Urban Health and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: Population Growth, Urbanisation, Water/Sanitation Services, Slumisation and Poverty

Spatio-temporal analysis was applied on data representing urbanisation, slumisation, poverty, safe water/ sanitation in urban sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings include: rapid rates of national population growth and urbanisation throughout SSA from 1980 to 2005, averaging 93.8% (range: 90.5% poi...

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Main Author: RICHARD INGWE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2012-01-01
Series:Romanian Review of Regional Studies
Subjects:
SSA
Online Access:http://rrrs.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/arhive/Artpdf/v8n12012/RRRS801201202.pdf