Abstract
Neighborhood or city mobility ? The daily mobility of the poor in Ouagadougou and Bamako. High rates of demographic growth, plus weak and irregular incomes are the main characteristics of urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The spatial development resulting from this situation has been rather uncontrolled and a double phenomenon has appeared, on the one hand, a high increase of population density in some zones and on the other hand a rapid and anarchical extension of urban space. Using data collected from two household surveys carried out in Bamako and Ouagadougou, the aim of this article is to analyse the daily mobility of the mostly disadvantaged urban populations by focusing on the localisation of urban spaces they go to. A typology of these poor populations reveals strongly differentiated behaviours, distinguishing old and young, men and women, central zone dwellers and peripheral area dwellers. To accomplish their different daily activities some must travel all through the city while others are confined within the area close to their home. Thus, the improvement of transport services does not have the same impact on the various groups of poor urban dwellers.
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