The effects of urban housing policies socio-spatial distance on families with different paths in Adrar neighborhood of Agadir
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https://doi.org/10.12795/rea.2025.i49.05Keywords:
Planning, Trajectories, Slums, Facilities and services, Adrar neighborhoodAbstract
The study aimed to analyze and understand the problem of social-spatial distance “in their intricacies and complex intersections to the issue of urban integration” (Elbhiri & Assebane, 2022) between two typologies of families with different paths. The first model refers to families that fall within the framework of the settlement policy, residents of shanty houses. The second model relates to families not targeted by the housing policy and who broke into the housing market due to their economic capital by purchasing the rights of slum residents within the neighborhood. According to the gender approach, the study’s sample consisted of twelve people; there were six males and six females. The qualitative methodology employed in the study included observation and semi-directed interviews. As a result, this study came to several conclusions. For instance, the families who weren’t covered by the resettlement program had no issues with the distance between the housing sites and the work locations. For the families covered by the resettlement policy, the distance between their place of residence and place of employment presents daily challenges because they don’t have access to private transportation, except for one respondent who owns a motorcycle.
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