The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers

Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan. The growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation arose – without a proper urban plan – from the agricultural wealth created through the completion of...

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Autores principales:	Andrea Zerboni, Filippo Brandolini, Guido S. Mariani, Alessandro Perego, Sandro Salvatori, Donatella Usai, Manuela Pelfini, Martin A.J. Williams
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	khartoum-omdurman conurbation nile rivers urban expansion geomorphological hazard archaeological sites rescue archaeology Maps G3180-9980
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:91bb5721ee354b9891d4131fc1bcd95c2021-11-04T15:00:42ZThe Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers1744-564710.1080/17445647.2020.1758810https://doaj.org/article/91bb5721ee354b9891d4131fc1bcd95c2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1758810https://doaj.org/toc/1744-5647Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan. The growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation arose – without a proper urban plan – from the agricultural wealth created through the completion of three dams, and mostly in the last three decades. Urban expansion was enabled by and helped to enhance the major agricultural expansion of the Gezira clay plains located to the south between the lower Blue and White Nile rivers. The region has been a focus of human settlement for at least 8,000 years, initially by semi-sedentary groups with a fishing-hunting-gathering lifestyle and later by Neolithic groups as shown by hundreds of archaeological sites. Today, Khartoum is a desert city, still very vulnerable to floods triggered by intense convectional storms. Such extreme events may become more common in future, representing a major geomorphological hazard. Moreover, uncontrolled urban and agricultural development is threatening most of the cultural heritage of the region.Andrea ZerboniFilippo BrandoliniGuido S. MarianiAlessandro PeregoSandro SalvatoriDonatella UsaiManuela PelfiniMartin A.J. WilliamsTaylor & Francis Grouparticlekhartoum-omdurman conurbationnile riversurban expansiongeomorphological hazardarchaeological sitesrescue archaeologyMapsG3180-9980ENJournal of Maps, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 227-240 (2021)
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spellingShingle	khartoum-omdurman conurbation nile rivers urban expansion geomorphological hazard archaeological sites rescue archaeology Maps G3180-9980 Andrea Zerboni Filippo Brandolini Guido S. Mariani Alessandro Perego Sandro Salvatori Donatella Usai Manuela Pelfini Martin A.J. Williams The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
description	Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan. The growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation arose – without a proper urban plan – from the agricultural wealth created through the completion of three dams, and mostly in the last three decades. Urban expansion was enabled by and helped to enhance the major agricultural expansion of the Gezira clay plains located to the south between the lower Blue and White Nile rivers. The region has been a focus of human settlement for at least 8,000 years, initially by semi-sedentary groups with a fishing-hunting-gathering lifestyle and later by Neolithic groups as shown by hundreds of archaeological sites. Today, Khartoum is a desert city, still very vulnerable to floods triggered by intense convectional storms. Such extreme events may become more common in future, representing a major geomorphological hazard. Moreover, uncontrolled urban and agricultural development is threatening most of the cultural heritage of the region.
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author	Andrea Zerboni Filippo Brandolini Guido S. Mariani Alessandro Perego Sandro Salvatori Donatella Usai Manuela Pelfini Martin A.J. Williams
author_facet	Andrea Zerboni Filippo Brandolini Guido S. Mariani Alessandro Perego Sandro Salvatori Donatella Usai Manuela Pelfini Martin A.J. Williams
author_sort	Andrea Zerboni
title	The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
title_short	The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
title_full	The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
title_fullStr	The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
title_full_unstemmed	The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
title_sort	khartoum-omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the blue and white nile rivers
publisher	Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/91bb5721ee354b9891d4131fc1bcd95c
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The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers

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