Marche à pied et pauvreté en Afrique Subsaharienne

Lourdes Diaz Olvera (), Didier Plat () and Pascal Pochet ()
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Lourdes Diaz Olvera: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Didier Plat: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pascal Pochet: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Walking and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. - What do we know about walking and African urban dwellers whose feet are their only daily mode of transport, sometimes for long distance trips? Finally, relatively little, since survey are traditionally focused on motorised modes. Using data from household surveys carried out in Sub-Saharan cities, we first show that walking is the principal transportation mode. Then, through the example of Niamey, we analyse the daily mobility of urban people who always travel on foot. They are mostly underprivileged individuals and their territory is usually limited to the immediate vicinity of their home. Taking into account the chronic shortage of financial means existing in these cities, we provide some ideas for a better acknowledgement of walking as a basic mode in the passenger transportation system and more generally, in the daily functioning of the overall urban system.

Keywords: Marche à pied; pauvreté; Afrique subsaharienne; Niamey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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Published in CODATU, GODARD Xavier, FATONZOUN Innocent (Eds.). CODATU X, Proceedings of the International Conference : Urban mobility for all = La mobilité urbaine pour tous, 12-15 November 2002, Lomé, Togo., 2002, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas. pp. 177-183

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