Le profil national est la synthèse des conclusions d’un bureau d’études, d’entretiens avec les acteurs clés et d’informations communiquées par les autorités. Les différents participants aux consultations se sont entendus sur la nécessité de déli...

Située à 440 km à l’est de Saint Louis et à 700 km de Dakar sur la rive gauche du fleuve Sénégal, la commune de Kanel n’a été créée qu’en 1997. L’habitat est concentré sur une superficie de 53 ha, soit 45% de la superficie totale urbanisée. Les ...

Située au centre-ouest du Sénégal dans la région du même nom, la commune de Kaolack se présente comme un carrefour des axes de communication et d’échanges entre populations d’horizons divers. Elle joue un rôle d’intermédiaire sur le plan commerc...

The National Urban Profile focuses on the findings of a desk-study, interviews with key actors and a town consultation with key urban actors and institutions. Consultation participants agreed to address the salient urban issues including poverty, ...

This issue of Urban World covers innovative cities. It examines why learning is the key to smarter urban development.

Mozambique, which is located on the south eastern coast of Africa, has a population of 20 million. Emerging from a devastating civil war in 1992, the country has grown at an annual rate of nearly 10 percent. The post war recovery has been descri...

Hosting 30 percent of the urban population of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and the diplomatic centre of Africa, is one of the fastest growing cities on the continent. Its population is currently thought to be 4 million. Its geo...

It is Ethiopia's second largest city with 384 000 inhabitants and with the rapid urban growth witnessed in the city, Dire Dawa's urban population is expected to grow by nearly 50 percent by the year 2015. One third of the urban population has no...

Moçambique situa-se na costa oriental de África, é um país com uma população aproximada de 20 milhões de habitantes. Saído de uma Guerra civil devastadora em 1992, o país tem crescido a uma taxa anual de quase10%. A sua recuperação pós-guerra te...

In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities. This initiative has been carried out locally in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and Ambo, as well as nationally. The Ethiopia National Profile focuses on th...