Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 991–1014
Gihen Ream Abdaoui1, Ahmed Amine Tabet2, Foued Bouaicha3, Ahmed Bousmaha4, and Salah Bouchemal5
1 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
2 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
3 Laboratory of Geology and Environment (LGE), Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
4 Faculty Earth Sciences and Architecture, University of Oum El Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
5 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Souf is part of the northern North Eastern Sahara. Its geographical configuration characterized by a flat topography and absence of natural outlet. Formerly, it located in the Eastern Erg of the caravan routes which has prevented the emergence of major cities. The voluntarism of Saharan integration and the reconsideration of territorial grid have led to massive unorganized urbanization; the latter is responsible for serious problems related to the urban environment; the degradation of architectural heritage and cultural heritage; soil degradation and water. Changes in land use and land cover are critical elements of contemporary strategies for natural resource management, and for monitoring environmental change. In this context, a GIS derived from the application stages of geospatial technologies and remote sensing methodology from 1972 to 2016. This article attempts to analyze the spatial consequences of these policies on morphological transformation, and the changes imposed on this space. The change detection analysis indicates that the built-up area was increased by almost 30 times for the northern conurbation where the merger took place between Guemar and Taghzout, towards the south of the valley the built-up area was increased by more of 108 times or agglomerations Kouinine; El Oued; El Bayadha and Robbah eventually join. In this context, the predominance of traditional culture has declined as a result of market gardening, where the area occupied by the pivots has increased from 122 square kilometers to more than 317 square kilometers between 2005 and 2016.
Author Keywords: Administrative promotion, Urban sprawl, Conurbation, Remote sensing and GIS, Souf, Algeria.
Gihen Ream Abdaoui1, Ahmed Amine Tabet2, Foued Bouaicha3, Ahmed Bousmaha4, and Salah Bouchemal5
1 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
2 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
3 Laboratory of Geology and Environment (LGE), Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
4 Faculty Earth Sciences and Architecture, University of Oum El Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
5 Institute of Urban Management Techniques, University of Oum El-Bouaghi, PO Box 358, Oum El‑Bouaghi, Algeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The Souf is part of the northern North Eastern Sahara. Its geographical configuration characterized by a flat topography and absence of natural outlet. Formerly, it located in the Eastern Erg of the caravan routes which has prevented the emergence of major cities. The voluntarism of Saharan integration and the reconsideration of territorial grid have led to massive unorganized urbanization; the latter is responsible for serious problems related to the urban environment; the degradation of architectural heritage and cultural heritage; soil degradation and water. Changes in land use and land cover are critical elements of contemporary strategies for natural resource management, and for monitoring environmental change. In this context, a GIS derived from the application stages of geospatial technologies and remote sensing methodology from 1972 to 2016. This article attempts to analyze the spatial consequences of these policies on morphological transformation, and the changes imposed on this space. The change detection analysis indicates that the built-up area was increased by almost 30 times for the northern conurbation where the merger took place between Guemar and Taghzout, towards the south of the valley the built-up area was increased by more of 108 times or agglomerations Kouinine; El Oued; El Bayadha and Robbah eventually join. In this context, the predominance of traditional culture has declined as a result of market gardening, where the area occupied by the pivots has increased from 122 square kilometers to more than 317 square kilometers between 2005 and 2016.
Author Keywords: Administrative promotion, Urban sprawl, Conurbation, Remote sensing and GIS, Souf, Algeria.
How to Cite this Article
Gihen Ream Abdaoui, Ahmed Amine Tabet, Foued Bouaicha, Ahmed Bousmaha, and Salah Bouchemal, “Sprawl, Specificity and Dynamics of Inter-Municipal Urban Agglomerations of the Souf Valley (South East Algeria): Using GIS Techniques,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 991–1014, July 2020.
