[ La qualité de vie et le cadre urbain: Pour quelle approche de mesure ? ]
Volume 31, Issue 3, December 2020, Pages 517–528
Chouaf Houria1 and Gherzouli Lazhar2
1 Doctorante à l’institut de Gestion des Techniques Urbaines, université Larbi Ben M’hidi, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria
2 Maitre de conférences A - HDR, université Larbi Tébessi, Tébessa, Algeria
Original language: French
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 search for quality of life in urban areas has become inevitable today. This missing attribute of today’s urban is at the heart of the city debate. Indeed, the latter now faces multiple dysfunctions. This then implies that ist development and management strategies must be rethought to the extent that it is more effective and able to meet the needs, expectations and aspirations of individuals in their daily lives. In reality, the state of the urban living environment reveals certain practices, emanating both from public decision-makers and from citizens themselves, who express that the urban space management policies adopted are mostly carried out. Outside the regulations. These urban fragilities of the living environment that characterize most Algerian cities, including the city of Ain-Beida, have pushed us to the process of urban diagnosis, through which we aim to assess the standard of living while detecting all gaps and nuisances in order to put an end to the informal urban with its resulting paradoxes. To carry out this work, the methodology adopted to measure this quality is based on the quantitative method which is often carried out via a survey through which we aim to capture the representations of the population as well as its perceptions through a set of themes: the commercial weight, the level of equipment, traffic and transport problems, accessibility to relaxation and meeting areas. The results obtained show that the different sectors of the city face various difficulties. The inhabitants of the central districts and certain pericentral districts express their satisfaction with the potentialities of trade and equipment but they declare the presence of congestion situations and traffic problems. However, the suburbs are devoid of even the basic necessities of commerce and green spaces and recreation, which pushes them to move to other neighborhoods or exit outside the city to meet their needs. However, some residents completely denounce living conditions which do not even meet their basic requirements.
Author Keywords: Quality of life, urban setting, evaluation, urban diagnosis, quantitative approach, survey, Ain-Beida.
Volume 31, Issue 3, December 2020, Pages 517–528
Chouaf Houria1 and Gherzouli Lazhar2
1 Doctorante à l’institut de Gestion des Techniques Urbaines, université Larbi Ben M’hidi, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria
2 Maitre de conférences A - HDR, université Larbi Tébessi, Tébessa, Algeria
Original language: French
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 search for quality of life in urban areas has become inevitable today. This missing attribute of today’s urban is at the heart of the city debate. Indeed, the latter now faces multiple dysfunctions. This then implies that ist development and management strategies must be rethought to the extent that it is more effective and able to meet the needs, expectations and aspirations of individuals in their daily lives. In reality, the state of the urban living environment reveals certain practices, emanating both from public decision-makers and from citizens themselves, who express that the urban space management policies adopted are mostly carried out. Outside the regulations. These urban fragilities of the living environment that characterize most Algerian cities, including the city of Ain-Beida, have pushed us to the process of urban diagnosis, through which we aim to assess the standard of living while detecting all gaps and nuisances in order to put an end to the informal urban with its resulting paradoxes. To carry out this work, the methodology adopted to measure this quality is based on the quantitative method which is often carried out via a survey through which we aim to capture the representations of the population as well as its perceptions through a set of themes: the commercial weight, the level of equipment, traffic and transport problems, accessibility to relaxation and meeting areas. The results obtained show that the different sectors of the city face various difficulties. The inhabitants of the central districts and certain pericentral districts express their satisfaction with the potentialities of trade and equipment but they declare the presence of congestion situations and traffic problems. However, the suburbs are devoid of even the basic necessities of commerce and green spaces and recreation, which pushes them to move to other neighborhoods or exit outside the city to meet their needs. However, some residents completely denounce living conditions which do not even meet their basic requirements.
Author Keywords: Quality of life, urban setting, evaluation, urban diagnosis, quantitative approach, survey, Ain-Beida.
Abstract: (french)
La quête de la qualité de vie en milieu urbain est devenue, de nos jours, inévitable. Cet attribut manquant de l’urbain actuel se trouve au coeur du débat sur la ville. En effet, cette dernière fait face aujourd’hui aux multiples dysfonctionnements. Ceci implique alors que ses stratégies de développement et de gestion doivent être repensées dans la mesure où elles doivent être plus efficaces et aptes à répondre aux besoins, aux attentes et aux aspirations des individus dans leur vécu quotidien. Dans la réalité, l’état du cadre de vie urbain révèle certaines pratiques, émanant aussi bien de la part des décideurs publics que des citoyens eux mème, ce qui expriment que les politiques de gestion de l’espace urbain adoptées s’effectuent le plus souvent hors la réglementation. Ces fragilités urbaines du cadre de vie qui caractérisent la plupart des villes algériennes, entre autres, la ville d’Ain-Beida, nous ont poussée à évoquer le processus du diagnostic urbain à travers lequel nous visons une évaluation du niveau de vie tout en décelant toutes lacunes et nuisances dans le but de mettre fin à l’urbain informel avec ses paradoxes qui en découlent. Pour mener à bien ce travail, la méthodologie adoptée pour mesurer cette qualité se base sur la méthode quantitative qui s’éffectue souvent via un questionnaire à travers lequel nous visons à saisir les représentations de la population ainsi que ses perceptions à travers un ensemble de thématiques: le poids du commerce, le niveau d’équipement, les problèmes de circulation et de transport, l‘accessibilité aux espaces de détente et rencontre. Les résultats obtenus révèlent que les différents secteurs de la ville de Ain Beida font face à diverses difficultés. Les habitants des quartiers centraux et certains quartiers péricentraux expriment leur satisfaction quant au potentialités du commerce et d’équipement mais ils déclarent la présence de situations de congestionnement et de problèmes de circulation. Ceux des quartiers périphériques disent qu'ils sont dépourvus même des premières nécessités du commerce et des espaces verts et de détente ce qui les poussent d’aller vers d’autres quartiers ou sortie en dehors de la ville pour garantir leurs besoins. Encore, certains habitants dénoncent totalement leurs conditions de vie qui ne répondent même à leurs exigences de base.
Author Keywords: La qualité de vie, le cadre urbain, évaluation, diagnostic urbain, l’approche quantitative, le questionnaire, Ain-Beida.
How to Cite this Article
Chouaf Houria and Gherzouli Lazhar, “The quality of life and urban setting: For which measurement approach ?,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 517–528, December 2020.
