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Urbanization has profoundly affected the environment and climate on a global scale which has led to intensified weather changes around the world. The aim of this chapter is to examine the effects of urbanization in Africa on climate change using a holistic approach known as the dynamic’s technique. Temperature and precipitation are the two dimensions of climate change measured to show a correlation between climate change and urbanization on the African continent. Using a sample of 52 African countries, the research estimates a panel data model using the ordinary least squares and the general least squares methods over the period 1991–2020. The results show preliminary conclusions that regardless of the dimension considered, urbanization increases climate change in Africa. The research was conducted using robustly formulated datasets, encompassing urban population growth as an indicator of urbanization and sensitivity calculations to test agglomeration urban population, urban area, and urbanization rates.
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Ongo Nkoa, B.E., Song, J.S., Cirella, G.T. (2023). The Role of Urbanization on Temperature and Precipitation in Africa. In: Cirella, G.T., Dahiya, B. (eds) City Responses to Disruptions in 2020. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7988-2_11
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