Vers l’émergence d’un modèle du quartier commercial transnational ? Les quartiers du made in China au Caire et à Oran
This paper compares the urban development of two marketplaces specialised in retail and wholesale trade of made-in-China goods since the 1990s: Medina J’dida in Oran (Algeria) and the Muski in Cairo (Egypt). In response to the expansion of trade routes between Asia and the Arab world, a new, import...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Series: | M@ppemonde |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/mappemonde/4076 |
| Summary: | This paper compares the urban development of two marketplaces specialised in retail and wholesale trade of made-in-China goods since the 1990s: Medina J’dida in Oran (Algeria) and the Muski in Cairo (Egypt). In response to the expansion of trade routes between Asia and the Arab world, a new, import district model is under development in the region. The globalisation of commodity flows and human mobilities thus results in a standardisation of urban forms in transnational trade districts. |
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| ISSN: | 0764-3470 1769-7298 |