ISBN:
9789264314306
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (204 pages)
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Abstract:
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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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 defining urban -- The absence of a universally accepted definition -- A bias in international statistics on large agglomerations -- THE BENEFITS OF A SPATIAL APPROACH -- Sprawl and urban administrative boundaries -- In situ urbanisation of rural areas -- The formation of metropolitan regions -- AFRICAPOLIS: A NEW VISION OF AFRICAN URBANISATION -- A bottom-up approach -- A complement to national statistics -- Notes -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. Geo-statistical analysis of urbanisation dynamics in Africa -- level and pace of urbanisation -- The level of urbanisation -- The pace of urban transition in Africa -- Urban population growth -- Agglomeration size and urban systems -- The distribution of urban networks -- The evolving geography of urban agglomerations -- Transnational and national patterns in urban clusters -- The continued emergence of new agglomerations -- Proximity and distance -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. History, politics, environment and urban forms in Africa -- HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT -- Demographic conditions of urban growth -- Political contexts and urbanisation -- Environmental context -- LOCAL URBAN FORMS -- The main spatial attractors -- Combinations of spatial attractors -- What models of development for agglomerations? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Africa's new urban dynamics -- Larger agglomerations and new forms of urbanisation -- The dominance of national metropoles -- A new scale of African urbanisation: Metropolitan regions -- The emergence of mega-agglomerations.
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