The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation
A growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 16840747 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Andrea Zerboni (0000-0002-6844-8528, University of Milan, autor correspondente), F Brandolini (0000-0001-7970-8578, University of Milan, autor correspondente), Guido S Mariani (0000-0002-8456-3964, University of Cagliari), Alessandro Perego (0000-0001-9954-8903, University of Milan), Sandro Salvatori (0000-0002-8574-6316, Centro Studi GISED), Donatella Usai (0000-0001-9379-9015, Centro Studi GISED), Manuela Pelfini (0000-0002-3258-1511, University of Milan), Martin A J Williams (0000-0003-3114-9337, The University of Adelaide) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 227-240 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-07-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Maps (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1744-5647 • E-ISSN: 1744-5647 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17445647.2020.1758810 |
| OpenAlex | W3024116486 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 9 |
| Referências citadas | 40 |
Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan. The growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation arosewithout a proper urban planfrom the agricultural wealth created through the completion of three dams, and mostly in the last three decades. Urban expansion was enabled by and helped to enhance the major agricultural expansion of the Gezira clay plains located to the south between the lower Blue and White Nile rivers. The region has been a focus of human settlement for at least 8,000 years, initially by semisedentary groups with a fishing-hunting-gathering lifestyle and later by Neolithic groups as shown by hundreds of archaeological sites. Today, Khartoum is a desert city, still very vulnerable to floods triggered by intense convectional storms. Such extreme events may become more common in future, representing a major geomorphological hazard. Moreover, uncontrolled urban and agricultural development is threatening most of the cultural heritage of the region
Agriculture · Archaeology · Conurbation · Environmental protection · Geography · Hazard · Megacity · Socioeconomics · Archaeological Research and Protection · Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Ecology
From the delta to the Delta
Analysing four decades of urban growth in Greater Khartoum, Sudan, using Earth observation data and Google Earth Engine
Verdant, Green, Lush
Integrating spatial and legacy data to understand archaeological sites in their landscape. A case study from Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar
Geomorphological impact of short-term urbanisation on the alluvial-coastal plain of a Mediterranean military port city (La Spezia, Italy)
Mapping Early Holocene to contemporary surface processes and human landscapes west of the lower White Nile (central Sudan)
Geomorphology and (palaeo-)hydrography of the Southern Atbai plain and western Eritrean Highlands (Eastern Sudan/Western Eritrea)
Geomorphological mapping in urban areas
Settling the riverscape of Erbil (Kurdistan Region of Iraq)
The Nile Basin
The Nile in 1904 /
Future Urban Growth and Archaeological Heritage Management
Historical Changes in the Flood Hazard at Khartoum, Sudan
Geomorphological Map of the Tadrart Acacus Massif and the Erg Uan Kasa (Libyan Central Sahara)
Geodiversity
Impact of extreme rainfall in the central Sudan during 1999 as a partial analogue for reconstructing early Holocene prehistoric environments
Patterns of population change in Ghana (1984–2000)
Urbanization and desertification in the Sudan with special reference to Khartoum
A rural “eye” in the Capital
Shaheinab
Early Human Occupation at al-Jamrab (White Nile Region, Central Sudan)
Khartoum blues
Micromorphology reveals in situ Mesolithic living floors and archaeological features in multiphase sites in central Sudan
Disclosing Archaeological Complexity of the Khartoum Mesolithic
Mesolithic Site Formation and Palaeoenvironment Along the White Nile (Central Sudan)
The Neolithic and ‘Pastoralism’ Along the Nile
The Mesolithic period on the White Nile region and the al-Khiday sites
Flood Frequency and Impacts at Khartoum since the Early Nineteenth Century
Impact of urban sprawl to cultural heritage monuments
The archaeology and ethnoarchaeology of rain-fed cultivation in arid and hyper-arid North Africa
| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
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| Citações por ano | 1,8 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 8 |