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Ali Aldrees, Abdulrasheed Mohammed, Salisu Dan?azumi and Sani Isah Abba
Flooding is a major environmental problem facing urban cities, causing varying degrees of damage to properties and disruption to socio-economic activities. Nigeria is the most populous African country and Kano metropolis is the second largest urban cente...
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Efui Holaly Gbekley, Koko Zébéto Houedakor, Kossi Komi, Sossawè Poli, Djiwonou Koffi Adjalo, Ablam Nyakpo, Ayayivi Mensah Ayivigan, Abdourahamane Aissa Ghanny Vanessa Ali, Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou and Pèssiezoum Adjoussi
In African cities, the ever-increasing production of wastewater and excreta poses a major management problem. The aim of this study was to take stock of wastewater and excreta management in Adétikopé in the commune of Agoè-Nyivé 6. This was a cross-secti...
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Maxwell Owusu, Ryan Engstrom, Dana Thomson, Monika Kuffer and Michael L. Mann
Reliable data on slums or deprived living conditions remain scarce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global high-resolution maps of deprived areas are fundamental for both research- and evidence-based policies. Existing mapping methods ar...
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Festival Godwin Boateng, Jacqueline M. Klopp
Pág. 651 - 670
African countries serve as used vehicle dumping sites for advanced capitalist countries, undermining global and local goals to move toward safe and low-emissions transport. Africa?s used vehicle dependency is commonly explained in terms of push-pull fact...
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Emmanuel S. H. Lobe Ekamby and Pierpaolo Mudu
Africa is a particularly vulnerable continent to the effects of climate and environmental changes. Several tree planting projects were launched as one of the plausible solutions to climate action. This paper reviews the recent tree planting projects in A...
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Ellen Banzhaf, Henry N. Bulley, Justice Nana Inkoom and Sebastian Elze
This perspective paper highlights the potentials, limitations, and combinations of openly available Earth observation (EO) data and big data in the context of environmental research in urban areas. The aim is to build the resilience of informal settlemen...
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Tamara Kerzhner
Pág. 671 - 689
Informal transport is often described as flexible, reactive, demand responsive, niche-filling, and in-tune with passenger needs. This paper proposes expanded definitions of flexibility in the operations of informal transport networks and presents a theor...
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Hicham Mharzi Alaoui, Hassan Radoine, Jérôme Chenal, Hassan Yakubu and Salwa Bajja
With the rapid urbanization occurring across African cities, the emergence of a middle class is exerting its influence on the urban form and structure. Matching their social status and drawing on global influences, the housing characteristics of this cla...
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Eurídice Lurdes Jorge Pedrosa, Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Stephen Kofi Diko, Tracy Sidney Commodore and Michihiro Kita
Urbanization has placed considerable constraints on the preservation and maintenance of formal green spaces in African cities. This situation has given attention to the potentials of informal green spaces (IGS). While studies on IGS in African cities is ...
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Xueqin Li, Lindsay C. Stringer and Martin Dallimer
Due to the combination of climate change and the rapid growth in urban populations in Africa, many urban areas are encountering exacerbated urban heat island (UHI) effects. It is important to understand UHI effects in order to develop suitable adaptation...
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