From mobilities to transport. Diverse outlooks on Western Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6186492 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jérôme Lombard, Olivier Ninot |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | EchoGéo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1963-1197 • E-ISSN: 1963-1197 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/echogeo.13286 |
| OpenAlex | W2088762595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
This issue of EchoGéo aims to study mobilities and transport systems in Western Africa.Our analysis is based on two factual reasons.First, on the western side of the continent, the local development of transport has been fast and has brought about an acceleration of local, regional and international flows.Secondly, the culture of engineering, which has long prevailed in the field of transport, in particular with the predominance of French expertise 1 , needs to be completed by a cross-disciplinary approach if we are to understand the factors that presided to the joint evolution of transport systems and mobilities in Western Africa.Things have changed and, as part of a scientific method, these systems need to be considered not only from a technical perspective but more importantly as a factor of mobility for people and goods. Transport and mobilitiesThere is a lack of research dedicated to transport and mobilities, in spite of analyses developed in the last decade on mobile Africa (Bruijn, Van Dijk et al., 2001 ; Hahn and Klute, 2007) and on migratory movements or flows (Mansell, Prothero and Chapman, 2010).Research work looking specifically into transport systems is also incomplete: for instance, the Sitrass network's research 2 , or the monograph on the motorisation of African transport in the twentieth century published by J.B. Gewald, S. Luning and K. Van Walraven (2009), do not include a study of people's mobility and trade.Some of these works do however complement international institutions' research on urban transport in metropolises (Dawson and Barwell, 1993 ;Porter, 2002 ;Dimitriou and Gakenheimer, 2011), opening the way for a global understanding of mobilities.Considering mobilities and transport systems as interlocked and interdependent makes sense as much from the field as from a theoretical perspective.The different types of movement that can be observed are interlocked and cause the transport systems to evolve.Equally, these systems influence the patterns and modalities of travel.The From mobilities to transport.Diverse outlooks on Western Africa
Economic geography · Field (mathematics · Geography · Mobilities · Political science · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Transport engineering · Transport system · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Engineering · Migration, Identity, and Health
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |