Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé

Faced with the rapid growth of African cities, states fail to produce enough housing for the entire population and the most vulnerable families go living in the outskirts of cities, in areas so-called "spontaneous settlements". Built out of the formal and legal process of urbanization, the...

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Main Author: Ophélie Robineau
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: UMR 245 - CESSMA 2014-12-01
Series:Carnets de Géographes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cdg/478
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description Faced with the rapid growth of African cities, states fail to produce enough housing for the entire population and the most vulnerable families go living in the outskirts of cities, in areas so-called "spontaneous settlements". Built out of the formal and legal process of urbanization, these areas are often invisible in the planning documents, although they may harbor the majority of the urban population. In Burkina Faso, these districts are called “non-lotis”. Despite their informality and their invisibility, these neighborhoods “in between” – social, spatial and legal “in between” - are an integral part of the city’s urbanization process and materialize a new type of urbanity, halfway between rural and urban and between "formal" and "informal".
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spelling doaj.art-8e5389bbbda54126b0a45e0df107b7122022-12-22T03:08:36ZfraUMR 245 - CESSMACarnets de Géographes2107-72662014-12-01710.4000/cdg.478Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabéOphélie RobineauFaced with the rapid growth of African cities, states fail to produce enough housing for the entire population and the most vulnerable families go living in the outskirts of cities, in areas so-called "spontaneous settlements". Built out of the formal and legal process of urbanization, these areas are often invisible in the planning documents, although they may harbor the majority of the urban population. In Burkina Faso, these districts are called “non-lotis”. Despite their informality and their invisibility, these neighborhoods “in between” – social, spatial and legal “in between” - are an integral part of the city’s urbanization process and materialize a new type of urbanity, halfway between rural and urban and between "formal" and "informal".http://journals.openedition.org/cdg/478Burkina Fasoinformelurbanitéinvisibilité
spellingShingle Ophélie Robineau
Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
Carnets de Géographes
Burkina Faso
informel
urbanité
invisibilité
title Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
title_full Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
title_fullStr Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
title_full_unstemmed Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
title_short Les quartiers non-lotis : espaces de l’entre-deux dans la ville burkinabé
title_sort les quartiers non lotis espaces de l entre deux dans la ville burkinabe
topic Burkina Faso
informel
urbanité
invisibilité
url http://journals.openedition.org/cdg/478
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