Social Mobilization to Prevent Floods and Runoffs in the City of Batna, North-Eastern Algeria

Abstract

With the growing interest in ways to protect cities from the danger of floods, we try in this research to create a social mobilization based on the dissemination of awareness in the city of Batna, northeastern Algeria, after examining the factors that control its construction at present, exploiting bibliographic research and the results of a questionnaire in electronic and other paper formats, and some short free interviews with residents of the city.The study showed that some of the current factors, such as the class of belonging in the society, limit the attempt to build a resilient city, and that the lack of awareness could be the reason for the interruption of the chain of flood risk management in the city. The study also aims to clarify some means of prevention and protection, such as avoiding building near valleys.The study also refers to mechanisms and ways to educate the population, such as exploiting the media and educational institutions. Thus, this research aims to support non-structural measures to protect the city from this hazard.