Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unevenly confronted with social, economic and
environmental challenges, particularly those related to population growth, urban sprawl, and …

This paper deals with the spread of prestige urban projects in Nouakchott and Khartoum, the
capitals of Mauritania and Sudan respectively. We hypothesize that for these cities, located …

Morocco is currently rushing to redevelop its coastal areas by introducing new territorial
policies and mega-projects. Here we focus on two projects, the Tanger-Med (a new gateway …

Depuis la fin des années 1990, l'urbanisation se déroule à un rythme spectaculaire autour
des métropoles et grandes villes du Maghreb. De fait, les périphéries y représentent …

In the Mediterranean Arab world, several urban and tourist'megaprojects' have been
launched from the 1980s onwards. This new urbanism, imported mainly from the Gulf …

The discovery and commercial exploitation of petroleum and gas brought drastic changes
along the Arab shore of the Gulf, aecting all material and immaterial aspects of these tribal …

In 2005, in announcing the acceleration of the open-economy policy, Bachar al-Assad,
President of the Syrian Arab Republic, responded positively to the growing interest from Gulf …

1 La généralisation du phénomène urbain est entérinée, l'urbanisation des questions
sociales est massive: c'est le socle d'un vaste ensemble de travaux de recherche qui …

Cet article exploite des missions de recherche conduites entre 2006 et 2008 pour un
programme financé par le Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire (FSP), sous la direction de Pierre …

Since the 2000s, the major metropolises of the Middle East have been subject to the effects
of the growing intervention of international financial markets in their financial and non …