{"id":6356,"date":"2019-11-05T08:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T05:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:39","slug":"how-much-faith-should-we-have-in-the-algiers-sustainable-city-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/05\/how-much-faith-should-we-have-in-the-algiers-sustainable-city-project\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Faith Should We Have In The \u2018Algiers: Sustainable City\u2019 Project?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Naima Chabbi-Chemrouk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of legislation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/revue-droit-et-societe1-2009-3-page-687.htm\">with\nvarious<\/a>&nbsp;laws and decrees in place, Algerian authorities have long\nbeen&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aps.dz\/algerie\/80052-l-onu-salue-les-effort-de-l-algerie-pour-atteindre-les-objectifs-de-developpement-durable\">committed\nto principles of sustainable development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the recommendations of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/french\/events\/rio92\/rio-fp.htm\">Rio Conference<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013\nthe United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 \u2013 a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecolex.org\/details\/legislation\/decret-presidentiel-no-94-465-portant-creation-du-haut-conseil-de-lenvironnement-et-du-developpement-durable-et-fixant-ses-attributions-son-organisation-et-son-fonctionnement-lex-faoc029159\/\">High\nCouncil for the Environment and Sustainable Development<\/a>&nbsp;was\nestablished in 1994. But it wasn\u2019t really until 2001 &#8211; 2002, with the\nformulation of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.algerianembassy.hu\/images\/stories\/algerie-paned.pdf\">National\nPlan of Action for the Environment and Sustainable Development<\/a>, that\ntangible measures were set up to improve the environment and quality of urban\nlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2006, an international ideas competition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23290066?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\">was launched<\/a>\u00a0to review an urban master plan for Algiers. It clearly stated that its primary goal was to make Algiers a \u201csustainable city\u201d. It was to be an exemplary project in terms of nature preservation and natural and technological risk management. Projects were therefore selected that focused on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arte-charpentier.com\/fr\/projet\/la-baie-dalger\/\">Arte\nCharpentier Architects<\/a>&nbsp;put forth the idea of making Algiers a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lefigaro.fr\/algerie\/2013\/04\/alger-2030-les-projets-qui-transformeront-la-ville.html\">\u201cgreen\nmetropolis\u201d of the Mediterranean<\/a>. This appealed to Algerian authorities who\nhad long dreamed of a special status for the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time when image and branding are playing an\nincreasingly important role in development strategies, the big names in\narchitecture and urban planning won the contracts. In addition to Arte\nCharpentier, the Urban Development Master Plan for Algiers 2035&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ruralm.hypotheses.org\/972\">was entrusted to the Portuguese Parque\nExpo<\/a>&nbsp;company, which had contributed to re-branding Lisbon and enhanced\nits international attractiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-much-faith-should-we-have-in-the-algiers-sustainable-city-project-126125\">Read\nmore\u2026<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Naima Chabbi-Chemrouk In terms of legislation,&nbsp;with various&nbsp;laws and decrees in place, Algerian authorities have long been&nbsp;committed to principles of sustainable development. On the recommendations of the&nbsp;Rio Conference&nbsp;\u2013 the United&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}