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Digital tools and citizen participation: Towards sustainable and responsive urban planning

Jérôme Chenal, Marc Soutter, Stéphanie Aline Hasler

The smart city concept has existed for decades now. It was presented as a response to help cities cope with challenges they were facing such as rapid urbanization, climate change, resource depletion, and sustainability. Based mainly on sensors, flow optimi ...

2017

Produire la ville et un habitat durables socialement dans les pays du Sud

Jérôme Chenal, Yves Pedrazzini

Sur le plan du développement et de la coopération internationale et sous l’influence des grands bailleurs de fonds - Banque Mondiale en tête -, les années 1970-1980 auront été marquées par une attention particulière portées aux questions d’habitat. De gran ...

2010

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

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

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

A New Approach to the Collection and Spatial Analysis of Land Values in Lomé and Yaoundé

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Martí Bosch Padrós

Understanding the land market is crucial when analyzing the spatial dynamics of cities. Spatial models, which are widely used to describe the growth of cities, are underdeveloped in Africa, due in part to the lack of urban data and/or the difficulty of col ...

2020

City Profile Nouakchott

Vincent Kaufmann, Jérôme Chenal

Created ex nihilo prior to independence (1958), Nouakchott is both a city of uncontrolled urban growth (especially given the combined influence of the end of nomadic life and the great draughts) and the seat of all trappings of power, designed to symbolise ...

2008

Integration of ecosystem services in regional spatial plans in Western Switzerland

Jérôme Chenal, Rémi Jaligot

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) is regarded as an increasingly important framework and tool to support spatial planning. A limited understanding of how ES knowledge is used in spatial plans constrains our ability to learn from, replicate, and convey ...

2019

Gentrification, Coprésence ou Mixité? Changements et Permanences au Centre de São Paulo

Jérôme Chenal, Vitor Pessoa Colombo

Peut-on parler de gentrification dans le centre de Sao Paulo (Brésil)? Ou devons-nous plutôt observer une situation de coprésence durable de différentes populations? Sur la base d'une analyse du contexte latino-américain et de la situation des centres métr ...

2019

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

Jérôme Chenal

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

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

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

Salifou Ndam, 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

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

Transport, land use and value

Jérôme Chenal

2013

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

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

Les lieux, au détour des réseaux

Jérôme Chenal, Luca Giovanni Pattaroni, Géraldine Pflieger

Association Espaces Temps2009

Le déclin du commerce local, les pendulaires et l'autoroute

Vincent Kaufmann, Jérôme Chenal

2008

Comprendre la construction des périphéries urbaines en Afrique

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda

Selon la Banque mondiale, les villes africaines verront doubler leur population en 2040 et tripler en 2050 (Lall, 2017). La force de ces prévisions donne toute sa mesure en les rapportant à l’espace dans lequel elles se réaliseront ; elles deviennent même ...

2017

Data, Technology and e-Participation: New Challenges for Urban Planning

Jérôme Chenal, Marc Soutter, Stéphanie Aline Hasler

2018