PORT AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN DOUALA – CAMEROON: SOCIO-ECONOMIC MUTATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
PORT AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN DOUALA – CAMEROON: SOCIO-ECONOMIC MUTATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

Summary/Abstract: Port establishments can have several repercussions on the environment. From the social and economic perspectives, they can contribute to job creation, attract investments and create several opportunities for the development of the territory. Environmentally speaking, however, they can have several negative impacts such as pollution, accident and over concentration of population thus leading to overcrowding and promiscuity. The objective of this work is to show the socio-economic influence of the Douala autonomous port on the town. Economic capital of Cameroon, the most populated town and the main entry and exit port of the Central African Sub-Region, Douala is a port town whose existence and functioning are regulated by the port. The general methodology used for this work is divided into two complementary parts comprising of a review of literature in the archives of the autonomous port of Douala (APD) and those at the National Ports Authority (NPA), as well as a guided internet research for the collection of additional data. Then, field surveys of the population of the town and institutions and resource persons related to the management of the port led to the collection of empirical data on the functioning of the port and its place in the lives of residents of the town. The main results show a number of direct jobs created by the port of Douala as well as those linked to related activities to the presence of the port, and the influence of the port on mobility and migratory behaviour of individuals, not overlooking other investments equally linked to the presence of the port in the town. It also brings out the different negative impacts of the presence of the port in the town of Douala.

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