L'adaptation urbaine face aux stress combinés : cas de l'habitat lacustre de Ganvié au Bénin.

Feb 6, 2025 — 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Geography

Environment

This research focuses on the study of urban adaptation in a lake environment and a specific community undergoing combined stress (demographic, climatic and resource [access and/or availability]). Based on a relational approach between the architectural and urban construct and the actions of the community, the research is articulated between the discipline of urban morphology and the field of resilience studies. It is based on an in-depth analysis of the actions and adaptive experience of the people living in the area under study. Our research takes an interpretative approach to urban history and memory. The case study is a socio-constructed vernacular lacustrine environment developed over a long period.

The main contributions of the presentation are:

(1)to ensure an understanding of the adaptation process in Ganvié; a socio-ecological system undergoing transformation and undergoing combined stresses (research object) ;

(2)to propose a heuristic framework explaining the relationship between concrete (urban and architectural forms) and abstract spaces (actions taken by the population under stress) during an adaptation process.

About the Speaker

Fèmy Fagla
PhD Candidate, École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Fèmy A.D.D. Fagla is a PhD Candidate in urban studies at UQAM's École des sciences de la gestion (ESG) and a research professional affiliated with the Centre d'expertise sur le bien-être et l'état de santé physique des réfugiés et des demandeurs d'asile (CERDA). His research interests focus on the link between urban phenomenology and complex adaptive systems. A nexus that questions urban transformation, resilience, migration and urban adaptation in the face of accelerated change (climatic, demographic, socio-ecological).

All are welcome to attend this presentation of the Phipps-Langlois Seminars offered by the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics. Come, listen to a great presentation, enjoy a free coffee or tea and snacks.

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