The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from
Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern …

This special issue addresses the inconspicuous geography of globalization, constructed
through invisible transnational connections. To bring these spaces out of the shadows, it is …

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 …

Cette thèse a pour objet d'étude les dimensions physiques et sociales d'une situation de
recomposition urbaine, dans un ancien quartier populaire et très commerçant. Elle montre la …

Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying
conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and …

Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume explores and deciphers the symbolic value and
iconicity of the built environment in the Arab Gulf Region, its aesthetics, language and …

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 …

Drawing on empirical ethnographic research conducted in three resettled areas in
Nouakchott (Mauritania), our paper aims to enrich the debate on land formalization …

Théoriquement, la diffusion du précepte de «ville durable» incite les acteurs urbains à agir à
tous les niveaux de la production urbaine, de la conception à la maintenance en passant …

Cet ouvrage se propose d'étudier le croisement de la trajectoire de l'Etat mauritanien avec
celle d'un groupe peul (les Fulaa'be). Resté historiquement en marge des centralisations …