Une périurbanisation officielle dans un site contraignant

Abstract

An Official Suburbanisation on a Difficult Site:The Case of Nedjma within Greater Oran The spatial development of Oran city, beyond its district limits, is characterised by a variety of land occupation. This has resulted in the creation of suburban spaces socially distinctive. The recasement represents a form of simplified housing estates orientated towards a low income population. It was first initiated towards the end of the 1980’s, and has affected the large Algerian cities suffering from an acute housing shortage problem. Among these recasements, Nedjma, situated in the south east of Oran urban area, is one of the most significant. This small place, rural before its urbanization, has become the largest recasement in the country: the creation of 5700 plots on a land coverage of 250 hectares has resulted in a population of over 50 000.The specificity of this space is that it has been built with the knowledge of local authorities, on a land, although gathering individual housing but with poor quality services. The land was sold very cheaply, the site is still knowing many management problems related to the fact that this area is confronted to flooding; that it is an isolated geographical area and also that it is socially marginalized. Environmental difficulties, geographical origins, low-income householders, low grade servicing are various factors contributing towards social and spatial segregation which origin is related to an official sub urbanisation situated on a difficult site.

Keywords

• Algeria
• greater Oran
• recasement
• segregation
• suburbanisation