Calitatea spaţiilor publice în Orientul Mijlociu şi Africa de Nord - o perspectivă comparativă
Quality of public spaces in the MENAT region - a comparative perspective

Author(s): Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor, Liliana Elza PETRIŞOR
Subject(s): Human Geography, Regional Geography, Applied Geography, Islam studies, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: INCD URBAN-INCERC
Keywords: medina; ksar; troglodyte; Islam; informality; public space; housing quality
Summary/Abstract: This study specifically analyzes the MENAT area (Middle East and North Africa plus Turkey) using images collected during self-funded on-site documentary studies to look at the public space. The analysis included Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt in Africa, and Turkey and Jordan in Asia. The analysis found out a gradient starting with well designed public spaces in the large cities, down to a lack of care for the public space, seen often as “no one’s land” in informal settlements and small cities. These contrasts between countries, within the same country and even within the same city are a common feature of the analyzed area.

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