Le foncier urbain en Afrique entre informel et rationnel, l'exemple de Nouakchott (Mauritanie)
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Source of conflicts as well as of revenues, urban land has become the inévitable prism to understand lhe dynamics and mutations at play in the African cities. Through lhe example of the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, this article focuses on the actors' stratégies, for one part, and on the networks and links existing between politics and urbanization, on the other. Created in 1 957, Nouakchott is today inhabiled by one million persons. In this section of Sahara, urban sprawl leaded lo a gênerai anarchy in spatial use. Auihorities have intended to control urbanization, notably by limiting land access. Several lavvs have been published but, aclually, they are frequently ignored. People know the législation, but they also learnt how to infringe it, in following a few codes and ways of doing. Misiniorniation and illegalily are thus linked to the urban land question. Al lhe end, it can be called a rational informai sector.
Source: Annales de Géographie
Author: Armelle Choplin
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2004606398