Transport in Africa

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors observe and analyze African circulations in all their diversity, both in territories and across scales and networks, “mutually constitutive and relationally interrelated dimensions of socio-spatial relations”. They outline an original methodology for approaching transport issues on the African continent. The authors examine the ambivalence of these major transformations; then focus on the prospects and risks of disconnection from the expectations and innovations of citizens and transport users. Despite the remarkable developments in African transport, many problems remain, such as rural isolation, the isolation of certain regions and urban congestion. Others are also emerging. Two major trends are perceptible: the increase in spatial differentiation, on the one hand, and the risk of a growing gap between the projects led by the States and the expectations and transformations carried by citizens/users, on the other hand.

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