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Perception and management of solid waste stemming from the public urban space : the Case of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso).
The management of urban waste is one of the most preoccupying environmental issues for the town of Bobo-Dioulasso. To better understand this state of affairs, this study, based on market studies of Colma and Colsama, aims to describe the logics of inhabitants in the management of solid wastes in the public urban space and formulate partial answers for this environmental issue. The outcome shows that in addition to the lack of financial resources with which the public authorities are confronted, the behaviours and practices of the inhabitants contribute to damaging the urban environment. They undertake individual as well as collective initiatives to clean out the public urban areas. However, for a sustainable management of urban waste, the involvement of all the stakeholders concerned would appear to be indispensable in the long run.

This book deals with problems facing children and youth in African cities. African populations have high growth rates and, consequently, relatively high proportions of young people. Population growth in rural areas has stretched resources leading to urban migration and a rapid growth of cities. Economies have not grown apace with the population; in some countries, economies have even shrunk. The result is a severe lack of resources in cities to meet the needs of the growing populations, shown in high unemployment, inadequate housing, poor services, and often extreme poverty. All the essays in this book draw attention to such urban environments, in which children and youth have to live and survive. The title of this book speaks of negotiating livelihoods. The concept of "livelihood" has been adopted to incorporate the social and physical environment together with people's responses to it. It considers not only material, but also human and social resources, including local knowledge and understanding. It, thus, considers the material means for living in a broader context of social and cultural interpretation. It, therefore, does not deal only with material and economic existence, but also with leisure activities, entertainments, and other social forms of life developed by young people in response to the dictates of the environment. The book contains country-specific case studies of the problems faced by youths in many African cities, how they develop means to solve them, and the various creative ways through which they improve their status, both economically and socially, in the different urban spaces. It recognizes the potentials of young people in taking control of their lives within the constraints imposed upon them by the society. This book is a contribution to the field of child and youth development, and a useful tool for parents, teachers, academics, and researchers, as well as government and non-government development agencies.