| Titre | Du "zoning familial" au "zoning économique". La transformation des structures socio-spatiales dans les villages égyptiens / From 'kinship neighbourhoods' to 'economic zones'. Transformation of social-spatial structures in Egyptian villages | |
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| Auteur | Muller-mahn Detlef | |
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Revue |
Géocarrefour Titre à cette date : Revue de géographie de Lyon |
| Numéro | volume 73, no 3, 1998 Géographie sociale de l'Egypte : ouverture et cloisonnement | |
| Page | 227-234 | |
| Résumé anglais |
This article focuses on the relationship between social and spatial changes in Egyptian villages. It discusses the extent to which recent changes in the Egyptian countryside have led to a transformation of settlement patterns from a traditional system of kinship related neighbourhoods to one based on economic differentiation. The paper presents case studies of two villages, one in the region of al-Minya in Upper Egypt and the other in the central delta area in al-Gharbiya region. The Upper Egyptian village of Zuhra represents a traditional type of rural settlement where extended kinship groups live together in separate neighbourhoods. One of these groups consists of the descendents of migrant farm labourers who settled here a century ago. Today only a few members of this un- derpriviledged group own land, so that many of them are forced to make a living from activities in the informal sector. Conse-quently, informal sector industries - such as brick making - are concentrated in the quarters of the poor. The village of Sibrbay in the Delta is quite different from the first case. The example of one extended family is presented to show how kinship-related neighbourhoods have dissolved during the past three decades, and how a new form of spatial organisation has emerged because of the enormous increase in land prices. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geoca_0035-113x_1998_num_73_3_4829 |
