Politiques de développement régional dans les Hautes Plaines occidentales algériennes : un bilan mitigé

• Main Author: Mohamed Hadeid
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Réseau Développement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 2009-05-01
• Series: Développement Durable et Territoires
• Subjects: development; industrialization; administrative apportionments; regional disparities; regional and country planning; opening up
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/8190

Algeria has experienced important changes thanks to the development programme undertaken by the state from the independence. This project had dual purpose: Raising the country to economic and social level and improving living conditions of Algerian. However, this policy has undergone some slight changes throughout time as well as in level space. In fact, the interference of the state through industrialization policy and administrative apportionments were unable to bring to end regional disparities inherited from colonial period. Western high plains, for example, are still not benefiting from development. Regional and country planning policy has accentuated the imbalances which begun during colonial period and yet, the approved efforts as far as equipment and Opening up. The crisis presented by the degradation of the steppes and other pastoral activities is certainly the best evidence.