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Smart Metropolitan Regional Development: Economic and Spatial Design Strategies Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Towards a Smart Metropolitan Regional Development—Spatial and Economic Design Strategies: Conakry

Authors : Gora Mboup, M. Ibrahima Camara, Nene Mariama Balde, Mustafa Sangare, Khalil Fofana

Published in: Smart Metropolitan Regional Development

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The dynamic transformation of the Conakry Metropolitan Region from a population of 38,800 inhabitants in 1950 to a population 1.9 million inhabitants million in 2015 has occurred in different paces, times and places in terms of numbers, urban form and structure (density distribution, and compactness). When a city reaches one million or more of population size, it becomes more complex for its planning, design and management compared to a small city. For instance, when a city reaches one million inhabitants, its accessibility will be largely determined by elements of its urban form and structure as well as elements of transport infrastructures and, recently, elements of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This accessibility determines in large the interaction between economic and spatial design strategies. After the introduction, this study is divided in five sections. The first section presents the “Conceptual framework of the Smart Metropolitan Regional Development” of the study; The second section presents “Urbanization of the Conakry Peninsula in Time and Space”; The third section focuses on the “Urban Accessibility and Mobility”; The fourth section presents “Urbanization, Economic Growth and Metropolitan Regional Development” including economic growth, human development and sustainability, inclusion, resilience and prosperity; The fifth section presents “Towards a Smart Metropolitan Regional Development” including human development, environmental sustainability and city prosperity; The sixth section, based on the development of the previous sections, presents the “Spatial and Economic Design Strategies for a Smart Conakry Metropolitan Regional Development”.

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Metadata
Title
Towards a Smart Metropolitan Regional Development—Spatial and Economic Design Strategies: Conakry
Authors
Gora Mboup
M. Ibrahima Camara
Nene Mariama Balde
Mustafa Sangare
Khalil Fofana
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Smart Metropolitan Regional Development

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-8587-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-8588-8

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8588-8_4