Urban assemblage, street youth and the sub-Saharan African city

Structural adjustment and the contemporary sub-Saharan African city

Although it has been suggested that structural adjustment policies have slowed Third World urban growth and have stimulated a spatial deconcentration of economic activity, this paper argues that African cities continue to grow and mainly through peri-urban development. This investment comes mainly from domestic sources and migrants’ remittances, and tends to be in consumption rather than produc...

Urban Youth Bulges and Social Disorder An Empirical Study of Asian and Sub-Saharan African Cities

Integrating Geospatial Techniques for Urban Land Use Classification in the Developing Sub-Saharan African City of Lusaka, Zambia

For most sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities, in order to control the historically unplanned urban growth and stimulate sustainable future urban development, there is a need for accurate identification of the past and present urban land use (ULU). However, studies addressing ULU classification in SSA cities are lacking. In this study, we developed an integrated approach of remote sensing and Geogr...

Differences in hypertension between informal and formal areas of Ouagadougou, a sub-Saharan African city

BACKGROUND Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly confronted with hypertension and urbanization is considered to favor its emergence. This study aims to assess the difference in the prevalence of hypertension between formal and informal urban areas of Ouagadougou and to determine the risk factors associated with hypertension in these urban populations of sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS ...

Hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations.

BACKGROUND Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa is a widespread problem of immense economic importance because of its high prevalence in urban areas, its frequent underdiagnosis, and the severity of its complications. METHODS AND RESULTS We searched PubMed and relevant journals for words in the title of this article. Among the major problems in making headway toward better detection and treatme...