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Routledge Studies in African Geography

About the Book Series

Routledge Studies in African Geography publishes high quality, original scholarship on human and physical geography in Africa. The series welcomes research from new and established scholars across the world. Themes include population, cities and urban areas, migration and mobilities, regional geography, the environment, land use, natural disasters, economic geography, space, planning, cultural and social geographies.

Welcoming research from a range of disciplines, this series will be of interest to scholars of African Studies, Geography, Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, Politics, Economics and Development Studies.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please contact Routledge African Studies editor Helena Hurd, [email protected]

3 Series Titles


Water and Land in the Sahel Mapping the Flow

Water and Land in the Sahel: Mapping the Flow

1st Edition

Edited By Andrea Pase, Angela Kronenburg García, Mariasole Pepa, Federico Gianoli, Marina Bertoncin, Carla Braga
July 04, 2025

Drawing on over thirty years of research, this book investigates the intermingling of land and water in the Sahel, analysing landscapes defined by the ebb and flow of rainfall, flooding and population movements, as well as environmental, political and social crises. Exploring both the seasonal ...

Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa Social and Cultural Dimensions

Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa: Social and Cultural Dimensions

1st Edition

Edited By Jörn Ahrens, Ernst Halbmayer
October 04, 2024

This book investigates the social and cultural dimensions of climate change in Southern Africa, focusing on how knowledge about climate change is conceived and conveyed. Despite contributing very little to the global production of emissions, the African continent looks set to be the hardest hit by...

Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa

Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa

1st Edition

Edited By Nadine Appelhans, Wolfgang Scholz, Sabine Baumgart
May 31, 2023

This book critically explores the relationship between mobility patterns, transport provision and urban development in East African cities. Bringing together contributions on the futures of mobility in urban East Africa, the chapters examine transport provision, mobility patterns, location-specific...

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