Publications by Akuto Akpedze Konou

Impact of Topography on Rural Cycling Patterns: Case Study of Bugesera District, Rwanda

Jérôme Chenal, Akuto Akpedze Konou, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka, Rim Mrani

Rural mobility in Africa is an under-researched issue. Rural communities have often suffered from reduced mobility that has hampered their access to essential services and facilities such as education, health care, food, and clean water. In many rural comm ...

2023

Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo, Akuto Akpedze Konou, Jürg Utzinger, Julia Tischler

This article unites different disciplinary debates on ‘southern innovation’, ‘theory from the South’, and ‘decolonisation of knowledge’ in order to discuss existing understandings around the role of Africa in the production of health-related knowledge, pub ...

2022

Vernacular architecture & spatial typology: their share in urban health

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo, Akuto Akpedze Konou

Globalization and technological progress have facilitated the progressive implementation of “modern” architectural and urban planning in the countries of the South. These countries aim to replicate Western planning models in African cities. Both at the pub ...

2021

The question of housing at the center of urban health inequities

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo, Akuto Akpedze Konou

If environmental factors are important determinants of health, then universal access to adequate housing is key to tackle urban health inequities. Yet, with over one billion urban dwellers having no other choice than living in so-called slums, the provisio ...

2021

Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Akuto Akpedze Konou, Rémi Jaligot

Although rapid population growth will give them a significant weight in global urbanization by the middle of the century, African cities remain little known. As a result, they are essentially outside the global intellectual arena on urban issues, which jus ...

2020

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Akuto Akpedze Konou

Impact of Topography on Rural Cycling Patterns: Case Study of Bugesera District, Rwanda

Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation

More than seven decades of Acta Tropica: Looking back to move into the future

Vernacular architecture & spatial typology: their share in urban health

The question of housing at the center of urban health inequities

Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

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The question of housing at the center of urban health inequities

Impact of Topography on Rural Cycling Patterns: Case Study of Bugesera District, Rwanda

Vernacular architecture & spatial typology: their share in urban health

Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation

More than seven decades of Acta Tropica: Looking back to move into the future