Ghana-Togo Border - Ghana-Togo Border Crossings, Lom, Aflao, Bight of Benin, Badou, Senkase, Kodjoviakop, Oti River, Mo River (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The city was founded in the eighteenth century by the Ewe people. Photograph of Boulevard 13. Taken in January, LomThe city's population grew rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century. Indeed, if the city had approximately 30,000 inhabitants in 1950, by 1960 (the year Togo gained its Independence from France) the population had reached 80,000 and 200,000 by 1970. From the year 1975, investments were increasingly huge, but not always in areas which had been targeted for development, and Togo, being a small country open to all winds, was a hub of trade between its more powerful neighbors. At the same time, it was a tragedy because of the deteriorating railways, which have an important role in serving the suburbs of the city. Moreover, one can see the development of market gardening around the city, spurred by growing unemployment, rural migration and the demand for vegetables. Market gardening, first extended to the north, is mainly on the beach (the sand is very salty), and planting hedges provides protection. The various studies of the land market of the city show that the areas are quite heterogeneous, combining opulent villas and modest housing, without social and spatial division of the city. This is because the Lomens are very attached to their patch of land and what they call their "home" (at home). This has led to a land freeze. But even though the city is not socially divided, the fact remains that Lom is experiencing increasing problems related to garbage collection, and the fight against unhealthy urban living conditions has become a priority of the city and its inhabitants. Taxis in LomLome is changing and developing at breakneck speed On its inception, Lom was trapped between th... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=57067