Atlas of Africa
Atlas of Africa

Author: Agence Française de Développement

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-07

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1000427013

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This innovative Atlas of Africa, by the Agence Française de Développement, offers comprehensive insights into contemporary Africa through the use of full-colour maps, charts, graphics and text which demonstrate and explain Africa’s growing importance in the world and its demographic, economic, social and environmental transformation, while also outlining the challenges that the continent faces. The three sections, offering new perspectives on the continent, comprise: Taking Full Measure of Africa – examining the major economic, demographic, social and political transformations that Africa has undergone in a short space of time. A Multifaceted Continent with Shared Challenges – looking at the major intraregional economic, demographic, environmental and social dynamics that are currently shaping the continent. Africa Inventing Itself and Taking up the Key Challenges of Tomorrow – an overview of the challenges that Africa is currently facing and will need to face in the future, including the environment and climate change, social cohesion and demographic issues, economic development and governance. Full-colour maps, charts and graphics cover such wide-ranging topics as economic development, urbanization, education, the rule of law, gender, the blue economy, regional organizations, energy and culture, to form a volume which offers a wide-ranging overview in graphic form of Africa in the world today, of interest to all those studying, working in or with Africa, and those with a general interest in the continent.

The Atlas of African Affairs
The Atlas of African Affairs

Author: Ieuan L.l. Griffiths

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1135855595

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The Atlas of African Affairs is divided into five sections dealing with environmental, historical, political and economic issues and with Southern Africa. Throughout, the book presents an interdisciplinary, integrated perspective on African affairs. Most of the chapters deal with continent-wide themes and are illustrated by maps of Africa as a whole drawn to a standardised outline of the same map projection and scale. Other chapters, often by way of example, discuss parts of the continent or individual countries and are illustrated with appropriate maps. The basic format of integrated text and maps is supplemented by guides to further reading at the end of each section as well as a series of detailed statistical tables at the end of the book.

Atlas of Africa
Atlas of Africa

Author: Karen Foster

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1404838880

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Features maps and information about the countries, geography, ecology, population, customs, transportation, and economy of Africa.

Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities?
Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities?

Author: Kirsten Hommann

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1464814058

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For African cities to grow economically as they have grown in size, they must create productive environments to attract investments, increase economic efficiency, and create livable environments that prevent urban costs from rising with increased population densification. What are the central obstacles that prevent African cities and towns from becoming sustainable engines of economic growth and prosperity? Among the most critical factors that limit the growth and livability of urban areas are land markets, investments in public infrastructure and assets, and the institutions to enable both. To unleash the potential of African cities and towns for delivering services and employment in a livable and environmentally friendly environment, a sequenced approach is needed to reform institutions and policies and to target infrastructure investments. This book lays out three foundations that need fixing to guide cities and towns throughout Sub-Saharan Africa on their way to productivity and livability.

Norwich's Maps of Africa
Norwich's Maps of Africa

Author: I. Norwich

Publisher: Terra Nova

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Over the course of forty years, Oscar Norwich accumulated the world's greatest private collection of African maps. This catalog comprises a record of foreign knowledge of the continent from the "Age of Exploration" to modern times, and demonstrates how the rest of the world was quick to learn the shape of the African continent but slow to grasp the realities of its interior. From the fabulous creatures depicted on early maps to the blank "regions unknown" of later ones, from those that depicted the kingdom of the legendary Prester John to maps as late as the 19th century that still featured the imaginary Mountains of Kong, this collection documents a long and troubled history of developing knowledge of the continent. Each map is illustrated and carefully described, including bibliographical citations. Originally published in 1983, the book has been revised and edited by Jeffrey Stone for this second edition.