The Morphology of African Cities

The Morphology of African Cities

This paper illustrates how the capabilities of GIS and satellite imagery can be harnessed to explore and better understand the urban form of several large African cities (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, and Dakar). To allow for compara...

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Main Authors: Antos, Sarah E., Lall, Somik V., Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
urban development
information systems
urban land
land market
participatory planning
governance
satellite imagery
geospatial modeling
population distribution
population density
urban transport
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/502451481312733719/The-morphology-of-African-cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25810

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/502451481312733719/The-morphology-of-African-cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25810

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