affordable housing; Housing adaptation; informal settlements; resettlement; Urban Studies; Transportation; Geography, Planning and Development; General Medicine
Abstract :
[en] Resettlement programs, integral to the ‘Villes Sans Bidonvilles’ (Cities without Slums) initiative, aim to rehouse populations from informal settlements to serviced allotments. Despite the advocacy for harmonious urban development, they often fail to prevent informal housing production, leading to a process of re-informalization. Against this backdrop, this research explores housing evolution during the re-informalization process, investigating mechanisms driving housing adaptation on resettlement sites and exploring how identified adaptation mechanisms relate to the dynamic adaptations shaping informal settlements. Based on a case study on the Oulad M’barek site in Kenitra, Morocco, the research utilizes various data collection methods, including transect walks, focus groups, surveys, and measurements, with thematic analysis as the primary analysis method. The results highlight parallels between re-informalization processes in resettlement sites and adaptive processes in informal settlements. These similarities manifest through housing form heterogeneity, enabling residents to customize dwellings based on needs and financial capacities, incremental transformation providing flexibility in time and investment, and functional mix underlining the interconnection between housing and residents’ livelihoods. The findings highlight the complementarity of formal and informal dynamics in addressing informal settlements, highlighting the need for flexible policy frameworks that leverage informal processes while preserving formal regulatory principles.
Disciplines :
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Bensouda, Ouassim; Projets, Ville et Territoire, Faculté d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium ; Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes, Morocco (UEMF), Morocco
Benkirane, Iman Meriem; Projets, Ville et Territoire, Faculté d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Becue, Vincent ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme > Service des Projets, Ville et Territoire
Cenci, Jeremy ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme > Service des Projets, Ville et Territoire
Language :
English
Title :
Adaptive housing mechanisms within resettlement sites: a case study of Ouled M’Barek resettlement program, Kenitra, Morocco
R500 - Institut des Sciences et du Management des Risques
Funders :
no funding
Funding text :
The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article. This article is part of a PhD thesis conducted in joint supervision between the University of Mons and Euromed University of Fes. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the residents of Jnanat 2, especially Houssine, Mohammed and Amine, for their invaluable help throughout our research. Their support was instrumental in the success of this project. Furthermore, we would like to thank the “Délégation du Ministère de l’Habitat et de la Politique De La Ville, Kenitra” for providing us with valuable data. We extend our gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.
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