West African Studies Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa
Title | West African Studies Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2023-03-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264817107 |
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.
West African Studies The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa
Title | West African Studies The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2020-02-14 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264411372 |
African governments are increasingly confronted with new forms of political violence. This study maps the evolution of violence across North and West Africa, with a particular focus on Mali, Lake Chad and Libya.
West African Studies Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa
Title | West African Studies Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2022-02-19 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264317376 |
This publication examines the role of border regions in shaping patterns of violence since the end of the 1990s in North and West Africa. Using the innovative OECD Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi), the report looks at the growing relationship between political violence and borderlands at the regional level, by analysing more than 170 000 violent events between January 1997 and June 2021 and through the exploration of case studies in the Central and Eastern Sahel.
West African Studies Conflict Networks in North and West Africa
Title | West African Studies Conflict Networks in North and West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2021-03-29 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264455906 |
Conflicts in North and West Africa have become more violent and widespread than in the past. They have also become more difficult to resolve due to the complex relationships between a growing number of belligerents with diverging agendas. This report maps conflict networks and the evolution of rivalries and alliances in 21 North and West African countries.
West African Studies Urbanisation Dynamics in West Africa 1950–2010 Africapolis I, 2015 Update
Title | West African Studies Urbanisation Dynamics in West Africa 1950–2010 Africapolis I, 2015 Update PDF eBook |
Author | Moriconi-Ebrard François |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 95 |
Release | 2016-03-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264252231 |
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.
West African Studies Borders And Conflicts In North And West Africa
Title | West African Studies Borders And Conflicts In North And West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Oecd|Sahel And West Africa Club |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789264394612 |
West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography
Title | West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2020-02-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 926431430X |
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.