Mr Philipp Heinrigs

1. OECD Water Governance Initiative, January 2020
AFRICAPOLIS:
MAPPING A NEW URBAN
GEOGRAPHY
Philipp Heinrigs
Head of Unit
Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD)

2. AFRICA'S FAST CHANGING URBANISATION DYNAMICS

3. AFRICA'S EMERGING NEW URBAN GEOGRAPHY

4. AFRICAPOLIS – DESIGNED FOR COMPARATIVE AND
LONG-TERM ANALYSES OF AFRICAN URBANISATION DYNAMICS
The definition is
based on two criteria :
• An agglomeration is a continuously
built-up and developed area, with less
than 200 meters between buildings.
• An agglomeration is considered
urban if it has a minimum of
10 000 agglomerated inhabitants.
URBAN
More than 10 000 inhabitants
RURAL
Less than 10 000 inhabitants

5. BEYOND LARGE CITIES

6. NEW DRIVERS OF URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS – EMERGENCE OF AGGLOMERATIONS

7. NEW DRIVERS OF URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS - THE ABSENCE OF RURAL EXODUS

8. Urban planning and management are major development challenges
Africa’s urban transition are driven by diverse and multifaceted
processes - importance of understanding diversity of contexts and
scale
Emergence of new urban forms and new urban geographies - policies
need to be adapted to new realities and existing adaptation strategies

9. MORE DATA AND TO EXPLORE ON
WWW.AFRICAPOLIS.ORG
“Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics
Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography”
(February 2020)