Les centres anciens des villes moyennes algériennes, entre les exigences de la préservation de l’authenticité et celles de la durabilité.

MEDDOUR, Larbi (2023) Les centres anciens des villes moyennes algériennes, entre les exigences de la préservation de l’authenticité et celles de la durabilité. Doctoral thesis, Faculté des Sciences et de la technologie.

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Abstract

This doctoral thesis examines the current state and future of old colonial centres in mediumsized towns in eastern Algeria, assessing the potential and particular features of each. These represent the basis for their preservation and development, while preserving their authenticity and ensuring their sustainability. And as these centres are all inherited from the colonial period, they are currently experiencing diverse situations, but all characterised by the decay of their urban fabric, the decline of their image and their brilliance is no longer as it was before. We believe that the situation of a city centre depends very much on the overall situation of the parent city, which is why we have chosen to first examine the state of the cities, to make a diagnosis, before moving on to the city centres. This choice is motivated by the fact that the strengths and weaknesses of each town are reflected in its city centre. The identification and classification of medium-sized towns and colonial towns in eastern Algeria was the subject of the first practical part of this thesis, which ended with a selective choice of three towns of different rankings. From the first global analysis of medium-sized towns, three towns were selected: Guelma, Khenchela and Chelghoum Laid. The city centres of these cities were analysed in terms of urban morphology, economic dynamics and other parameters. In the second part, we conclude that, on the eve of independence, the importance of the current centres is part of the importance of the city; these centres can only prosper through the inclusion of a form of urban project that takes into account all the components of the city, and even its territory. The preservation of this heritage, inherited from an important period in the nation's history, bears witness to its collective memory and invites us to put our finger on the issues and particularities of each town and each centre

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