#urban-gullies

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fromNature
1 week ago

Deep gashes are tearing through cities, swallowing houses and displacing vast numbers of people

Expanding urban gullies in African cities are rapidly displacing hundreds of thousands, driven by sandy soils, inadequate drainage, and rapid urbanization.
fromNature
1 week ago

Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Nature

Many Congolese cities host identifiable urban gullies detectable by high-resolution imagery, with analyses limited to gullies having thalwegs at least 30 m.
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