Fish is considered a crucial resource for the sustenance of livelihoods in water-dependent communities across the globe. However, geographical studies on innovations in the use of this resource are limited in the Cameroonian context. This study investigates the pattern of innovat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i730441
Urban growth in the context of sub-Saharan Africa generally introduces attendant effects. Some of these include land use conflicts, pressure on municipal services and the challenges of urban poverty. While these issues have received significant attention, an issue which seemed to...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i730297
The discourse on climate variability has gained prominence over the years, considering the crucial role climate plays in the development of the human society. This perhaps led to the proposition of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 which stresses on the need to t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/38506
In the extensive literature on migration and displacements, the source and spatio-temporal evolution of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are well documented. While much has been written, about the causes and patterns of IDPs in several parts of the world, context specific stud...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2025/v26i41408
Issues of health shocks continue to gain traction in the global scientific discourse, with established evidence on its severe impacts on livelihoods and well-being especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the relative absence of a comparative analysis on the effects of communic...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i1853
Institutions play pivotal roles in the governance of land, especially in the realm of conflict management around resource sites. This validates the continuous interest to uncover the relative roles of state and non-state institutions in resource management in sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2024/v28i7786
Cocoa farming is a key livelihood strategy for farmers in rural Cameroon, as studies have significantly revealed its contribution to the wellbeing of rural dwellers. Yet, the wellbeing outcomes of livelihood diversification for cocoa remains relatively less understood. This study...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i1030872
Globally landscape degradation has reignited renewed interest on the restoration of degraded landscapes across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Cameroon. The aim of this article is to explore the processes and implications of landscape degradation in the south eastern part of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1230606
The Mifi Division in the West Region of Cameroon is increasingly exposed to urban environmental hazards, particularly floods and landslides. This study examined the spatial distribution of flood and landslide susceptibility and assessed the implications for urban planning and dis...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71073
Natural resource use practices are shaped by an array of institutions. These institutions, through their levels of compliance (full, partial, and non) determines the socio-economic and ecological effects of natural resource use practices. Empirically, while literature on institut...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i2405
Global literature has consistently emphasised the complex challenges and opportunities associated with periodic market systems and spatial organisations. Despite this board attention, empirical evidence at the regional level is limited, particularly in African contexts where peri...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21011
The proliferation of slums in sub-Saharan Africa validates the need for renewed interest on access to basic services–potable water in this case. In the context of Bonaberi Douala, recent evidence on potable water accessibility is lacking, amidst rising population growth. To close...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1130316
Transportation infrastructure has become one of the key development factors in urban centers of sub-Saharan Africa. However, a nuanced understanding of the links between the state of urban transport structures and the mutations in urban populations exist. We contribute to clarify...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2020/v24i930249
The exploitation of water resources, an aged old practice, continue to attract significant research and policy attention. For the most part, this subject has eluded geographical literature in the context of the River Meme. We contribute to provide empirical evidence, by exploring...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2020/v24i630232
For over three decades or so, urbanisation and urban development alongside urban planning have become a cardinal issue to urban dwellers, government institutions and professionals in the developed and developing countries. It is in this regard that this paper examines urban plann...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2020/v24i530230
While studies on the incidence of flooding exist in several parts of Cameroon, very little empirical evidence has been reported for highly dynamic and urbanizing landscapes in Cameroon. Yet, micro level evidence on flooding and their development planning implications are required...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2024/v28i11836
As actors compete over land for varied reasons, conflicts linked to the multiplication of incompatible land uses have witnessed an increase. This validates the need for renewed evidence on the trigger mechanisms and manifestations of land use conflicts. To close this knowledge ga...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2023/v27i8699