Public Policies of the Fight Against Informal Settlements: the Moroccan Experience
Chtouki, Hassan
Urbanization of urban and suburban areas results mainly from population growth, emigration and the spatial redeployment. It is often accompanied by precarious habitat, irregular neighborhoods and shanties with an impoverished population, privileged places of insecurity, crime and insalubrity. This anarchic habitat which doesnnt obey to any urban planning, affects negatively the urban landscape quality and breaks the balance of the urban development. The Moroccan state that does not escape from this widespread phenomenon over the world and particularly in developing countries, has initiated since the independence a series of diversified programs and policies to fight against the informal settlements and establish a decent built environment likely to enhance the living environment of residents and promote the cityys sustainability. This subject will help to enlighten readers on the various programs initiated by the Moroccan State through two main periods: the first which extends from the independence until the 1990s was characterized by the unique state intervention or the welfare State, the second that begins after 1990s had known the involvement of the private sector, alongside the State, in the implementation of these programs as part of a public-private partnership.
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