Foreword
The Sahel and West Africa Club
The global e-Geopolis programme
Executive summary
Table of contents
Overview --
Updating knowledge on urbanisation in West Africa
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 1. Challenges in tracking change in West African settlement dynamics
1.1 THE DEFINITION OF URBAN
1.2 THE GEOLOCATION OF LOCAL UNITS: MAJOR ADVANCES
1.3 THE SPECIAL CASE OF NIGERIA
1.4 PERSISTENT PROBLEMS, BUT A MINE OF NEW INFORMATION
1.5 CONSTRAINTS IN EVALUATING THE TOTAL NATIONAL POPULATION
Notes
Bibliography. Chapter 2. Demographic growth and the spread of agglomerations in West Africa2.1 RE-ACCELERATION OF URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
2.2 CONTINUED INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF URBANISATION
2.3 DENSIFICATION AND DIFFUSION OF THE URBAN NETWORK
2.4 COASTAL AND URBAN CORRIDORS
2.5 CONTRASTED GROWTH BETWEEN METROPOLISES AND SMALL AGGLOMERATIONS
2.6 A "WEST AFRICAN SYSTEM"?
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 3. Urban morphologies and new urban forms in West Africa
3.1 THE DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
3.2 TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF METROPOLITAN REGIONS
3.3 SPATIAL EXPANSION OF SECONDARY CITIES
Notes
Bibliography. Chapter 4. Estimating the population of Nigerian cities4.1 THE ISSUE
4.2 LACK OF RELIABLE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
4.3 THE PARTICULARITIES OF GEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISIONS IN NIGERIA
4.4 A DEFICIENT ADMINISTRATIVE CARTOGRAPHY
4.5 METHODOLOGY
4.6 RESULTS
4.7 CONCLUSIONS ON NIGERIAN RESULTS
Notes
Bibliography.
