« Déguerpir » pour reconquérir l’espace public à Abidjan.

Abstract

For several decades, evictions have been used in the Ivory Coast as a way to regulate the urban domain. In order to better control urban development, governmental and municipal authorities have used this method to curb the illegal occupation of public property. The results of these operations have hardly been conclusive. Faced with the deterioration of the situation during these recent years, evictions have now become more frequent, particularly in Abidjan. The new Ivorian authorities have toughened their urban policy, first tackling powerful symbols of illegal or even rebellious occupation of urban space, and then suggesting a reoccupation of cleared places more in accordance with the image of a modern metropolis. If this policy is beginning to be understood, the reordering of the public urban space is however far from achieved.

Keywords

• Côte d'Ivoire
• eviction
• public domain
• illegal occupation
• insalubrity
• informal activity