Publications de Jérôme Chenal

Urban Planning Through Participatory Democracy: Analysis of Citizen Participation in Urban Planning in Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

Participatory democracy is a promising solution to the shortcomings of the traditional approach to urban planning. However, in Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo), it raises questions about the effective involvement of citizens in decision-making processes. This ...

2025

Application of Deep Learning and Geospatial Analysis in Soil Loss Risk in the Moulouya Watershed, Morocco

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka

This study integrates deep learning and geospatial analysis to enhance soil loss estimation in the Moulouya Watershed, a region prone to erosion due to diverse topography and climatic conditions. Traditional models like the Universal Soil Loss Equation (US ...

AIP Publishing2025

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

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

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

Navigating Risks and Realities: Understanding Motorbike Taxi Usage and Safety Strategies in Yaoundé and Douala (Cameroon)

Jérôme Chenal

Motorbike taxis are widely used in Yaoundé and Douala, despite their association with heightened accident risks and relatively high fares. This research combines qualitative methods, including 38 semi-structured interviews and direct field observations, wi ...

MDPI AG2025

Water for all: determinants of household water access in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Jérôme Chenal

Access to water and sanitation are major issues for many West African cities, especially for low- and middle-income nations like Mauritania. This study investigates the socioeconomic, demographic, and geographical factors influencing household water access ...

2025

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

Integrating Socioeconomic and Community-Based Strategies for Drought Resilience in West Pokot, Kenya

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka

This paper examines how demographic characteristics, institutional structures, and livelihood strategies shape household resilience to climate variability and drought in West Pokot County, one of Kenya's most climate-vulnerable arid and semi-arid lands (AS ...

MDPI AG2025

Spatiotemporal dynamics and humanitarian crisis in Bol (Chad): Satellite imagery analysis

Jérôme Chenal

This study investigates the impact of protracted humanitarian crises on urban development in Bol, a city in Chad’s Lake region, with a focus on spatial transformations and planning implications. The purpose is to assess how displacement-driven urbanization ...

2025

Trends, Methods, Drivers, and Impacts of Housing Informalities (HI): A Systematic Literature Review

Jérôme Chenal, Rim Mrani

This paper systematically reviews scientific papers to understand the primary forms of HI, why they arise, and how they affect the urban landscape. It addresses the question, “What are the key trends, drivers, and impacts of Housing Informality (HI), and w ...

MDPI AG2025

Evaluation of urban planning practices in Bol City, Lake Province (Chad): Challenges and prospects

Jérôme Chenal

Urban planning is critical to managing rapid urban growth, particularly in African regions experiencing high urbanization rates. This study focuses on Bol, Lake Chad Province, a city facing significant challenges due to inadequate planning frameworks compo ...

EnPress Publisher2025

Bridging the Gender Gap in Climate-Resilient Sweet Potato Farming: A Case Study from Goromonzi District, Zimbabwe

Jérôme Chenal

This study delves into the gender-specific challenges and opportunities in sweet potato farming in Goromonzi District, Zimbabwe, against the backdrop of escalating droughts. Through a blend of surveys, expert analysis, and high-resolution satellite imagery ...

MDPI2025

Digital Transformation in African Heritage Preservation: A Digital Twin Framework for a Sustainable Bab Al-Mansour in Meknes City, Morocco

Jérôme Chenal

Highlights What are the main findings? - The study develops a Digital Twin Heritage Building (DTHB) framework based on digital transformation, integrating HBIM, IoT sensors, and predictive analytics to address structural and environmental challenges. - The ...

MDPI2025

Territorial Coherence Through Urban Planning, Myth or Reality: Analysis of Planning Instruments in Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

Jérôme Chenal

Cities in West Africa have master and local plans to plan and guide land use and prevent urban sprawl. However, their spatial growth is not in line with the principles and indicators of harmonious development. To what extent has the spatial growth of these ...

2025

The Quiet Architecture of Informality: Negotiating Space Through Agency

Jérôme Chenal, Rim Mrani

Housing informality in Morocco has taken root within Rabat’s formal neighborhoods, quietly reshaping façades, extending plot lines, and redrawing the texture of entire blocks. This ongoing transformation runs up against the rigidity of official planning fr ...

MDPI AG2025

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

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

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

Housing Informalities Between Formal Designs and Informal Reality

Jérôme Chenal, Rim Mrani

Housing informality (HI), and particularly unauthorized modifications, are a widely spread phenomenon in Morocco’s rapidly growing coastal suburb of Harhoura, Rabat. While previous research has already focused on the socio-economic aspects of informal adap ...

2025

Optimizing Manufacturing Efficiency: A Six-Sigma DMAIC Approach to Reduce Operational Gaps

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka

This study applies Six-Sigma DMAIC methodology to enhance the efficiency of a manufacturing production line, specifically targeting the "gaps" between planned and actual working time. Key findings reveal that meetings, scanning, follow-up activities, walki ...

2024

Modelling the dynamics of urbanization for urban sustainability in West Africa

Jérôme Chenal

The West African region, one of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa has over decades experienced rapid rate of urbanization. The urbanization processes have been associated with manifold environmental and socioeconomic challenges including inefficie ...

2024

Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Practices and Urban Expansion on Drought Dynamics Using a Multi-Drought Index Application Implemented in Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the Oum Er-Rbia Watershed, Morocco

Jérôme Chenal

Drought monitoring is a critical environmental challenge, particularly in regions where irrigated agricultural intensification and urban expansion pressure water resources. This study assesses the impact of these activities on drought dynamics in Morocco’s ...

MDPI AG2024