TITLE:
Simulation of Urban Mobility between Azove and Aplahoue Using a Geographic Information System
AUTHORS:
Apollinaire Cyriaque Agbon
KEYWORDS:
Forecast, Mapping, Mobility, Trunk Road, Aplahoué-Azovè
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.13 No.1,
January
31,
2025
ABSTRACT: People, goods and services’ mobility is increasing in the cities of Azovè and Aplahoué. This research aims at simulating urban mobility between these two cities using the Geographic Information System. The data was collected through individual interviews with 115 people using a questionnaire. GPS was then used to collect the geographical coordinates of existing infrastructure in the two cities. The roads were identified, categorized and mapped using the data available on the IGN’s 1:50,000 Aplahoué topographic sheet. By calculating the frequencies of the responses, we were able to identify the most frequently used roads, factors and purposes of mobility. These frequencies and the coordinates collected were used to categorize the roads and map them using the Graduted symbols tool in Quantities under ArcGis 10.7 software. Population growth, the extension of urban areas, the increase in commercial and service infrastructures, the rehabilitation of certain roads and the transport of farming products, goods and people associated with the Tohoun border between Benin and Togo are the factors driving urban mobility. This research has shown the infrastructures responsible for this mobility and the spatial structuring of these cities. It has also shown the main current and future routes for urban mobility as well as the traffic development hubs.