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En Afrique de l’Ouest, les débats politiques autour du foncier mettent souvent en opposition deux modes d’accès à la terre et de rapports à la possession du sol : la coutume d’une part, organisant l’usage de la terre par une communauté en vertu de références sacrées, et la loi d’origine coloniale
La population du Sahara algérien continue, depuis plus d’un demi-siècle, à s’accroître plus rapidement que celle de l’Algérie du Nord. Plus d’un Algérien sur dix vit actuellement au Sahara, contre un sur quinze à la veille de l’Indépendance.
A Conferência Popular pelo Direito à Cidade é resultado deste novo momento das lutas urbanas.
Cette contribution analyse les interactions entre les politiques d’aménagement du foncier sur la commune de Cotonou (Bénin) – particulièrement les opérations dites de lotissement et de remembrement –, et l’exposition importante de celle-ci aux contraintes environnementales, en particuli
The rise of urban populations has rendered cities in both developed and developing countries vulnerable to poor health and diseases that are associated with urban living conditions and environments.
Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities.
L’étalement périphérique des villes est un phénomène mondial.
The effective assessment of urban space must link subjective and objective approaches. The main aim of the paper was to develop and test such a method of assessment in relation to one of the elements of the urban landscape called urban landscape objects (ULOs).
In fast-developing regions, like Southeast-Asia, monitoring urban areas presents a challenge given the lack of publicly available data. This is an issue that precludes the nuances of a city’s growth and undermines the way land-use is considered with respect to planning.