORS : CORINNA DEL BIANCO - MARIA CHIARA PASTORE - ALICE BUOLI STUDENTS : BARTOSZ RADOSLAW GRUSZCZYNSKI - GAÏA DELÉPINE - UMUT ULAŞ POLAT - TUĞCE SELIN TÜRK