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Arusha, Tanzania: 10-14 December 2007
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Session 61:
Consequences of rapid urbanization

Thursday, December 13
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Tausi
Serengeti Wing. Ground Floor
Chair: Guy Stecklov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discussant: Philippe Bocquier, University of the Witwatersrand

1. Urbanization and changing Land access and rights in Ghana’s largest metropolis, Accra and Kumasi  •  George Owusu, University of Ghana

2. End or fragmentation of neighbourhood effects in towns of the South. The example of Ouagadougou through a child mortality survey  •  Bassiahi Abdramane Soura, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)

3. A predictive modeling of urban expansion and implications for sustenance in peri-urban areas of Ogbomoso, Nigeria  •  Adeboyejo A. Thompson, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology; Abolade Olajoke, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology; Abodunrin Folasade Oyenike, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology; Jelili M Omoakin, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

4. Urbanization and the Rural and Urban Provision of Water and Sanitation  •  Susanna Wolf, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

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