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Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda

armel.kemajou@epfl.ch

EPFL ENAC IIE CEAT
BP 3230 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Education

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2013 Р2013 <a href=http://www.eamau.org>EAMAU - Ecole Africaine des M̩tiers de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme</a>

Journal Articles

Aspirations for Ownership and Differentiation of Residential Strategies in the Urban Peripheries of Sub-Saharan Africa

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal; S. Ndam

Afrique(s) en mouvement. 2025. DOI : 10.3917/aem.008.0060.

Bridging the Gap: Misaligned Perceptions of Urban Agriculture and Health Between Planning and Design Experts and Urban Farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo

A. A. Konou; K. Zinsou-Klassou; P. T. H. de Roulet; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

Land. 2025. DOI : 10.3390/land14010123.

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

A. A. Konou; K. Zinsou-Klassou; V. M. Mwakalinga; B. J.-C. Munyaka; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda  et al.

Sustainability. 2024. DOI : 10.3390/su16166747.

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

S. Ndam; A. F. Touikoue; J. Chenal; J.-C. Baraka Munyaka; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda  et al.

Waste. 2023. DOI : 10.3390/waste1030036.

Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; A. A. Konou; R. Jaligot; J. Chenal

African Geographical Review. 2020. DOI : 10.1080/19376812.2020.1844025.

Apprendre des villes africaines

J. Chenal; H. Radoine; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; R. Jaligot; H. Yakubu  et al.

African Cities Journal. 2020. DOI : 10.34915/acj.v1i1.96.

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

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; M. Bosch Padros; J. Chenal

African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences. 2020. DOI : 10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i3.20911.

Assessing motorcycle taxi activity in Cameroon using GPS devices

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; R. Jaligot; M. Bosch Padros; J. Chenal

Journal of Transport Geography. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102472.

Cultural ecosystem services provision in response to urbanization in Cameroon

R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

Land Use Policy. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.09.013.

A new approach to spatial analysis of motorcycle taxis activities: the case of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

Urban, Planning and Transport Research. 2017. DOI : 10.1080/21650020.2017.1402697.

Conference Papers

La construction des périphéries urbaines en Afrique Subsaharienne

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

2019. Les Ateliers de la Pensée de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal, January 21-26, 2019.

Comprendre la construction des périphéries urbaines en Afrique

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

2017. Conférence internationale sur l’urbanisation durable au Canada, en Chine et en Afrique (ICCCASU II), Yaoundé - Cameroun, December 12-17, 2017.

A spatial analysis of motorcycle taxis activities for environmental planning – the case of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

2017. Seventh International Conference On Advances in Applied Science and Environmental Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, September, 24-25, 2017. DOI : 10.15224/978-1-63248-136-8-27.

Reviews

Two Decades of Architects' and Urban Planners' Contribution to Urban Agriculture and Health Research in Africa

A. A. Konou; A. F. K. Mbianda; B. J.-C. Munyaka; J. Chenal

Urban Science. 2023. DOI : 10.3390/urbansci7040117.

Books

Villes africaines: Environnement et enjeux de développement durable

N. Yemadji; J. Chenal; S. Hasler; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2017.

Villes africaines: mobilités et transports urbains

P. Sakho; J. Chenal; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2017.

Theses

Comprendre la construction des périphéries urbaines à Lomé et Yaoundé

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8150.

Working Papers

Examining Potential Spatial Planning Influences on Nitrate Contamination in Urban Agriculture: A Cross-Sectional Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

A. A. Konou; V. M. Mwakalinga; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

2024

Reports

Villes africaines et technologies numériques: entre risques et potentiels

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal; F. Meylan; S. Naji; N. Felder

2023

Posters

The construction of urban peripheries in sub-Saharan Africa

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Swiss Research Africa Days, Bern, Switzerland, October 26-27, 2018.

Talks

Les mototaxis et la fabrique de la ville. Cas des périphéries urbaines à Yaoundé, Cameroun

A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

Colloque international sur les transports en Afrique subsaharienne, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 15, 16, 17-01-2019.

Applying participatory geographic information systems to evaluate cultural ecosystem services in Yaoundé, Cameroon

R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

International Meeting on Mapping Techniques and Citizenship, São Paulo, Brazil, 13-16 November 2018.

Comment voir l’impact spatial d’un mode de transport? Le cas de moto-taxis à Port-au-Prince

J. Chenal; R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Séminaire urbain du Réseau d’Excellence des Sciences de l’Ingénieur de la Francophonie (RESCIF), Port-au-Prince, Haïti, December 5-7, 2017.

Le rôle des bailleurs dans les projets de restructuration: l’exemple de la Banque Mondiale

J. Chenal; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Atelier de projets de restructuration/rénovation des quartiers sous-structuré au Cameroun, Douala, december 4-8, 2017.

A spatial analysis of motorcycle taxis activities for environmental planning The case of Port au Prince Haiti, Seventh International Conference on Advances in Applied Science and Environmental Technology - ASET 2017

R. Jaligot; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

Seventh International Conference On Advances in Applied Science and Environmental Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, September, 24-25, 2017.

Quelques caractéristiques de l’urbanisation en Afrique

J. Chenal; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda

Atelier de projets de restructuration/rénovation des quartiers sous-structuré au Cameroun, Douala, December 4-8, 2017.

Student Projects

Solid Structures, Shifted Ideas: an Alternative Model for Social Housing within the Greater Abidjan

C. Kevorkian

2025

Projet hôtelier balnéaire à Moanda

S. Bopeso

2025

Brest, Grand Balcon, réhabilitation du plateau du deuxième dépôt

T. Dinh Van Chi

2025

Zaatari: du camp à la ville à travers un projet d’habitat

R. Shabaan

2025

Un eco-quartier dans la ville de Bukavu

L. Balegamire

2021

Projet COOP.Coopérative agricole dans le "township" de Walmer à Port Elizabeth (Afrique du Sud)

M. Lacroix

2019

Africanités II: Modernité & Liké ouflê / Modernité (Côte d'Ivoire)

K. Gleglaud

2019

‘Parks Are Dead Spaces, Urban Gardens Are Alive’: Experts' Dialectic on Urban Agriculture and Health from Greater Lomé

A. A. Konou; K. Zinsou-Klassou; P. T. H. de Roulet; A. F. Kemajou Mbianda; J. Chenal

2024.