Publications by Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

The digital policies in the face of access and usage inequalities among young people in intermediate cities in Senegal: The case of Saint-Louis

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

This contribution questions young people’s access to digital networks at the scale of intermediate cities in Saint-Louis. Thus, it analyzes the prescriptions of digital actors responsible for the development of digital economy in relation with the orientat ...

EnPress Publisher2025

Digital Inclusion And Youth Participation In Urban Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case Of Saint-Louis, Senegal

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

This article investigates the inuence of digital technologies on youth participation in urban governance within the Global South, with a specic focus on Saint-Louis, Senegal. Rapid urbanization in developing countries has intensied the need for inclusiv ...

AIP Publishing2025

Bridging the Gap: Misaligned Perceptions of Urban Agriculture and Health Between Planning and Design Experts and Urban Farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Akuto Akpedze Konou, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

Urban agriculture (UA) is a longstanding practice in African cities, characterized by some distinctive features. In particular, the amount of land devoted to UA in these cities exceeds that used in Western countries, presenting challenges in areas such as ...

MDPI AG2025

A Crowdsourcing-Based Walk Test Approach to Evaluate Mobile Network Quality

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

In this study, we present a novel crowdsourcing-based approach to evaluate mobile network quality at Cheikh Anta DIOP University, located in Dakar, Senegal. Traditional methods of assessing network performance often require significant resources and infras ...

IEEE2025

Mapping Rural Mobility in the Global South: Case Studies of Participatory GIS Approach for Assessments of Daily Movement Needs and Practice in Nepal and Kenya

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

This paper investigates rural mobility in the Global South using a participatory GIS approach to address the lack of mobility data that hampers sustainable planning to support rural development and resilience. Limited rural mobility due to poor infrastruct ...

MDPI AG2024

Multi-Level Participatory GIS Framework to Assess Mobility Needs and Transport Barriers in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Rural Mumias East, a Sub-County of Kakamega, Kenya

Jérôme Chenal, Pablo Txomin Harpo de Roulet

In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the application of GIS to community empowerment or new policy development through participatory design, information gathering and implementation. This study, therefore, aims to apply a multi-level par ...

MDPI AG2023