West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography.
West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography.
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Paris : OECD Publishing, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (204 pages)
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computer
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Intro -- The Sahel andWest Africa Club -- Foreword -- The team and acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1. The challenges of measuring urbanisation in Africa -- THE LIMITATIONS OF OFFICIAL DEFINITIONS OF URBAN -- Three approaches to defin...
COASTAL URBANISATION AND INTERIOR URBANISATION -- Africa's low urban coastalisation -- Emergence of an inner urban Africa -- THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE URBAN -- The balance between humans and nature -- Prospects for sustainable development -- Notes -- References -- Annexes -- Annexe A. Processing satel...
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Paris : OECD Publishing, 2020.
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2020.
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This report, based on the Africapolis geo-spatial database (www.africapolis.org) covering 7 600 urban agglomerations in 50 African countries, provides detailed analyses of major African urbanisation dynamics placed within historical, environmental and political contexts.
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West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography.
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991024341601002626
