2010
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.2.192
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A Glimpse of Dubai in Khartoum and Nouakchott: Prestige Urban Projects on the Margins of the Arab World

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“…Kankugulu satellite city in Uganda is managed by domestic real estate developer Akright Projects ( Kachipande, 2013 ). On the other hand, new cities in Sudan and Mauritania have clear connections with the Gulf States and other Islamic states, through their urban models, investors and contractors, which accept Islamic-based funding rules ( Choplin and Franck, 2010 ).…”
Section: Financial Trajectoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Kankugulu satellite city in Uganda is managed by domestic real estate developer Akright Projects ( Kachipande, 2013 ). On the other hand, new cities in Sudan and Mauritania have clear connections with the Gulf States and other Islamic states, through their urban models, investors and contractors, which accept Islamic-based funding rules ( Choplin and Franck, 2010 ).…”
Section: Financial Trajectoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…in Ethiopia ( Yntiso, 2008 ). In Kinshasa, La Cité du Fleuve puts urban farmers and fishermen at risk of losing livelihoods ( De Boeck, 2011 ), and the same risk is present in Khartoum with its newly planned developments ( Choplin and Franck, 2010 ; Zoomers et al, 2017 ). Where agricultural areas are transformed into urban real estate, these issues are particularly pressing ( Goldman, 2011 ): even if peri-urban farmers could benefit from new opportunities of selling produce, the little land they are often left with frequently makes this impossible ( Narain, 2009 ).…”
Section: New Cities: Possible Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The city's role as a prime place of symbolic and political power now combines with the idea of urban modernity and of capitalist investment. As in most cities of the global South, the elite have envisioned their urban future by mobilizing hegemonic models of “global” and “worlding” cities (Roy and Ong ), like Dubai, and planning “megaprojects” (Barthel ; Choplin and Franck )…”
Section: Incomplete Citizenship Uneven Spatial Development and Urbamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Sarr 2013 ;418) Le Rôle de la Chine La Chine a un rôle direct dans la mesure où les politiques inter-Etats d'investissements et de constructions sont conclues, comme ce fut le cas pendant la présidence de Wade au Sénégal pour de nouvelles constructions d'habitations, privées comme administratives, et des infrastructures semblables à toutes celles que l'on trouve dans les villes américaines, européennes, arabes (cf. Choplin & Franck 2015) ou chinoises. La Chine a cependant une influence indirecte de par ses valeurs, ses marchandises qui sont véhiculées par ceux qui se rendent en Chine ou en importent des marchandises.…”
Section: ) Une Politique De Construction De L'habitatunclassified