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Towards Urban Resource Flow Estimates in Data Scarce Environments: The Case of African Cities

Title
Towards Urban Resource Flow Estimates in Data Scarce Environments: The Case of African Cities
Author(s)
Paul Klugman Currie
Ethan Lay-Sleeper
John E. Fernández
Jenny Kim
Josephine Kaviti Musango
Year
2015
Type
Journal Article
Source
Journal of Environmental Protection, Volume 6, Issue 9, Pages 1066
DOI
10.4236/jep.2015.69094
Abstract
Data sourcing challenges in African nations have led many African urban infrastructure developments to be implemented with minimal scientific backing to support their success. In some cases this may directly impact a city ' s ability to reach service delivery, economic growth and human development goals , let alone the city's ability to protect ecosystem services upon which it relies. As an attempt to fill this gap, this paper describes an exploratory process used to determine city - level demographic, economic and resource flow data for African nations. The approach makes use of scaling and clustering techniques to form acceptable and utilizable representations of selected African cities. Variables that may serve as the strongest predictors for resource consumption i n- tensity in African nations and cities were explored, in particular, the aspects of the Koppen Cl i- mate Zones, estimates of average urban income and GDP, and the influence of urban primacy. It is expected that the approach examined will provide a step towards estimating and understanding African cities and their resource profiles.
More Information
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jep.2015.69094

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