Urbanization and dynamics of informal transports and mobilities in secondary cities in Senegal : cases of Touba, Thiès and Saint Louis
type: Dataset
description: Senegal’s population grew in excess of 13 million people in 2009 from 2 million in 1950. The urban population growth led to the spatial extension and centralities of the cities. Half of the population, largely young, lives in urban areas like Touba, Thiès and Saint Louis. That gave a very contrasting urban landscapes and diverse urban functions. This shift has created very strong functional and geographical mobility needs. In urban unplanned areas and / or remote from centers, local mobility grew through walk and horse-drawn transport. Movements leading to the centers for reasons of work, commerce, education or access to various services abound via motorized transport.Clearly, the relationship between transport and urban planning are ambivalent. If urban development precedes the transport network in the suburbs, elsewhere, it plays a major role in the structuring of urban areas, especially in the historic centers and along major highways.Yet this informal transport is operating outside the rules, it meets the mobility needs of many low-income users. Thus, it is making prominent the role of the government to regulate the transports sector.
landing page: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00880883
identifier: NNT: 2013BOR30005
keyword: centralite
keyword: centrality
keyword: city
keyword: etalement-urbain
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsdoctoralthesis
keyword: mobilite
keyword: mobility
keyword: pole
keyword: shsgeohumanities-and-social-sciencesgeography
keyword: theses
keyword: transport
keyword: urban-growth
keyword: urbanisation
keyword: urbanization
keyword: ville
issued: 2026-05-06T07:42:28.122738
modified: 2026-05-06T07:42:28.122744
language: fr
contact point: Organization
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Urbanization and dynamics of informal transports and mobilities in secondary cities in Senegal : cases of Touba, Thiès and Saint Louis
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