On the African coast, a unique video surveillance system for better risk management

Source: The Conversation France

The African continent has a unique topography, with the largest number of low-lying coastal areas (e.g. sandy beaches). This low altitude exposes populations to oceanic and climatic hazards. With global warming, these hazards are tending to increase in both frequency and intensity.

In this article, published by The Conversation France, researchers Grégoire Abessolo Ondoa, Bapentire Donatus Angnuureng and Rafael Almar explain that by combining different observation technologies: a network of video surveillance cameras in coastal areas (to measure variations in sea level towards the coast),…