Akuto Akpedze Konou

Biographic Data

ID6931444
NAMEAkuto Akpedze Konou
GIVEN NAMESAkuto Akpedze
FAMILY NAMEKonou
SIGNATUREKONOU A A
AFFILIATIONSEcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
ORCID0000-0003-3535-7440
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Two Decades of Architects’ and Urban Planners’ Contribution to Urban Agriculture and Health Research in Africa

    Open AccessAkuto Akpedze Konou, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda et al.ARTICLEUrban Science2023References: 14

    Urban agriculture (UA) is an ancient practice in Africa that meets social- and health-related needs. However, it is unclear whether architects and urban planners have incorporated the topic into their research and practices. This study aimed to assess the scientific contributions of these fields to UA and their relevance compared to other disciplines. The research objectives were to evaluate the trends in the subject, architects’ and planners’ in…

  • Impact of Topography on Rural Cycling Patterns: Case Study of Bugesera District, Rwanda

    Open AccessJean-Claude Baraka Munyaka, Jérôme Chenal et al.ARTICLEUrban Science2023References: 1

    Rural mobility in Africa is an under-researched issue. Rural communities have often suffered from reduced mobility that has hampered their access to essential services and facilities such as education, health care, food, and clean water. In many rural communities, a more affordable mobility option, such as non-motorized mobility (cycling and walking), is the preferred way for people to travel. Apart from its well-known advantages, little is known…

  • Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation

    Open AccessDanelle Van Zyl-Hermann, Tanja Hammel et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2022

    This article unites different disciplinary debates on 'southern innovation', 'theory from the South', and 'decolonisation of knowledge' in order to discuss existing understandings around the role of Africa in the production of health-related knowledge, public health policy, and medical innovation. Arguing that high-income countries have much to learn from the global South when it comes to health-related knowledge and practices, we propose an inte…

  • Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

    Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Akuto Akpedze Konou et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2021

    African cities remain little known. As a result, they are outside the global intellectual arena on urban issues, which justifies the need for more productive research. This article aims to empirically analyze the evolution of urban planning studies in Africa, by identifying the trends that characterize scientific production, through a systematic literature review over the last four decades. The study is organized around four different analysis: t…