@inbook{8430f68f54104296a26fc429efb03b75,
title = "Introduction",
abstract = "Transportation infrastructure across Africa from colonial times has to a large extent determined the role and importance of cities. According to Gwilliam (2011), the chief goal of road and rail networks was to link mines, plantations, and other sites for the exploitation and transportation of natural resources to ports, rather than to provide general connectivity within the region. As such, not a lot of attention was paid to ensure that transport infrastructure served the needs of urban dwellers.",
author = "Taibat Lawanson and Basirat Oyalowo and Isaac Arthur and Timothy Nubi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-58726-9_1",
language = "English",
series = "GeoJournal Library",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "3--14",
booktitle = "GeoJournal Library",
}