[PDF] West African Urbanization eBook

Author : Moriconi-Ebrard François
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 19,1 MB
Release : 2016-03-18
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ISBN : 9264252231

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In 1950, there were only 152 urban agglomerations in West Africa. Since then, the number of agglomerations has increased to almost 2 000 town and cities which are home to 41% of the region’s total population.

Author : Josef Gugler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,60 MB
Release : 1978-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521213486

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Originally published in 1978 as part of the Urbanization in Developing Countries series, this is an interdisciplinary study of rapid urban growth in West Africa. Gugler and Flanagan first explore the history of the cities of the early West African empires and they draw on the work of social anthropologists and sociologists, as well as demographers, economists, geographers, historians, political scientists and social psychologists. They then describe the urban explosion that the region experienced after World War II. They explore the implications of widespread urban unemployment and underemployment, the housing crisis and the emergence of metropolitan areas such as Lagos. The literature on urbanization and social change in Black Africa in general, and West Africa in particular, expanded at a fast pace in the years preceding publication. This critical review of the disparate findings filled a gap in African Studies and threw light on the understanding of Third World urbanization.

Author : Hilda Kuper
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520360532

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 12,24 MB
Release : 2022-04-26
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ISBN : 9264770860

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This report provides a new perspective on Africa’s urban economies that is unique in its breadth and level of detail. Based on data from more than 4 million individuals and firms in 2 600 cities across 34 countries, it presents compelling evidence that urbanisation contributes to better economic outcomes and higher living standards.

Author : Kenneth Little
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 1965-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This 1971 book considers the part played by voluntary associations in the growth of towns in West Africa.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 2023-03-21
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ISBN : 9264817107

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North and West Africa are undergoing rapid urbanisation. While cities and urban areas have always been sites of conflict, given their political and economic importance, many insurgencies, rebellions and separatist movements are associated with rural areas.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 2020-02-07
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ISBN : 926431430X

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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.