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From Data to Decision: Exploring Machine Learning's Impact on Shaping Smart Cities

Jérôme Chenal

In today's era of rapid urbanization, smart cities are emerging as a beacon of efficiency and sustainability. At the heart of this evolution is the integration of Machine Learning (ML), which can transform vast streams of data into informed decisions. This ...

Springer Nature2024

State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators

Jérôme Chenal

In West Africa, the number of people facing food crises increases each year in both rural and urban areas, due to interdependent factors. The city of Grand Lome in Togo faces an increasingly large population that must ensure access to food, which it hardly ...

MDPI AG2024

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

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

A two-phase approach for leak detection and localization in water distribution systems using wavelet decomposition and machine learning

Jérôme Chenal

Water is a crucial resource for all forms of life, yet it is becoming increasingly scarce. A significant portion of water loss in urban and industrial areas is attributed to leaks. Addressing this issue is critical for enhancing efficiency, sustainability, ...

Elsevier BV2024

How healthy is the built environment? Challenges and paradigms for measuring urban health

Jérôme Chenal, Rémi Jaligot, Andrea Salmi

Health evidence and health data are not widely used to shape healthier cities through urban planning. Indeed research has not produced an extensive standardised assessment able to engage the transdisciplinary nature of the relationship between population h ...

Informa UK Limited2024

The Era of African Territories: Realities, Trends, Innovations and Perspectives

Jérôme Chenal

2024

Environmental and socio-economic determinants of fecal sludge emptying in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo

This study sought to understand the determinants of household’s choices for fecal sludge (FS) emptying to help fighting against unhygienic/unsafe practices and environmental pollution. A cross-sectional mixed study used in the municipality of Yopougon (Abi ...

2024

Transitional Infrastructures Extending Access to Safe Water in Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nairobi, Kenya

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo, Jürg Utzinger

There is a pressing need for transitional water infrastructures in rapidly growing cities where conventional infrastructures lag behind human settlement expansion. In Kenya, sectoral innovations have addressed local socioeconomic challenges, but empirical ...

2024

Identifying determinants of waste management access in Nouakchott, Mauritania: a logistic regression model

Jérôme Chenal

Access to waste management services is crucial for urban sustainability, impacting public health, environmental well-being, and overall quality of life. This study employs logistic regression analysis on survey data collected from 1,032 household heads res ...

Cambridge University Press (CUP)2024

Urban Growth and Land Artificialization in Secondary African Cities: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo

Artificialization in Secondary African Cities: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo). While many studies have used Earth observations to quantify urbanization in Africa, there is still a lack of empirical evidence on the role of secon ...

2024

Optimizing the Sweet Potato Supply Chain in Zimbabwe Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Focus on Production, Distribution, and Market Dynamics

Jérôme Chenal, Baraka Jean-Claude Munyaka

This study leverages a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model to optimize the sweet potato supply chain in Zimbabwe, focusing on production, distribution, and market dynamics under varying climate conditions. The integration of climate data into the simulat ...

2024

Nature-based solution enhances resilience to flooding and catalyzes multi-benefits in coastal cities in the Global South

Jérôme Chenal, Paolo Perona, Charlotte Grossiord, Montana Marshall, Emmanuel Qays Dubois

Coastal cities are facing a rise in groundwater levels induced by sea level rise, further triggering saturation excess flooding where groundwater levels reach the topographic surface or reduce the storage capacity of the soil, thus stressing the existing i ...

2024

Study of the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change in Bol, Lake Province, Chad

Jérôme Chenal

Climate change is a global phenomenon impacting ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods. This research carried out in Bol in the Lake Province of Chad, a region heavily affected by climate change, aims to analyze the gender-differentiated impacts of this ph ...

MDPI AG2024

Geospatial Tools and Remote Sensing Strategies for Timely Humanitarian Response: A Case Study on Drought Monitoring in Eswatini

Jérôme Chenal

This article explores the escalating impact of natural disasters, particularly droughts, in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with a specific focus on Eswatini. Over the last century, approximately 63 million people in SADC countries have ...

MDPI2024

Effects of urbanization and international trade on economic growth, productivity, and employment: Case of selected countries in Africa

Jérôme Chenal

The rapid urbanization taking place in Africa is resulting in the emergence of large urban agglomerations. Despite the potential and typical economic benefits associated with the emergence of such agglomerations elsewhere, not much can be said of Africa's ...

2024

Towards an Understanding of Hydraulic Sensitivity: Graph Theory Contributions to Water Distribution Analysis

Jérôme Chenal

Water distribution systems (WDSs) are complex networks with numerous interconnected junctions and pipes. The robustness and reliability of these systems are critically dependent on their network structure, necessitating detailed analysis for proactive leak ...

MDPI2024

Smart PV Monitoring and Maintenance: A Vision Transformer Approach within Urban 4.0

Jérôme Chenal

The advancement to Urban 4.0 requires urban digitization and predictive maintenance of infrastructure to improve efficiency, durability, and quality of life. This study aims to integrate intelligent technologies for the predictive maintenance of photovolta ...

2024

Exploring the Association of Urban Agricultural Practices with Farmers’ Psychosocial Well-Being in Dar es Salaam and Greater Lomé: A Perceptual Study

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Akuto Akpedze Konou

African urban agriculture (UA) has garnered attention for its contributions to food security and socio-economic improvement. However, its impact on the psychological well-being of farmers has received minimal focus. This study explores the psychosocial eff ...

MDPI AG2024

Urban Governance of Household Waste and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study from Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda

More and more cities in Southern Africa are struggling to manage their waste in a context of rapid urbanisation and increasing poverty. In the Cameroon’s largest city, Yaoundé, managing household waste is a growing concern. The public and the authorities c ...

MDPI AG2023

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

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