African Journal of Demography and Population Studies

Full Length Research Paper

Processes and challenges of urban development in Côte d’Ivoire (Africa) with case study of Abidjan City

Konate Djibril^1,2, Qian Yun¹, Dembele Ousmane² and Wang Xiangrong¹*

¹School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, 100083 Beijing, China.

²Institut de Geographie Topical, Universite de Cocody- Abidjan, 22 B.P.744 Abidjan 22, Cote d’Ivoire.

Accepted 11 January, 2019

Abstract

Underdeveloped countries are faced with serious urban issues such as social disorder, environmental pollution, flood, traffic jam and accidents. Most of these problems evolves and affects urban life by causing morbidity and mortality or creating unpleasant landscape. Otherwise when the process of urban creation is poorly managed, the upsurge of urban challenges will be observed. Urban planners and other construction actors in Abidjan do not have the same understanding of urban development due to the inadequate system established at national level. The study based on scrutiny of urban creation process in Abidjan, economic capital city of Cote d’Ivoire, evaluates the urban space development strategy focusing on urban policies and regulatory documents, construction and management actors, and the different related challenges.

Key words: Urban planning and management, urban construction, process, actors, stakeholders, funding, challenges.